Posted on 11/18/2008 5:13:40 AM PST by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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".
deipnosophist [dahyp-nos-uh-fist]
-n
a person who is an adept conversationalist at table.
[1650–60; after a literary work by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, an expert in affairs of the kitchen, equiv. to Gk deîpno(n) meal + sophists sophist ]
Can’t do youtube, bummer!
No need to be jealous. :)
what a romantic story...
yunz go right on ahead! ; )
several of them look like teenagers!
hey, they aren’t in juvee.
and what an ugly bunch they are.
it’s always nice when the uglo-americans can find each other...
So the freep finally got up and running again today? About time. I think that deipnosophist is a good description of what Corey the Welldigger was not when Hannity called him about his letter to Nobama. His letter was well-written but I think he was caught offguard by the phone call to verify his identity and the info in his letter. Given enough time, I think most of us are better on paper than in spontaneous public speaking.
Any port in a storm.
That was a great letter. Proof positive that we have what it takes to succeed.
Now if we could just apply that kind of gumption to political machinations ...
Maybe our Newts and Roves could do something along the lines of:
We the People
Joe the Plumber
Corey the Driller
and all the rest of us.
Them’s alotta letters to say tawks too much!
chuck will be happier in an obama administration...where nancy will pull that football everytime he tries for a field goal.....what a rino.
I wake up today to two more inches of snow on my car and NO FR.....what a lousy day.
i am exhausted. i baked my behind off today. tomorrow is the last Gonzaga hockey bake sale of the season, in the cafeteria. i am taking time off from my PAYING job to go sell slices of pie and cookies to HS boys! i made two choc pecan pies and 2 pumpkin. and a shopping bag full of cookies.
We are doing a pre-Thanksgiving dinner for one of our classes Thursday so I’ll be baking tomorrow.
Actually the FReep has made me a better deipnosophist, with its plethora of info, both political & offbeat.
OMG....ED Hill fired by Fox....over an Obama comment....we are DOOMED.....they’d put me in a reeducation camp for sure.
Every day, there are more signs that we really need to prepare for another revolution.
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