Posted on 12/07/2005 6:09:18 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".
malversation \mal-ver-SAY-shun\ noun
1. misbehavior and especially corruption in an office, trust, or commission *
2. corrupt administration
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
A picture of bill clinton appears next to this word in the dictionary
Example sentence:
The governor was finally convicted of malversation, after years of rumors about kickbacks and illegal contracts.
Did you know?
The form "mal-" is often a bad sign in a word, and "malversation" is no exception. In Middle French, "mal-" (meaning "bad," from the Latin word for "bad," "malus") teamed up with "verser" ("to turn, handle," from the Latin verb "vertere," "to turn ") to create "malverser," a verb meaning "to be corrupt." This in turn led to "malversation," which was adopted by English speakers in the mid-16th century. Some other "mal-" descendants are "maladroit" ("inept"), "malcontent" ("discontented"), and "maltreat" ("to treat badly").
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 WFTD.
Amazingly, thanks to jeanne francoise querrie, ramsey clark, john burqua murtha, and howie dean, the malversation of bill clinton is almost a fuzzy memory.
Kerry on Face the Nation: "American soldiers... terrorizing kids and children"
Ramsey Clark: Saddam Torture Claims False
Murtha assesses Army as 'broken' [TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY ALERT]
Dean digs Dems a hole (Hatred-Powered Howard Alert!!!)
No pushing at the door please!
Never Forget! Never Surrender!
(Given the historical significance of the date, use of the term Happy Hump Day seemed a little too flippant for today. The camel and traditional reference to the middle day of the work week will return with next week's Wednesday WFTD thread.)
yer late but i still love ya
Reminder:
Only 
days left until Christmas!
Morning!
Reminder:
Only days left until Christmas!
Morning, all!
here is a piece of wisdom that i would like to offer to online Christmas shoppers. ask for the gift box, bc otherwise they will send you the item in a cheezy little plastic bag. i will have to go to the Coach store and Nordstrom just to get boxes for these things that i ordered online to AVOID THE DANG STORE. i am such an idiot.
The Secretary of Transportation for Delaware announced his retirement yeterday, due to health problems.........me thinks he's getting out in the nick of time before the charges of malversation are brought against him.
Ask for extra credit if you identify the secret message that was posted in today's WFTD thread in invisible ink.
I guess it shpould have been called the Clinton Malversation as opposed to the Clinton Administration.
Very good tip.
Extra credit, please! (see my post 10 for related thoughts)
Of course a pic of Clinton is next to this definition :)
here.
So how many days until x41 the impeached gets his law license back?
The liquor store rarely asks if i want a gift box for my presents, but thankfully the Budwweiser 30 packs come in the festive seasonal packaging just right for that special someone.
Feh. Too much like work.
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine? A crummy commercial.
aren't you the clever one, no wonder it took you so long you miscreant you!
can i just ask what it would MATTER if earth were in a vortex of space time? we are all going to live the allotted amount of time and then we will die. period.
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