;Posted on 01/07/2013 5:02:49 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 1/7/13
;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".
cogent; adj.
1. Convincing or believable. 2. Relevant
Etymology: From Latin cogere (to drive together), from co- (together) + agere (to drive). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw), which is also the source of such words as act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, and ambassador. Earliest documented use: 1659.
USAGE: "[Michael Chabon's novel] 'Telegraph Avenue', tries to weave the stories of nearly a dozen different characters into a cogent narrative." Failure of Imagination; The Economist (London, UK); Sep 8, 2012.
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....
Here is my example with WFTD.
Much discussion of the decision to keep RG3 in, not sure how cogent the explanation.
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!
i am at my work station but still very sleepy. but i will cast a fish eye at any shenanigans so get to work.
i am at my work station but still very sleepy. but i will cast a fish eye at any shenanigans so get to work.
Instead of bride and groom, each principal at a gay wedding is called a cogent.
good one! A+++
Is a fish eye the same as a stink eye? Is that a Burgh phrase?
Not a burgh phrase, and maybe it’s a blank expressionless stare, but it’s in common parlance.
When a lesbian couple divorces, do they call it a dichotomy?
ha! gross.
thanks for the heads up!
Good Morning. I am cogent 007.
Looks like happy hour started early at the White House.
Clever! A+++
A+++ beneath contempt.
Cogent
Tally Salivaus played a lollypup loving bald police detective named Cogent. “Who loves me, baby!”
I think he died or went back to Greece.
A+++ i remember that!
obama and his minions cannot make a cogent argument for obamacare. But we’re stuck with it anyway!!!!
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