;Posted on 07/22/2013 5:44:19 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 7/22/13
;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".
welter; verb, noun
1. to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea. 2. to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals (often followed by about ): pigs weltering about happily in the mud. 3. to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, especially blood. 4. to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.: to welter in setbacks, confusion, and despair. noun 5. a confused mass; a jumble or muddle: a welter of anxious faces. 6. a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval: the welter that followed the surprise attack. 7. a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about, as or as if by the sea, waves, or wind: They found the shore through the mighty welter.
Etymology: 1250–1300; Middle English, frequentative (see -er6 ) of welten to roll, Old English weltan; cognate with Middle Dutch welteren, Low German weltern to roll
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....
saw that, seems a bit heavy-handed but maybe there was more to the story. A+++
WHile last week’s heat wave left many sweltering and hibernating is their homes/basements, some of us who *despise* the winter weltered in it’s glory, guzzling water and gatorade and beer thru-out the day and evenings.
it’s amazing that it was cooler in FL than in VA while we were on vaca last week. it was humid but temps were always in the 80s. ocean breeze was nice too.
A+++
Wow. He makes Cromartie look like an amature!
MrB i need your help in deciphering this pun. i am pun-challenged!
Gone for a week and they changed management at my parking garage across from my ofc. Same people there for the past 20 years, now it’s new peeps. Cannot log in to my voicemail, bc it’s not taking my password. Cannot log into the timekeeping feature, bc it was time to change the password and it’s not accepting my answer to the security question [what is the city of your birth: i tried Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. NONE WORK! ok, i am not wrong on the city of my birth, so something is awry here.]
Can’t place it right off, though it might refer to a piece of clothing or swollen ankles.
The weltering has begun for the royal baby. Boy or girl?
okay, i hate doing this, bc it is a drag to have to make someone explain their homework, and i look like a dunce for not being able to see the pun, but i called in an expert [mrB] and he doesn’t get it either. Cowman, explain yourself!
i’m going to guess girl.
Ah, but wouldn’t it be hilarious to post an nonsensical pun with no explanation then leave?
So you missed an eventful week, it seems.
Have you tried the Mt Dew Kickstart? I had an orange one on the beach. Not too bad.
Not exactly diet, but it has 5% real juice and 80 calories for the can. 20 g sugar.
A Monster drink has 54 g sugar.
I would guess girl as well. Things can’t go that smoothly for the couple. Two girls, then a boy.
no, i’m but i am familiar with the witches boobs....
Let's not bring Biden and Reid into this
LMAO!!!
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