Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - shank's mare

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 01/16/2008

[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".

shank's mare • \SHANKS-MAIR\ • noun
one's own legs

Example sentence:

We were determined to see the ruins, and when we found out the shuttle bus wasn't running that day, we traveled by shank's mare.

Did you know?
"A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" Many travelers in centuries past would have agreed with King Richard's famous lines from Shakespeare's Richard III -- when you needed to travel any distance in the days before automobiles, you definitely wanted a horse. When one wasn't available, you had to rely on your built-in transportation equipment, your feet and legs. The word "shank" has been used to mean "the lower leg" since before the 12th century, and "shank's mare" first appeared in writing in the late 1700s. Another vivid expression connecting people and horses was "horse with ten toes," but that one is now relegated to history.

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 today's rather obscure WFTD.

If the democrats have their way with gasoline tax increases, everybody will have to rely on shank's mare to get around.

40-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax increase urged by federal panel
Democrat Wants Higher Gas Taxes, New Carbon Fees [50-cents-a-gallon tax on gasoline...]
US should consider gas tax: Ford chief [consider implementing a European-style gasoline tax]
Rep. Dingell floats 'carbon tax' plan [boost the federal gasoline tax by 50 cents.......]

No pushing at the door please!

Happy Humpday Everybody!

[VRWCmember]

Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but I have lost my copy of the gradebook. 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 I have lost my copy of the gradebook. 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 I have lost my copy of the gradebook. 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.

[tioga]

That was ME pounding on the door to get it...... LOL

[xsmommy]

good LORD, it is ABOUT dang time!

[VRWCmember]

To give you an idea of how this morning is going with all the interruptions for various four-letter-word-related activities, I brewed a special pot of Costa Rican Tres Rios coffee and never got to drink any of it because it was gone before I could shake all these interruptions and get back to get a cup. And now my damn outlook calender is flashing a meeting notice at me. See you all later.

[tioga]

Those shank’s mare of hillary’s are more commonly known as “cankles”.

[xsmommy]

my PMS pic could serve as my homework, were i PMSing, i’d shank ya BUT GOOD!

[ConorMacNessa]

Ted the Swimmer's shank's mare is bearing weight in excess of the design specs.

[VRWCmember]

Those shank’s mare of hillary’s are more commonly known as “cankles”.

I think where hillary is concerned we'd have to refer to legs as "shank's clydesdales".

[tioga]

LOL...good one!

[VRWCmember]

excellent.

I don’t recall seeing your name on the roll, but I’ll certainly add you to it if you like.

[xsmommy]

i will make you another pot for after your meeting

[ConorMacNessa]

I would appreciate that, thanks.

[xsmommy]

maybe you should wear your coffee after you brew it...

[Hegemony Cricket]

AKA “The Ankle Express”...

[Jaded]

Well, Hillary is a skank... with really really really healthy skank’s mare. Ewww. Lost my appetite.

[VRWCmember]

I want one of those for my birthday next month. I’m late for my meeting.

[xsmommy]

ok, we will start planning the party from now. we already know what you want as your gift.

[NeoCaveman]

It is a 4 letter word in deed.

[secret garden]

This shank’s mare is waiting for it to warm up to 30 before I go biking.

[theDentist]

The 27th Annual Shank's Mare Western.... No records broken.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Ted the Swimmer's shank's mare is bearing weight in excess of the design specs.

Don't say it too loud--Congress will add 40 cents a gallon to Johnnie Walker Black.

[ConorMacNessa]

I would have posted the infamous pic, but I figured some people would still be at breakfast.

[xsmommy]

i am grateful for your forbearance... : )

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

If Queen Hillary of Shank's Mare makes it to the Oval Office (yeccch!) she will be sure that Sir Bill The Sneak Harms no one there. His harems sank his own presidency.

[ConorMacNessa]

Excellent, Truth!

[tioga]

Well........the Washington Post has stated the obvious........REPUBLICAN RIVALS SHARE ONE BOND: ALL LOSERS

[mikrofon]

The Dem Presidential campaign is turning into a three-way horse race:

There's the Silky Pony, the Zebra (or dark horse, if you will), and the Old Gray [Shank's] Mare (who ain't what she used to be)...

[RightWhale]

Shank’s mare will be the option for those commuting to the office if this recent algor keeps up.

Main Entry: al·gor
Pronunciation: al-g()r
Function: noun
: a sensation of coldness : CHILL

Also a reference to Algore’s famous work on the internal combustion engine danger.

[xsmommy]

that is great! A+++ and dang if you didn’t give me an earworm with that last one!

[xsmommy]

would BS be a synonym for algor? ; )

[Slip18]

My shank's mare is a nightmare.

Funny. Cyber and I were talking about the word "dream" last evening. I told him I had nightmares. Can't you have good nightmares just as you can have bad dreams? Does "mare" have a bad connotation?

[Slip18]

Oh, no, not that again!!!

[Slip18]

I couldn’t agree more with you. Pretty soon he’ll be one big ball of fluff.

[Slip18]

Hehehehehehehehe!

Did you shank's mare back from the meeting all in one piece?

[Slip18]

Yeah, Vastie wants a bunch of beans.

[Slip18]

That runner has been in the tanning salon far too often.

[Slip18]

I love Johnnie Walker Black Label!

Wonder what the congresscritters will do with the taxes?

[Slip18]

I love Johnnie Walker Black Label!

Wonder what the congresscritters will do with the taxes?

[Slip18]

You guys are all right on today. Whew!

[Slip18]

Thank you very much, Conor, for being a gentleman.

[NeoCaveman]

You ain’t notin but a loser till you win something...

Actually the same could be said for the primaries of 1980, 1988, 1996, and 2000.

And I think 1992, which was kind of embarrassing.

[xsmommy]

can i extrapolate from this word, the phrase ass' stallion? because this jack@SS fits that bill.

i had to research the possessive form of ASS. i went with the THOMAS form of not adding an extra S, instead of the SOUTER model.

[Slip18]

The Jerk forgot FRed. I guess he’ll be the winner then, and the writer can say, “See, I told you so.”

[Slip18]

Very, very good, mikro. Well thought out.

[Slip18]

You slay me.

I called him Al [lady of the evening]. I don’t like to use nasty words in here. But that’s what he is. Ho, ho, ho.

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Hillary always wears pants suits.

This is appropriate, since it prevents us from being exposed to her skankmare calves. Then again, her calves did grow from her horse’s ass ... And have plenty of bull above that as fertizliars.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I love Johnnie Walker Black Label!

Don't drink too much of it. It can cause you to double-post!