Word For The Day, Thursday, Rocktober 25, 2007 - inimical

dictionaries ad nauseum, internet | 25 October 2007 | secret garden

[secret garden]

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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".

inimical \ih-NIM-ih-kul\, adjective
1. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable.
2. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; adverse.

Example sentences:
Here the planet under scrutiny is Venus -- a world even more inimical to human existence than Mars. With a poisonous CO2 atmosphere, hellish temperatures and atmospheric pressure 90 times that of Earth's, "a person exposed to Venus's surface . . . would flash-burn a split second before any remaining chemical residue was squashed flat."
-- Gerald Jonas, "Science Fiction", New York Times, February 27, 2000

Yeats's conflict with his father was not only about the conventional employment which J. B. Yeats believed was inimical to creative freedom.
-- Terence Brown, The Life of W. B. Yeats

Etymology:
Inimical comes from Late Latin inimicalis, from Latin inimicus, unfriendly, adverse, hostile, from in-, not + amicus, friendly, well-wishing, favorable to, from amare, to love.

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

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[Guenevere]

My precocious little granddaughter had an inimical attitude yesterday...
..she told her mommy ..'YOU need a 'time-out'!!
(her mommy was not receptive to the toddler tirade...
..guess who got the 'time-out?' :))

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Coffee. But decaf, I’m finished at work, gotta go to bed amibablcably......

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Hi Guenny!

(Robt waves sleepiky from bedroom in back of class ..... Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.............. Stretch.)

[theDentist]

Coffee anyone?

[Guenevere]

Mornin' Robert...:)

[CholeraJoe]

Execution of a search warrant by Federal Agents is inimical to having a good day. FBI Agents Raid WellCare

[NicknamedBob]

Good Morning!

"Here the planet under scrutiny is Venus -- a world even more inimical to human existence than Mars. With a poisonous CO2 atmosphere, hellish temperatures and atmospheric pressure 90 times that of Earth's ..."

While it is true that Venus has high temperature and pressure which is inimical to life at its surface, those same conditions allow a variety of temperatures and pressures as one descends through the atmosphere.

Like an elevator whose bottom floor is Hell, we would be motivated to find a comfortable accommodation somewhere above that level.

Fortuitously, such a position can be found. There is a range of altitudes where the temperature and pressure approximate the inimitable delightfulness of Earth, and all one needs to avail himself of it is the equivalent of an atmospheric bathysphere.

Using rigid low-pressure or vacuum "flotation chambers", a floating city could be tethered to the hellish "ocean floor" below, and a comfortable existence could be eked out dredging the bottom for materials and mining the atmosphere for gases.

Venus is actually more colonizable and sustainable than Mars, though it is also more inimical to life.

[secret garden]

A for you!

[secret garden]

Your hours are awful. How much longer do you have of the night shift?

[secret garden]

I'll pass those over to Robert. I'm a tea drinker.

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Well, they’re putting pieces back together - may be finished here in Houston by the weekend.

Probably one more overhaul (4-5 weeks ????) on 12 hour days then the “season” is over..

[tioga]

-well, well......very interesting.

[secret garden]

A+ for you, even without considering there is a Chip Burpee involved. Great name.

[xsmommy]

19 years ago this day, i gave birth for the first time!

[secret garden]

Why do I suspect you are a Trekkie?

[secret garden]

Happy Birthday to xsteen for her last teen year!

[xsmommy]

thanks, SG, have a piece of her bday cake!

[Guenevere]

WOOHOO!!!!..Thanks!

[CholeraJoe]

Just looking at that makes my fillings hurt.

[xsmommy]

yeah, it’s cute but not appetizing! i am not a big fan of fondant but it does make for nice decos.

[SoothingDave]

And 19 years and 9 months ago? ;-)

[tioga]

The inimical Ted Rall is beyond disgusting with his latest cartoons denigrating our soldiers.

Here is a critique of Rall's work. This will get your energy levels up for the day, forget the coffee.

[xsmommy]

look at you mr PRURIENT!!!! ; )

[xsmommy]

you know... xsboy's bday is tomorrow, so there was something going on at that time of year, obviously! they are three years and one day apart and if xsteen had been born a half hour later, they would both have been born on the 26th.

the hildebeast's bday is the 26th, and xsteen was relieved to hear she shared her bro's bday instead of her's.

[xsmommy]

UNbelievable. it is precisely that sort of individual that you would wish could have an up close and personal encounter with a jihadist, over a period of time, so he REALLY got to know them.

[theDentist]

Oh, very well then...

I enjoy tea as well, so please, join me.

[xsmommy]

Condi puts up with a load of inimical crap on a daily basis, but this was beyond the pale. That those code pink NUTBALLS are allowed in there is a disgrace.

[SoothingDave]

Who me? I just meant you were living care-free, seeing all the cool movies in the same decade they were made, etc.

[xsmommy]

i want to see the movie Bella this weekend, and that would be it’s opening weekend. how au courant of me!

[tioga]

She better NOT invade my space like that, I would consider that an invitation to knock her away. Condi is putting up with a lot.

[xsmommy]

somehow i see Cj as a nude sleepwalker.... ; )

[hobbes1]

you know... xsboy's bday is tomorrow, so there was something going on at that time of year, obviously!

Gotta keep warm on those cold winter nights....

[secret garden]

Those look like sorority colors. I’m feeling a little sickish...brb...

[tioga]

I saw the remark about patrick kennedy and I flashed to a hotel lobby with a naked ted sleepwalking around......NOW I have to have a brain cleanse to rid myself of that disgusting image. (shudder)

[secret garden]

A+ for you. Why can’t cartoons be funny?

[hobbes1]

Wouldn't you just love to turn on Special Report w/Brit Hume, to see footage of Condi's hands wrapped around her throat, shaking her like a rag doll.....

Thats the problem in this day and age, people dont fear immediate physical reprisal, because the courts are unwilling to say, "Well, you obviously had it coming"

[NeoCaveman]

About the Huckster
His delivery is comical
And he's pretty smart on things Biblical
But to me this tax hiking nanny stater
is totally inimicable

[secret garden]

That looks very inviting on this chilly morning. I really like the crockery too. Thanks!

[NeoCaveman]

Wouldn't you just love to turn on Special Report w/Brit Hume, to see footage of Condi's hands wrapped around her throat, shaking her like a rag doll.....

I'd pay good money to see that.

[secret garden]

Honestly, what is wrong with that woman and why did they allow her to get so close to Rice? Our state dept. has been such a mess for so long. Condi has a no win job.

[hobbes1]

MmmmmmmMMMmmmm......Catfight!

[secret garden]

A+ for you. Plus didn’t he write a diet book?

[xsmommy]

xsteen is an unadulterared prep. she is not remotely interested in a sorority. and, in fact, the sorority that comes to mind for pink and green is AKA, which is a black sorority : )

[secret garden]

I thought all of them did those colors. I remember them talking about pink and lime green in Animal House.

[tioga]

-they wouldn’t want me on that jury!

Reminds me, recently while out and about I ran into the sheriff here........he was on grand jury duty and they did NOT excuse him....OR one of his officers. LOL, I imagine that grand jury was a tough one with not one but two LEOs serving on it.

[xsmommy]

i don't think so. it's def alpha kappa alpha.

[VRWCmember]

so there was something going on at that time of year, obviously!

Well it would be right after MLK day.

[xsmommy]

that always gets us in the mood... : )