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Word For The Day, Monday, August 2, 2004
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| 08/02/2004
| The Reluctant Substitute
Posted on 08/02/2004 8:52:03 AM PDT 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".
cajole \kuh-JOAL\ verb
1. to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance; coax *
2. to deceive with soothing words or false promises
Example sentence:
Peter's friends cajoled him into coming to the party even though he was not in the mood to go.
Etymology: Did you know?
You might not think to associate "cajole" with "cage," but it's likely that these two words are connected. Researchers have made an association between the prattle of a caged bird and the persistent wheedling of a person attempting to get something out of someone else. "Cajole" comes from a French verb, "cajoler," which now means "coax" but at one time meant "to chatter like a jay." Some etymologists theorize that "cajoler" is from "gaiole," an Old North French word meaning "birdcage" and ancestor to our word "jail." "Gaiole" derives from a Late Latin word, "caveola," which means "little cage" and is the diminutive of the Latin "cavea" ("cage" or "cavity"). Our word "cage" derives from this noun, and "cave" is a close relative.
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To: dubyaismypresident; xsmommy; Slip18; hobbes1; Argh; TheGrimReaper; SeaDragon; RikaStrom; ...
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:53:07 AM PDT
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VRWCmember
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To: Eala; LonePalm; MeeknMing; TxBec; Cyber Liberty; Dan from Michigan; EODGUY; pankot; ...
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:54:00 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember
thanks for opening a new room, vast!
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:55:45 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: dubyaismypresident; xsmommy; Slip18; hobbes1; Argh; TheGrimReaper; SeaDragon; RikaStrom
OK folks. I don't have the gradebook and I won't be reviewing any homework, so have fun. I've got to get back to work.
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:56:06 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
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To: xsmommy
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:57:43 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:58:32 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: VRWCmember
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:58:48 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(Kerry lied, good men died. Go to www.kerrylied.com)
To: dubyaismypresident; hobbes1; xsmommy; RikaStrom
Wow, talk about nostalgic. How long has it been since we've seen a race to the class with this trifecta of oldtimers:
1. xsmommy
2. hobbes1
3. dubyaismypresident
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:00:20 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember
Can Bush and Hastert
cajole the IRS to its grave?
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:01:58 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(Kerry lied, good men died. Go to www.kerrylied.com)
To: VRWCmember; xsmommy; RikaStrom; yall
Mornin', everybody ! Happy Monday ! 
Late again!
Better late than never! :^D
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:03:59 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: VRWCmember; xsmommy; dubyaismypresident
OLDTIMERS?!?!?!?
There is only one of us down in Williamsburg reliving the days of our youth.....
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:05:46 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: VRWCmember
Next time there's a dnc (or repubbie ?) political convention in N'orleans, there'll be a lot of cajolin' goin' on as the native hookers make money....
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:08:31 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly ... But Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS press corpse lies every day.)
To: hobbes1
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:14:28 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Any particluar spot, or should I just make the rounds of the ones you prefer...?
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:15:21 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: VRWCmember
Man, I really hate it when I'm late to the party.
Moaning!
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:20:19 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Slipping into consciousness)
To: hobbes1
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:21:59 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:22:00 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1; xsmommy
I was just perusing one of the review threads (the "raffish" thread that outed "she who must be restrained from Dick") and I came across this little gem:
To: xsmommy
i wasn't even going to deign to answer mr vast, but since you became overly hysterical i thought it best to put you BOTH in your place!
One in front, one in back ?
126 posted on 11/14/2002 12:57 PM CST by hobbes1
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That has to be one of my alltime favorites. I still LOL when I read the comments on that thread.
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:22:25 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember
No one cajoles someone with cajones...
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:22:41 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(OK, it's spelled cOjones -- literary license)
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