Posted on 07/21/2014 6:40:37 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, July 21, 2014 – succor; noun/verb
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".
noun 1. help; relief; aid; assistance. 2. a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc. verb (used with object) 3. to help or relieve. Also, especially British, suc·cour.
Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) Middle English sucuren < Old French suc ( c ) urre, socorre < Latin succurrere to go beneath, run to help, equivalent to suc- suc- + currere to run (see current); (noun) Middle English soc ( o ) ur, back formation from sucurs (taken as plural) < Old French < Medieval Latin succursus, equivalent to Latin succur ( rere ) + -sus, var of -tus suffix of v. action
Related forms suc·cor·a·ble, adjective suc·cor·er, noun non·suc·cor, noun un·suc·cor·a·ble, adjective un·suc·cored, adjective
Can be confused: succor, sucker.
You mean from the paparazzi crotch photo angle?
I prefer to call it the PCPA, just to come off a tad less pervy; but yes
VPA. Anytime there is a girl with a skirt on, somewhere there is the Visual Panty Angle. I learned that from the UK series “Coupling.”
But were you ever caught in a giggle loop?
Until the melty man cometh.
You shouldn’t mention the Melty Man.
Just got home from doing an estimate to deliver later today or tomorrow-
If Obama’s minions want us
To accept the illegals here
They need to succor them all-
Most of us won’t shed a tear
To see those kids of all ages
From training pants to tattoos
Put on the first flight out-
Now that would be great news
If the liberals want them so much
Take them home, with all haste
We’ll laugh as the human locusts
Lay those fancy homes to waste...
And I’ll bet if that happened, every liberal member of congress would instantly have a full domestic staff-even if they lived alone-none of whom spoke English, and all paid way below minimum wage-butler, maids for every room, at least two cooks, laundress...
I prefer climbing up and into a 4x4 to scrunching down into something like that old 300ZX I drive-and my tools and stuff fit into the 4Runner very nicely...
That old ZX I used to drive-I sold it to a co-worker-the suspension was trashed by the rough roads out here, but he only wanted it for the engine and transmission, which I always maintained very well...
I think “Inferno,” with its impassioned speech at the end, is one of the best sitcom episodes ever.
My employee from Brazil ran out and bought a brand new Corvette (livin’ the dream) and getting in and out of that was a trick. The heads up display is pretty neat, though. You can see your speedometer like it’s floating out on the road ahead of you.
For sure.
Steve made some great points about the inequal treatment of erotica depending upon the targeted gender of the audience of such cinema.
I don’t think I’d like that-I don’t like anything extra with my driving experience but the stereo, which is part of it to me. And even if I were wealthy, I don’t see myself paying for enhancements like that on a vehicle-I might build them into a house, if I had that kind of money...
It’s a safety enhancement. I wouldn’t pay extra for it right now, but some will. And in a matter of time it will be just as common as airbags or back-up cameras.
Jeff made a good point when he said any alien species that wanted to wipe out humans could just give women the ability to read minds. Cause if they knew what runs through our heads, they’d kill us all!
I will continue to drive older trucks/SUVs and be responsible and careful on my own-mechanical objects are more fallible than humans-they cannot reason-I love that stuff on the kitchen appliances, on the computer, the TV-but not something that could get me or someone else killed-and from a case management view, sounds like an insurance nightmare...
I was badly injured by an airbag that deployed when it should not have-I hate them...
“read our minds”
Some of us females have been taught that by our mothers-the watch and listen technique is what is most effective-and we have it down to a fine art by about age 40, and are seldom wrong. Silly human-there is no escape...
And now I have an Alan Parsons Project earworm...
“Don’t think sorry’s easily said
Don’t try turning tables instead
You’ve taken lots of chances before
But I ain’t gonna give any more
Don’t ask me
That’s how it goes
‘Cause part of me knows what you’re thinking...
Don’t say words you’re gonna regret
Don’t let the fire rush to your head
I’ve heard the accusation before
And I ain’t gonna take any more
Believe me
The sun in your eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing
I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don’t need to see any more
To know that I can read your mind, I can read your mind”...
A heads-up display is safer than having to glance down, taking one’s eyes off of the road in order to check one’s speed, or other operating parameters. As long as people aren’t hacking it to watch porn or Game of Thrones while they drive.
I really never saw that as a problem-but that is just me. And I would not put it past some people to do just that-they are already a hazard texting and jabbering on the phone-it makes my hair stand on end every time I see someone multitasking on the road. I think it is safer when people are more involved in driving, not less.
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