;Posted on 09/09/2013 5:56:32 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 9/9/13
;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".
risible; adj.
1. causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous. 2. having the ability, disposition, or readiness to laugh. 3. pertaining to or connected with laughing.
Etymology: 1550–60; < Late Latin rīsibilis that can laugh, equivalent to Latin rīs ( us ) (past participle of rīdēre to laugh) + -ibilis -ible
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
happy anniversary! great way to celebrate!
Thank you! 29th and it seems like it is flying by.
I always record the games. And I am now disciplined enough to delay watching the video until about 90 minutes have passed. Then, I can watch the entire game in well under two hours, fast-forwarding through the endless commercials and, often, the constant blather between plays.
My favorite trick: Offense is stopped on third down inside the opponent’s 25. Obvious field-goal attempt coming up. Fast-forward—watch the ball go through the uprights and see the score change. Blast through the long commercial. Continue to fast-forward as kickoff sails through the end zone or is downed for a touchback. Zip through ensuing commercial and stop just as they break the huddle, first and ten at the 20 yard-line. Did not miss any action and saved 5-7 minutes of my life.
I was also trying to talk people out of bidding for Suter’s Wild jersey, right next to Parise’s(the bromance continues). Doughty’s went for a good price, as did Hartnell’s Flyers one. People still love Scotty here, but Suter? Not so much...
But doing that you risk missing some of the brilliant insights of Collinsworth and Michaels. Oh wait, there is none. Nevermind.
IS there anything about politics that isn’t both risible and depressing in the same moment?
It is risible that I did not get your ping because I was in the shower. Gotta go to work today. C ya l8tr.
not lately! A+++
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Dave Chappelles act and his comments regarding his failed show in Hartford are hardly risible.
Never liked the guy anyway.
A++ not really familiar with him. have heard of him, but never paid him any mind.
I have become a fan of Kevin Nealon lately. He was in Boston this spring and visited my niece who was in the hospital dealing with her Crohns disease again. Hung out with several people, and just made them all feel better. He didn’t need to do anything like that, but he just does it. I like that!
Don’t bother, he’s just an unfunny dick.
it is refreshing to hear people like that doing nice stuff just for the heck of it. good for him.
Yes, i have been doing that for years. Unless the offense is running a hurry up, the button that skips ahead 30 seconds take you from tackle to snap of the next play.
Who is running this Cracker Jack factory? John Kerry drawing lines in the sand? Susan Rice being sent out to sell any idea whatever? Risible? You can’t make this stuff up.
A+++ good to see you again!how have you been?
Risible
When the rabble rise above their station they become risible. Cuthbert just graduated Notary Public training and also received a Certificate of Appreciation for learning the Dewey Decimal System. There’s just no telling how far Cuthbert will rise in our town’s heady intellectual atmosphere.
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