Word for the Day, Tuesday, May 24, 2005

verbivores | 5/24/05 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Tuesday, 5/24/05

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".

irresolute

adj ;ir·reso·lutely adv. ir·reso·luteness or ir·reso·lution n.

1.Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided. 2.Lacking in resolution; indecisive. Ex: "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute" [ant: resolute] 2: lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly; "stood irresolute waiting for some inspiration" [syn: hesitant, hesitating]

SYNONYMS:changing, doubtful, doubting, faltering, fearful, fence hanging, fickle, fluctuating, half-hearted, halting, hesitant, hesitating, infirm, pussyfooting, shaky, tentative, timid, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, waffly, wavering, weak, weak-kneed, wimpy, wishy-washy, wobbly

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....

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[TheGrimReaper]

Stop trying to divert my attention to your behind - firm and supple though it may be - I'm in the middle of having a good snit here!

[hobbes1]

SHE DAMN WELL BETTER.

[xsmommy]

you're snitting? I AM snitting!

[xsmommy]

how can we take ANYTHING for granted anymore?

[TheGrimReaper]

this whole thing is a big pile of snit.

[Young Werther]

Did the Senate Republicans act in an irresolute manner? Time will tell!

[xsmommy]

THIS is the type of headline i want to see, not about Wrigley Field but about the Senate floor. i want there to be people HURT!

[InvisibleChurch]

sorry, but today's word is GROWL, meaning 'honked off' and 'grrr' .... used in a sentence...

Invisible Church was GROWL when he read about the cave-in last night.

[TheGrimReaper]

A show of hands, please....

Who cares about Senate "tradition"?
Who cares about Senate "comity"?
Who cares about Sheets Byrd's rambling idiotic soliloquies?

No f'n-body. (Tmesis)

[xsmommy]

you can insert the WORD FOR THE DAY in your second sentence, right between the "the" and the "cave-in" and get an A+++ : ) feel free to join in the free-for-all PO'd brawl we are having in the classroom today.

[theDentist]

JRB?

[xsmommy]

oh but they SAVED THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC last night. i heard them say so. RMFE....

[xsmommy]

janice rogers brown

[TheGrimReaper]

I'm afraid the Republic took one in the shorts last night.

[InvisibleChurch]

i'd like to stay today but Unca Sam needs my taxes to prop up NPR ... sorry ... see you soon, tho

[xsmommy]

come back now, y'hea ; )

[NeoCaveman]

That last word might excite Sen. Graham. I think it's what he's been looking for.

True. Never trust a light in the loafers Republican.

[NeoCaveman]

you're snitting? I AM snitting!

I'm snitting big time. At least I'll get to take out my frustrations at the ballot box. Bye Bye DeWine.

[xsmommy]

John McCain, Robert Byrd, John Warner, Mary Landrieu, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Ben Nelson, Mike Dewine, Lindsay Graham, Lincoln Chafee, Daniel Inouye; Ken Salazar, Pryor, Lieberman.

in case anyone hasn't seen the infamous list.

[xsmommy]