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Word for the Day - 1 March 2004
TheVerbivores
| 03/01/04
| TheGrimReaper
Posted on 03/01/2004 5:29:56 AM PST by TheGrimReaper
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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....
vainglorious; adjective:
vaingloriously; adverb
1. adj. Characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful. Proceeding from vainglory.
Today's word is offered up in (dis)honor of last night's Academy Awards....
Etymology: I have no idea.
Good Morning Students. Welcome to class!
Class is now in session. The rules are simple; you get a grade if you use the WFTD in a sentence, haiku, limerick, or quatrain. You get a "+" if you make a link, or make the [substitute] teacher laugh, or you offer the appropriate bribes. I hold the grade book; the whip and chair - although only temporarily.
Happy MONDAY!
TOPICS: Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: academyawards; buffoons; hollyweird; lefties; nitwits; oscars; pompous; selfabsorbed
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To: TheGrimReaper
Duh here.
CG
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:43:29 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(The word "Tagline" needs to be added to Free Republic's Spell Check.)
To: theDentist
WFTD could be applied to near any Democrat nationwide Well, I tried to include the lefties...they must be feeling horribly irrelevant lately.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:44:38 AM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
((o)(o) - Longest-running tagline on FR)
To: hobbes1; TheGrimReaper; dubyaismypresident
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:44:58 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: TheGrimReaper
Etymology:vain - 13c., from O.Fr. vein "worthless," from L. vanus
"idle, empty." Meaning "conceited" first
recorded 1692. Vainglory is 12c., from O.Fr.
vaine glorie, from M.L. vana gloria.
Source:
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:45:49 AM PST
by
Consort
To: theDentist
"...19 days until Spring (March 20th, 01:40 am Eastern)" It's already quite warm here in central Maryland. I turned my furnace OFF over the weekend. The cat doesn't know it yet, she's curled up next to the baseboard unit.
I understand Punxatawney Phil has entered a witness protection program...
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:46:56 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(Nobody reads my taglines anymore.... I need a bigger font.... I'm tempted to write in [U&$!Ve!!!!)
To: xsmommy
A+ for the homework.
A+++ for the nude photos.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:47:11 AM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
((o)(o) - Longest-running tagline on FR)
To: TheGrimReaper
: )
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:49:20 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: NicknamedBob
I understand Punxatawney Phil has entered a witness protection program... They're seeking a replacement for him. Seems he ended up in the pot for Sunday's dinner of Stew.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:50:00 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Boston: So much Liberty, you can buy a Politician already owned by someone else.)
To: NicknamedBob
It seems Senator Kerry served in Viet Nam. Did you know that? I learned that yesterday when I saw his tv commercial. rme.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:50:06 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(New and improved is typically neither!)
To: Consort
"Source: ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY." I keep my dictionary on a CD in the computer. Very handy.
It's either that or bother Hobbes all the time.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:50:07 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(Nobody reads my taglines anymore.... I need a bigger font.... I'm tempted to write in [U&$!Ve!!!!)
To: Consort
Thanks. Of course, I'm only the sub. I don't make the big money like Ms. Rika.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:50:09 AM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
((o)(o) - Longest-running tagline on FR)
To: TheGrimReaper
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:50:54 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(If Tuesday Weld married Frederick March II, she'd be Tuesday, March the Second (old "Laugh-In" joke))
To: xsmommy
Jeeze....I'd settle for a larger bladder.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:51:38 AM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
((o)(o) - Longest-running tagline on FR)
To: P.O.E.
It's no accident that Hollywood's favorite movie, collectively, is "Dumb and Dumber".
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:53:43 AM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
((o)(o) - Longest-running tagline on FR)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
A+ BTW, I know where it is.... unless they've moved it.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:55:31 AM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
((o)(o) - Longest-running tagline on FR)
To: TheGrimReaper
Hit and run here...off to a meeting. Will be back in class later.
36
posted on
03/01/2004 5:57:36 AM PST
by
Laura Earl
(26 days)
To: NicknamedBob
A+ Kerry is a Nam vet?? I'm stunned!
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:57:36 AM PST
by
TheGrimReaper
((o)(o) - Longest-running tagline on FR)
To: xsmommy
Josip Galic, 69, from Kucetine in Bosnia said: "I had a car accident and doctors discovered I had four kidneys. Similar thing happened to my late Grandad Z, except he learned that he only had one kidney.
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:58:46 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(New and improved is typically neither!)
To: TheGrimReaper
Although apparently the telecast did have some highlights
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posted on
03/01/2004 5:59:41 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(If Tuesday Weld married Frederick March II, she'd be Tuesday, March the Second (old "Laugh-In" joke))
To: theDentist
"...Seems he ended up in the pot for Sunday's dinner of Stew." Stewartstown, PA is excited about the possibility that their groundhog mascot Stewartstown Stew, will be the new state spokesrodent.
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posted on
03/01/2004 6:01:18 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(Nobody reads my taglines anymore.... I need a bigger font.... I'm tempted to write in [U&$!Ve!!!!)
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