Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - splenetic

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 02/22/2006 | The Janitor

[VRWCmember]

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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".

splenetic \splih-NET-ik\ adjective

marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite

Example sentence:

Phil's review of the book was written with a harsh, splenetic tone that did little to conceal his preexisting grudge against the author.

Did you know?
In early Western physiology, a person's physical qualities and mental disposition were believed to be determined by the proportion of four bodily humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. The last of these, associated with feelings of intense sadness, was believed to be secreted by the spleen. This now-discredited association explains how, in the mid-16th century, use of "splenetic" (deriving from the Late Latin "spleneticus" and the Latin "splen," meaning "spleen") came to mean "given to melancholy" as well as "of or relating to the spleen." In later years, the meaning of "splenetic" shifted to refer more to feelings of ill humor or malevolence, and eventually the "melancholy" sense fell out of use.

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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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)

Happy Birthday Cyber Liberty!!

Miss Slippy brought your cake this morning.

[VRWCmember]

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

Mike Adams responded to a splenetic screed from a silly sychophant of the feminazis of NOW-Orlando with a scathing final installment in his serial "Why I Don't Take Feminists Seriously" column.

NOW and THEN, by Mike S. Adams

No pushing at the door please!

Happy Humpday Everybody!

[VRWCmember]

Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but Miss Rika has the gradebook. So if you're looking for a grade you'll have to ping her. Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead. My secret for getting extra plusses on my A+ from xs will remain a secret between me and her, so you're on your own if you want her to review your work.

[VRWCmember]

Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but Miss Rika has the gradebook. So if you're looking for a grade you'll have to ping her. Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead. My secret for getting extra plusses on my A+ from xs will remain a secret between me and her, so you're on your own if you want her to review your work.

[VRWCmember]

Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but Miss Rika has the gradebook. So if you're looking for a grade you'll have to ping her. Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead. My secret for getting extra plusses on my A+ from xs will remain a secret between me and her, so you're on your own if you want her to review your work.

[VRWCmember]

Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but Miss Rika has the gradebook. So if you're looking for a grade you'll have to ping her. Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead. My secret for getting extra plusses on my A+ from xs will remain a secret between me and her, so you're on your own if you want her to review your work.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

oooh! A word that describes Barbara Boxer and Cindy Sheehan....

[TheGrimReaper]

Splenetic, yet spurious....

[VRWCmember]

In celebration of Cyber's birthday, camle has spiked the punchbowl with whatever Dick Morris is drinking.

Dick Morris: Look out, here comes Al (& Nixon’s ’68 Comeback Offers Clues for Gore)

[Gabz]

Slackers???????

You're gonna get a whole bunch of slenetic replies regarding that slur..............

[bwteim]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1430735/posts?page=43#43

[Gabz]

[tioga]

The splenetic wonder of the Sentate,
the infamous Teddy - the - Swimmer.
He hits the stupid sauce daily,
on that stuff he'll never get slimmer.

SG, as you can see I refrained from posting the obvious pic. ;)

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Amazing how many calories in that stuff...

[tioga]

I baked ya a DEVIL's food cake.......hope ya like chocolate.......

[tioga]

-his entire life shows he has no self control. If he'd been poor he would have been dead years ago. Just our luck.

[tioga]

Wasn't our birthday boy an adorable baby.....

[LonePalm]

< Best Cuban accent>
LUCY! You got some splenetic to do.
< /Cuban accent?>

BTW - Happy Birthday Cyber

The chef is back. Good eats for everyone.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[tioga]

Welcome back, we missed you.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Mrs. Clinton--so mean and splenetic
She pisses me off--diuretic?

Fake saccharine smile--diabetic?
Abhors men--uses rubber prosthetic

Should be sealed in a capsule--hermetic
Needs a ton of expensive cosmetic

She is lacking in every aesthetic
Is it nurture, or something genetic?

With the Commies, she's still sympathetic
Mr. Marx is her muse--theoretic

With our system she's quite antithetic
And her speeches are shrill and pathetic

Personality--anti-magnetic
I can't watch her without anesthetic

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Takes after his daddy....