Posted on 02/16/2006 10:51:18 PM PST by Argh
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of four "Words for the Day".
1. abaddon [pronounced A-bad-en, noun, from Hebrew abhaddon meaning destruction]
a place of destruction: an underworld abode of lost souls: HELL (see Revelation 9:11 where it referred to "the angel of the bottomless pit" according to Webster’s)
2. abattoir [pronounced roughly A-ba-twar, noun, from French abattre, to slaughter]
slaughterhouse
3.zwischenspiel [pronounced TSFISH-en-shpeel, noun, from Old high German]
a musical interlude: intermezzo
4. zounds [often pronounced zownds but should be pronounced z(w)aun(d)s or z(w)oon(d)s, interjection, a euphemism for God’s wounds]
-this word is used as a mild oath
Example sentence:
Another time.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using one or more of the Words for the Day in one or more sentences.
The sentences must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Good Morning, Class. Welcome to School!
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
No pushing at the door please!
It's wild turkey you have to shoot in the butt. Coincidentally, the biggest butt in the senate drinks Wild Turkey for breakfast.
Frozen precipitation in N. Texas this time of year is not unheard of, but if Argh's icy crap makes it all the way to Houston (which it just might), that is totally uncalled-for.
BTW, happy Friday.
An abattoir for the truth.
HAH!!
Thank you, Mooch, the winds are just now finally dying. Lucky you.
Hah!!
Your winds didn't die...........you sent them to me.
Zounds, it sounds like the house is going to come crashing in on us........
Well done, Jack. Don't you ever sleep? :^)
Morning Jack!
Good grief.
The veep can start with Katie Couric and work his way up from there.
Nice!
Please send it here. Purty please!
*snicker*
Here's something I got in e-mail this morning. 'Tis funny.
They walk among us
IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the
local township administrative office to request the removal of the
Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason? "Too many deer were being
hit by cars," and he didn't want them to cross there anymore. This one
was from Kingman, Kansas.
IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE
My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She
asked
the person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was
sorry, but they only had iceberg. And he was a Kansas City chef!
IDIOT SIGHTING
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate, when an airport
employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your
knowledge?" To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how
would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask."
Happened in Birmingham, Alabama.
IDIOT CROSSING
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street.
I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine,
when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it
signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded,
"What on earth are blind people doing driving?" She was a probation
officer in Wichita, Kansas.
IDIOT TALKING
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who was
leaving
the company due to "downsizing," our manager commented
cheerfully,
"This is fun. We should do this more often!" Not a word was spoken. We
all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.
This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.
IDIOT WORKING
I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into
itself, and for the life of her couldn't understand why her system
would not turn on. A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's Office,
no less.
IDIOT WORKING 2
When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up
our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the
service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock
the driver's side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I
instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was
unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "it's open!" To which
he replied, "I know - I already got that side." This was at the Chevy
dealership in Rock Hill, South Carolina!
They walk among us AND REPRODUCE
I would have paid for that gladly. At the equivalent rate for the late 60's of course. I did my senior year in high school in Colorado Springs. They didn't have enough courses in the day for me to take all the courses I wanted. I wanted 4th year French instead of Phys Ed, but Noo-oo-o, rules were rules, you must take PE. Narrow little minds. So I took 4th year French in my spare time. I was skinny then, and didn't particularly need gym class.
We had rain to spare until just recently. The old record for consecutive days with at least some rain for Vancouver was 55 days. A few weeks ago we missed tying that record by one day. And everyone here was mildly upset we didn't tie and beat the record!
Ah, the classics. :^)
I am the way into the city of woe.
I am the way to a forsaken people.
I am the way into eternal sorrow.
Sacred justice moved my architect.
I was raised by divine omnipotence,
Primordial love and ultimate intellect.
Only those elements time cannot wear
Were made before me, and beyond time I stand.
Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dante's Commedia!
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