Posted on 01/30/2014 4:35:16 AM PST 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".
quondam (KWON-duhm) adjective
Former; onetime.
Example sentence:
"One of the assumptions Madison and others labored under was that Britain would be too preoccupied with beating Napoleon to pay much attention to its quondam colonies.
--Joyce Appleby; The Washington Post; A Stumbling, Fiery End to War of 1812; May 5, 2013.
Etymology:
From Latin quondam (formerly). Earliest documented use: 1535.
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
Historical Linguistics . the disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in theformation of the word slant from aslant . Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Don’t know latin. Is it? So foxy knoxy guilty again. They’ll never her her back there, but she struck me as guilty. She has her defenders on fr though!
I begged for IT and this woman asked about my browser and said I may have to switch to Internet Explorer. I said are you in the IT dept? She said I can help you. I said please answer the question, are you in the IT dept because no one in an IT dept would EVER suggest I use Internet Explorer!!! I am ready to rip hair out.
How do you get a law degree without learning a smattering of Latin
I know legal latin. Bene dict isn’t legal and I’ve not heard of it.
I’ve always been creeped out by movies about inanimate objects coming to “life”-especially dolls-it is just so unnatural, and it gives me nightmares, even now. And no, I don’t have any dolls...
Mmmm, smells good here. Sloppy joes simmering on the stove. I am getting hungry.
It’s not like a Chucky movie, but an item is a conduit for an evil spirit.
Haven’t made a sloppy joe in a dogs age! Good idea! We are going to meet the DJ at army-navy for dinner tonight to figure out more wedding stuff.
Ok. But you know what a verdict is. And you should know a benefit or a beneficiary.
And this is a thread for word junkies.
oh, have fun with the wedding plans.
They usually only operate in IE....
Sadly.
I’ve gone thru that several times.....i use Firefox, predominantly...
LMAO. When the Princess was little, she had big kewpie doll eyes, and would literally sit bolt upright, and talk, eyes open, in her sleep.......i would hear her, and go running in...
Egads....
It was a reach! Give it up!,
; )
Otra vez? If Italy is a civilized country, why have they no rule of double jeopardy? I don’t know whether or not she did the crime, acted alone or had help, or even whether she was there when the murder occurred because from what was reported from the trial she WAS at, everyone there was apparently drunk, stoned, passed out or just breaking in to steal stuff because everyone was wasted. Either way, they won’t get Knox back to Italy unless they plan to abduct her.
I didn’t see any of the Chucky movies-I avoid movies about stuff like that-the first time I saw something about an evil doll, I was maybe 10 or so, it was on an episode of The Twilight Zone, and it scared the crap out of me.
Have a great time!
My cub used to talk-and walk in her sleep, too-started doing it when she was about 2-it used to freak my husband and I both out, and we had to sleep with one ear open so she wouldn’t fall and get hurt. She gradually quit doing that, and by the time she was 14-15, she slept quietly in bed all night...
The point is that Chucky was campy. This movie was just plain scary. Possession. Demonic.
They are reporting a “glitch” with Chrome and my bank and yes, she actually used that word. So I had to download Firefox again to go through their browser and it worked like a champ. They think the “glitch” is temporary. I’ll just use Firefox for them from now on and Chrome for everything else. Even though Chrome ditched my scroll bars and I had to find replacements.
I could never get happy with Chrome...
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