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Word For The Day, Thursday, January 26, 2012 - argosy
dictionaries ad nauseam | 26 January 2012 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 01/26/2012 4:29:30 AM PST by secret garden


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".

argosy (AHR-GUH-see) noun
1. A large ship, or a fleet of ships, especially one carrying valuable cargo.
2. A rich source or supply.

Example sentences:
"Shylock: He hath an argosy bound to Tripolis, another to the Indies."
---William Shakespeare; The Merchant of Venice; 1596.

"We get a little bit detective story, a little bit gossip, and an argosy of insight."
---Amy Wallen; Book Review: 'Nom de Plume'; Los Angeles Times; Aug 8, 2011.

Etymology:
Shortening of Italian nave Ragusea (ship of Ragusa), after Ragusa, a maritime city on the Adriatic sea, modern day Dubrovnik, Croatia. Earliest documented use: 1577.

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....


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!


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To: secret garden

yep!


41 posted on 01/26/2012 1:47:57 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave; NeoCaveman; hobbes; Hegewisch Dupa

pinging my stoner pals... there was a hilarious greg guttfield tweet yesterday, he told Dana Perino that Demi Moore was hospitalized for doing whippets, she said “the dogs?” LMAO!


42 posted on 01/26/2012 1:49:50 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: hobbes1
Frightening is winning. I added to the total ; )
43 posted on 01/26/2012 1:52:48 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga

Thanks for the overview-I think I’ll pass on that one. Maybe I can find a copy of Ira Levin’s “This Perfect Day”-a novel of a nanny/totalitarian future world-but with heroes and a happy ending. The hero and heroine call themselves Chip and Lilac...


44 posted on 01/26/2012 1:57:54 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: xsmommy

Saw that. Didn’t know there was a dog called that.

I guess you never worked the graveyard shift at a place that makes its own whipped cream and had a big old tank of nitrous oxide in the back?


45 posted on 01/26/2012 2:01:12 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Please pardon my ignorance, but the only whippet I’m familiar with is the sight hound that looks like a smaller greyhound. I’m really not up on the newest stoner terms, but whipped cream and nitrous sounds like some kind of laughing meth.


46 posted on 01/26/2012 2:08:21 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave

Please pardon my ignorance, but the only whippet I’m familiar with is the sight hound that looks like a smaller greyhound. I’m really not up on the newest stoner terms, but whipped cream and nitrous sounds like some kind of laughing meth.


47 posted on 01/26/2012 2:08:58 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave

Please pardon my double post, as well...


48 posted on 01/26/2012 2:10:53 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: xsmommy

So, you voted with the Obamamites... ;)


49 posted on 01/26/2012 2:47:56 PM PST by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
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To: Texan5; xsmommy; secret garden; Explorer89
oh, dear God in Heaven, what is on her head?


50 posted on 01/26/2012 5:32:47 PM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

I suppose it is a hair ornament of some sort-it looks like something a Victorian-era woman would wear-she’s never had very good taste, in my opinion-always sort of dowdy/tacky...


51 posted on 01/26/2012 6:04:25 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57366812-10391704/demi-moore-reportedly-hospitalized-after-inhaling-nitrous-oxide-what-are-whippets/

It’s laughing gas. Nitrous oxide. Usually in small cylinders used for a brief high. Gives you a headache if done repeatedly.

At the restaurant, we had a giant cylinder used for making whipped cream.


52 posted on 01/26/2012 6:04:48 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Thank you! It does not sound like a very smart thing to do. My mom told my brother and I about college parties she’d gone to where little vials of amyl nitrate-”poppers”-were offered along with the beer and other alcohol. That didn’t sound like something I’d want to do, either...


53 posted on 01/26/2012 6:14:28 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: tioga

A tiara? And those earrings look like gauges.


54 posted on 01/26/2012 7:02:30 PM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: tioga

Uh yeah, that would be referred to as a “Glamour Don’t”!


55 posted on 01/26/2012 9:02:52 PM PST by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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To: Texan5

A+ for you, hectic times here.


56 posted on 01/27/2012 5:29:59 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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