Posted on 11/05/2008 5:47:14 AM PST by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
foray • \FOR-ay\ • noun
1. a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid
2. a brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere *
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
The book marks the novelist’s first foray into nonfiction.
Did you know?
"Foray" comes from Middle English “forrayen” and probably traces back to an Anglo-French word that meant “raider” or "forager." It's related to the word "forage," which usually means "to wander in search of food or forage." A "foray," in its earliest sense, was a raid for plunder. Relatively recently, "foray" began to take on a broader meaning. In a sense, a "foray" is still a trip into a foreign territory. These days, though, looting and plundering needn't be involved in a "foray." When you take a "foray," you dabble in an area, occupation, or pastime that's new to you.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Here is my example with today's WFTD.
Unforunately, the democrat party's lurch into socialism is not just a foray but an all-out assault.
The Seven Big Post-Election Questions
Corzine is being considered for Treasury secretary, two N.J. Dems say
No pushing at the door please!
Happy Humpday Everybody!
Only 
days left until Christmas!
Get to class you slackers!
My advice to students today is drink heavily.
Our foray into being the USSA has begun.
Get to class you slackers!
My advice to students today is drink heavily.
Get to class you slackers!
My advice to students today is drink heavily.
I’m very disappointed in the voters of Ohio and Virginia and Florida this morning.
Drink heavily? He**, the coffee doesn’t even taste good this morning.
Cardinal4 is leaping into the foray that is the revamping and retooling of the RNC and GOP..
freeper LS, on the ground in OH, said 30% of the REPUBLICANS in his district voted for Obama. i am beyond depressed. i live in what will soon be obamaland and it is going to be insufferable. xshub and i talked about potentially moving to TX. i don’t see how we could with our jobs, but maybe for our retirement years. i don’t want to live around this bunch any longer.
Except that it’s Wednesday, November 5th !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m going to give Osama time to prove himself... about 6 minutes, before I decide to become the biggest effing thorn in his shoe online....
xsteen is with her class, having their papal audience today. i asked her to pray for our country while there. she is just sick about the election.
my county, fairfax, was said to be decisive. it’s horrible.
i haven’t looked at all the returns and %s but they said last night that Obama was beating Kaine’s #s. NoVA was always going to go Obama, that was a given, did the rest of the state not have ENOUGH people go for Mccain to offset this mess up north? my husband said Virgil Goode got swept out!
I truly expect to see resignations sometime soon.
I be lookin’ foray of hope. Ain’t none.
Prayerfully this foray of America to the Dark side will only last for four years.
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