Posted on 10/31/2013 4:34:54 AM PDT 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".
crepuscule \kri-PUHS-kyool, KREP-uh-skyool\ , noun
twilight; dusk.
Example sentences:
But when he awoke at length there was a great Phoenix brooding with spread wings above his prostrate form, its white plumage like a ghostly crepuscule and its red eyes glowing close against his own pallid and fervent face.
-- Arthur Edward Waite, The Quest of the Golden Stairs, 1893
For that is Anayat in the crepuscule, purple and mellow, sparkling and warm and effulgent when there is a moon, cool and heady and sensuous when there is no moon.
-- Arturo B. Rotor, "Zita," 1937
Etymology:
Crepuscule entered English around the year 1400 from the Latin meaning "twilight, dusk, darkness."
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 Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
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!
Trick or treat!
Crepuscule
Crepuscules are those little red donot looking things in the blood. Some times they get jammed up in an archway and the person has a hurt attack from which they recover by dying but not always.
The reason the creepy suckles keep moving around is that they can’t find a comfortable platelet for....I gotta go...the old woman is awake and meaner than a scalded snake!
What was supposed to be the dawn of hope and change morphd into a crepuscule of dispair and stagnation.
The end.
Y’all see South Park last night?
They lampooned Obamacare by analogy as a new system “Intellilink” for the school. It was supposed to control all of the systems, but nobody could get it to work. When trying to do things like schedule an appointment to see the school nurse, the lights would go off in the room, or music would start playing over the PA.
Despite upgrading to the silver and gold packages, it still was dysfunctional.
Finally, they chose the “Centurion plan” which involved removing all of the “intellilink” computers, wiping out all of the software and burning everything.
They also had a Canadian health care bureaucrat (as a veiled stand-in for Obama) learning that he should just admit when he has made a mistake and stop supporting an idea that doesn’t work.
Good Morning.
I saw it.
It was also hilarious when Mr. Mackey hired and fired the Kathleen Sebelius look a like.
Yes, it was packed full of goodness. Even a Miley Cyrus analog subplot.
Is #centurionplan trending on Twitter yet? We should latch onto that.
They left for school that way.
Last night, I enjoyed seeing the crepuscular rays of the setting sun shine on the harbor in my town while lighting the fire I sat by as I listened to the BOSTON RED SOX WIN THE WORLD SERIES! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
That's cool! Some towns will suspend kids for that. How old are your kids?
That’s good for you, but I only care about the Red Sox if they are beating the Yankees.
At least they managed to finish the Fall Classic while it was still October.
A+. I wish I was there.
A for you. The curse is lifted.
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