Word for the Day - EXPATIATE

Google ^ | March 31, 2017 | Red Badger

[Red Badger]

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”.

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EXPATIATE

ex·pa·ti·ate ikˈspāSHēˌāt/ verb

verb: expatiate; 3rd person present: expatiates; past tense: expatiated; past participle: expatiated; gerund or present participle: expatiating

speak or write at length or in detail.

"she expatiated on working-class novelists"

synonyms: speak/write at length, go into detail, expound, dwell, dilate, expand, enlarge, elaborate; formal: perorate

"he expatiated on the topic of volunteerism"

Origin

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘roam freely’): from Latin exspatiari ‘move beyond one's usual bounds,’ from ex- ‘out, from’ + spatiari ‘to walk’ (from spatium ‘space’).

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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.

[Red Badger]

Please EXPATIATE as much as you want........................

[dblshot]

While limericks are great
They do not always satiate
They are too light
I need to write
And just go on and expatiate

[freedumb2003]

A long-winded guy soon to move to another country has a cough.

He is looking for expected expatriate expatiate expectorant.

[Red Badger]

If Tom Brady retires and becomes a talk show host, will he be an ExPatiate?......................

[dblshot]

He’ll probably pass on that...’cause he never runs.

[Red Badger]

LOL!....It might be a running back play!.................

[Pearls Before Swine]

Just remember, you can’t spell “expatriate” without “expatiate.”

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Instead of a limerick, I will expatiate:

After an extremely bitter divorce, the wife of a hedge fund mogul went to his house to pick up their kids after their weekend with dad. While waiting for them in the living room, she noticed his brand-new quarterly bonus check, a seven-figure amount of which she would not get a share, since it was earned post-divorce. In a fit of rage, she shoved the check into her mouth and proceeded to consume it.

When her friends heard about what had happened, the gossip mill started going full-bore. The opening phrase was usually: Did you hear about the ex pay she ate?

[Red Badger]

A++!
I LOVE PUNS!
EVEN BAD ONES!...........................

[SoothingDave]

The expatriate expatiated on his expiation.

[left that other site]

The effete and loquacious expatriate,
Was called upon to expatiate.
“We should have open borders!”
(He is just following orders,
And, his white privilege, trying to expiate.)

[Red Badger]

A++!......................

[Red Badger]

A+!...................

[alexander_busek]

The verb "to expatiate" (meaning "to expound") is often confused with "to expiate" (meaning "to atone for [sins, etc.]").

I am expatiating on the meaning of these words as expiation for my occasional harshness in pointing out the misuse of words by other FReepers.

Regards,

[SoothingDave]

Expeditiously!

[SFConservative]

Well, the haiku form doesn't let me expatiate so I'm not able to bore you for more than 5 seconds. Sad!

When Trump gets irate,
no need to expatiate.
One-forty will do!

[Red Badger]

A+!....................

[Red Badger]

A+..................

[SFConservative]

He is looking for expected expatriate expatiate expectorant.

And he wants it expeditiously!