Posted on 08/29/2011 5:09:54 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 8/29/11
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".
ambagious;adj
Circuitous, rambling, garbled, misleading. "Myna Bird gave such an ambagious speech at the conference that no one could think of a question to ask her when it concluded." Unlike ambiguous, which refers to vagueness and multiple interpretations, ambagious refers to twisting and winding in speech: "I think that anyone willing to navigate the ambagious language of the document could find a useful insight or two buried in it."
Etymology: The noun underlying today's Good Word is a back-formation from Middle English ambages "equivocation", the feminine singular Latin ambages "evasion, digression". The Latin word came from the same source as ambiguus "ambiguous", a combination of the prefix ambi-, "both, about, around" + agere "to move, drive". Ambi- also appears in ambidextrous, originally "both-right-handed". The root of agere can be found in a plethora of words borrowed from Latin, including agent, act, and agile.
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.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Duelling pendants, surely.
HA!
School starts on Thurs. I can’t wait, because I am tired of cleaning up after my children!
When we got the cat neutered, he escaped his crate and ran away for 24 hours. He is still arrogant and has claimed the alpha dog position OVER the dog. He is tormenting her right now.
Pendants for pedants
Could be a band name.
xsboy was deposited up at SU. xsjunior starts school the day after labor day. xsteen will not be going back to school for the first time in 18 years if you count preschool.
that would be a good one.
Enjoy it - savor it - life changes in Middle School.
Is that right? Interesting - so I have vanilla gin and blueberry gin? So could i make a martini with them?
Yikes, when Rothlesberger gets benched for the accusation of rape this year who will step in as QB?
Ha. I was leaving that one for you or Hobbes, you got here first. Good morning!
I couldn’t resist - it was low hanging fruit. ;^)
OMG Bamalamadingdong on tv claiming he wants everyone working together and setting aside party affiliation. Ok, tell Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Nancy Pelosi, Harry, Reid,......and while you are at it, tell that idiot Biden and your speech writer too.
Pendants for pedants
Could be a band name.
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Yes - doing Gilbert & Sullivan covers.
Go ahead - steal it - be a pirate of pendants!
U r on FAHR today! LOL!
i don’t even have the strength to listen to his insipid yapping.
I think 'ambagious' is what should be put over her head to do the rest of us a favor.
I get it. It’s the difference between the “approve” and the “disapprove”
Negative number means more disapprove.
It's after 5 PM somewhere...
ambagious crayons. And yes, I did change the labels.
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