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Word for the Day, Monday, May 12, 2014-- screed
5/12/14 | xs

Posted on 05/12/2014 5:33:22 AM PDT by xsmommy

Word For The Day, Monday, 5/12/14

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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".

screed; noun

1. a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe. 2. an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing. 3. Building Trades. a. a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface. b. a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like. c. a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level. 4. British Dialect . a fragment or shred, as of cloth. 5. Scot. a. a tear or rip, especially in cloth. b. a drinking bout.

Etymology: 1275–1325; Middle English screde torn fragment, irregular (with sc- for sh- ) representing Old English scrēade shred

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....




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To: xsmommy

Has xshub written to the SU administration?


21 posted on 05/12/2014 6:00:26 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

how about some fall-out for the EGGSHELL CAPTAIN, constantly vaunted as the best player in the universe? if it was the caps, OVIE would be constantly derided by the media. Anyone riding Sid’s ass up there over his failure to produce?


22 posted on 05/12/2014 6:01:20 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

Your captain has been downright hissy. I hope the dirty plays are going to start getting called. His groin pokes and cross checks are blatant now.


23 posted on 05/12/2014 6:01:21 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy

Why is she averse?


24 posted on 05/12/2014 6:02:15 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

well he said that i should not just tweet it out to the intarwebs but to put the school’s graduation hashtag with it, so that it would come to their attention. He will make his views known.


25 posted on 05/12/2014 6:02:21 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

because she loathes the penguins with every fiber of her being!


26 posted on 05/12/2014 6:02:41 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

One of my superintendents went off on a nasty screed on our Scotish laborer who did a not-quite perfect screed job on a concrete slab, causing the Scot to go off on an after-work screed.


27 posted on 05/12/2014 6:03:02 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: secret garden

As Staal repeatedly attempts to take his head off? Yeah, let’s hope that penalties are going to be called, but you know that isn’t going to happen.


28 posted on 05/12/2014 6:03:41 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Sure was nice to see them lose last night. :)

I’m no rangers fan, I just want the points for my NHL bracket, and I want them bruised and battered when the Bruins kick their butts.


29 posted on 05/12/2014 6:04:35 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

whole lotta screed-ing goin’ on up there! LOL! A++++


30 posted on 05/12/2014 6:04:52 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Obama’s getting screwed by his screed
As he spoke with intent to mislead
“If you like your plan
Then you keep your plan”
In November, we’ll remember his deed


31 posted on 05/12/2014 6:05:56 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Jay Carney: The (Benghazi) emails weren't about Benghazi.)
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To: xsmommy

Crosby has generated a lot of offense, so it’s not like it was last week where he was no where to be seen.

In the past two games, I think it’s been more Lundqvist taking a lot of heat from the Pens in the 2nd period, and then late in the period the Rangers score and give themselves some breathing room.

If the Penguins convert one of the shorthanded opportunities last night we have a tie game. We also had Crosby set up Kunitz and he fanned on the shot.

If those go in, it’s a different game.


32 posted on 05/12/2014 6:06:19 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

A+++ but he’s focusing on the kidnapped Nigerian girls now. didn’t you see the sad Moochelle face with the #? RM#E


33 posted on 05/12/2014 6:08:32 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

We were in the car driving back last night during the pregame and they spoke to Ray Borque? is that his name? he’s a pens announcer, former player. He criticized Sid, said he needed to be better.
i was glad for the Hobbit to get the first goal for the Rangers, bc it was Mothers day and his mom had just died. i think everyone wanted the Rangers to win last night for that reason. Well, maybe not Pens fans....


34 posted on 05/12/2014 6:10:49 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Focusing? By posting on Twitter?


35 posted on 05/12/2014 6:10:55 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

that’s where he does his best focusing...well, there and the golf course.


36 posted on 05/12/2014 6:11:51 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Phil Borque.

I was under the impression we gave St. Louis Friday’s game for his mother.


37 posted on 05/12/2014 6:14:00 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: NeoCaveman
seriously??? i thought this couldn't have been real, the kiss-- we were obv out of commission with grad stuff all weekend, but i saw a drudge headline with a headshot of the kiss and i showed xshub and said do you think this really happened or is this just a joke or what? he didn't think it could have happened. Today i see it really did. Honestly, it is not going to be possible to live on this planet much longer.
38 posted on 05/12/2014 6:14:21 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

well that too, but yesterday was Mothers day and so....


39 posted on 05/12/2014 6:14:53 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Well, yes, but it did lead to a funny tweet after the first openly gay man was drafted in the NFL:

Still searching for first openly straight Subaru owner.


40 posted on 05/12/2014 6:16:47 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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