Word for the Day, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - Zoilist

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[tioga]

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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”.

Zoilist

Noun

A carping critic.

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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

[tioga]

Class is in session.

[tioga]

Good Morning! Anyone seen Soother?

[Old Sarge]

Zoilists - we haz dem.

[Pollster1]

Only the nastiest dishonest communist zoilist, i.e., an Obama voter, would look down upon a country as free and prosperous as the United States used to be.

[left that other site]

I try not to Zoil Myzefl with Zoilism.

[knarf]

Y’did better than me .... it’s there, but it ain’t easy.

[left that other site]

LOL. I try...Sometimes I fail, but i keep trying. :-)

[knarf]

I can hear a yiddish mama talking to her dirty boy, “Like I should chase after a zoilist like YOU ?”

[tioga]

Right here on FR, for sure. A++

[tioga]

True. A++

[tioga]

LOL Nice. A++

[xsmommy]

Fox has hired the zaftig zoilist who has been zinging trump.

[xsmommy]

zaftig zoilist take two

[left that other site]

Oy Gevalt! Vust Vilst i fum mir?(sp)

[left that other site]

Zank You. Zank You Verri Much!

[chajin]

FWIW, the original Zoilos for whom today’s word was coined was an older contemporary of Aristotle, both of whom came from Macedonia. Zoilos gained his reputation by criticizing Homer’s epics; today he would be called a Homerophobe.

[xsmommy]

excellent info and pun!

[Buttons12]

Looks a lot like Anita Ekberg.

[SoothingDave]

Thanks for filling in. The internet here has not been working well and I’ve been in a meeting.

[chajin]

Thank you. As a Rays fan, I must confess that Zoilus shares his Homerophobia with all the Rays hitters this year, who seem to phobic about any hits, much less home runs. Last night’s loss to the worst-team-in-the-majors Phillies, and more specifically to their worst pitcher—who was sent back to AAA after winning!—has put me in a funk today, albeit a temporary one, since for me to live is not the Rays (see tagline below).