Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 3, 2006 - gingerly

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 05/03/2006 | 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".

gingerly • \JIN-jer-lee\ • adjective

very cautious or careful

Example sentence:

Simon held the soda bottle at arm's length after its shaky ride home on his bicycle and gave the cap a gingerly twist.

Did you know?
Etymologists take a gingerly approach to assigning any particular origins to this word. While it might have come from the name of the spice, there's nothing concrete to back up that idea. Another conjecture is that it's related to an Old French word, "gensor," that meant "delicate." That's because in 16th century English an earlier sense of "gingerly" often referred to dancing or walking with dainty steps. Not till the 17th century did it change to apply to movements that were cautious in order to avoid being noisy or causing injury, and to a wary manner in handling or presenting ideas. Not too surprisingly, given its "-ly" ending, "gingerly" is also quite often correctly used as an adverb. One could thus say that "Simon gingerly twisted the cap."

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)

[VRWCmember]

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

You would think that Arlene Sphincter would be a bit more gingerly in his defiance of President Bush, given the support Bush gave him against a conservative primary challenger a couple of years ago. (Of course, you would be wrong to think so.)

Hearing vowed on Bush's powers ---- Senator questions bypassing of laws

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.

Damn! I forgot it was Wednesday, and after I gave Miss Slippy such a hard time yesterday.

By the way, I have it on good authority that this Public Service Announcement is still in order: PMS ALERT

(You have been warned)

[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.

Damn! I forgot it was Wednesday, and after I gave Miss Slippy such a hard time yesterday.

[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.

Damn! I forgot it was Wednesday, and after I gave Miss Slippy such a hard time yesterday.

[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.

Damn! I forgot it was Wednesday, and after I gave Miss Slippy such a hard time yesterday.

[xsmommy]

about dang time, ya lollygagger

[Jaded]

Dos?

[xsmommy]

you be screaming fo a shankin' today, pal! ; )

[Toby06]

I had some chicken last nite that was great, just the right amount of salty and gingerly.

[martin_fierro]

Tina Louise

[xsmommy]

is she naked, cuz i don't see a pic.

[bwteim]

On some threads, one must post *gingerly* when opining anything that could be perceived as being proGOP or proBush on FR nowadays....

[VRWCmember]

I always thought Gilligan was way too gingerly in his pursuit (or lack thereof) of Mary Ann.

[xsmommy]

I am betting that there isn't too dang much that John Bolton does in a gingerly fashion. LMAO at his response to Kucinich.

[martin_fierro]

Naah, but a fair amount of cheesecake. Work firewall may not like.

[Laura Earl]

Headed to a 3 hr meeting to listen to rhetoric regarding the big pending telecom merger. (yawn)

[Soaring Feather]

I'm in!!

Good morning all.

[martin_fierro]

TINA LOUISE GONE WILD!

[xsmommy]

are you one of the little PHONIES that they are yammering about on the commercials? ; )

[VRWCmember]

Is that the Professor playing the drums?