Word for the Day, Monday, April 30, 2012--bemuse

4/30/12 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Monday, 4/30/12

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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".

Bemuse;transitive verb CLICK THE WORD FOR PRONUNCIATION

: to make confused : puzzle, bewilder 2: to occupy the attention of : distract, absorb 3: to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement — be·mus·ed·ly \-ˈmyü-zəd-lē\ adverb — be·muse·ment \-ˈmyüz-mənt\ noun

Etymology: "to make utterly confused," from be- + muse (cf. amuse), attested from 1735 but probably older, as Pope (1705) punned on it as "devoted utterly to the Muses."

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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[xsmommy]

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

Chrissy FatPantload appears bemused by the Freep at the WHCD. headline

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

No pushing at the door please!

[xsmommy]

Saw this bumpersticker on the way in to work in DC this AM.

AND it was on a hybrid. It brightened my day.

[hoagy62]

I have to practice my bemused face as I survey the utter chaos I expect at work today.

[CPOSharky]

He has nothing that is grade A, even his muse is grade B (at best, more like D or F).

[left that other site]

Those who were once bemused by O are now finding themselves abused.
And they are not amused.

[secret garden]

Myello.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Commentary on Fox & Friends this AM circulates around Obama’s attempt to bemuse the voting public with his new campaign ad patting himself on the back for killing Bin Laden while predicting that Romney would not have acted. What’s up with that?

[xsmommy]

i’m picturing it, it looks much like BLUE STEEL... ; )
A+++

[xsmommy]

def D or F! A+++

[xsmommy]

I HOPE that is the reaction! A+++

[xsmommy]

he sees his Osama kill as his preeminent achievement, so he will spin it any way he can, i suppose A+++

[left that other site]

Me Too!
I can dream, can’t I?

[xsmommy]

i am pondering the meaning of this and am coming up short... ROR!

[xsmommy]

Gosh i wish i knew what was going to happen. i cannot fathom what the rank and file likely voter thinks. i pray they know the score.

[secret garden]

It’s the way Cy Barnes answered the phone on the Doris Day Show.

[left that other site]

I think the “Tipping Point” for the American Public, White Guilt, Political Correctness, etc may be near, but I am an eternal optimist.

[xsmommy]

thought maybe you were talking about POP

[xsmommy]

Logically i think you may be right, i think people may be fed up with all of that crap, but i am the eternal pessimist and always expect the worst and am pleasantly surprised if anything less bad happens : ) it’s an eastern european thang.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Hey Chrissy—doth Barry bemuse?
Or was that leg-tingle merely a ruse
We’ve all had our fill
Of accomplishments—nil!
All he does is deflect and confuse

[count-your-change]

Bemuse

Now I know a lot of the guests that show up here early just bring another cup of water for the soup but this bone has some meat left on it worth gnawing on. Anywho...

If this bemuse means udderly confused like a cow can't decide to give milk or be hamburger then I went to a bemuseum for a school since Mr. Fossil was our school master and he's utterly cornfused on corn squeeze.
In other wise bemuse was Beam Use, Jim Beam, Mr. Fossil's friend.