Word For The Day, Tuesday, July 29, 2003

The Verbivores | 7/29/03 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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want \want\, verb
wanted, wanting, wants; intransitive verb
wantage; wanter \Want"age; want-er\, noun:

1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
2. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
3. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.

And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey. --Milton.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy. --Franklin.

Etymology: Middle English wanten, to be lacking, from Old Norse vanta. See eu - in Indo-European Roots.

Usage Note: When want meaning “desire” is followed immediately by an infinitive construction, it does not take for: I want you to go (not want for you to go). When want and the infinitive are separated by a word or phrase, however, for is used: What I want is for you to go. I want very much for you to go. Want in its meaning of “have need, lack” normally takes for: They'll not want for anything now that they've inherited his estate.

[VRWCmember]

Hello Miss Rika. xs and grimmy are still gallivanting in yesterday's classroom. I found this interesting statement by xs about her oven:

i have to talk to consuela. i have never cleaned the thing myself.

I wonder if dubya and the tiger happened to see that little confession.

[camle]

PIE FIGHT!!!!

[VRWCmember]

Thank Goodness It's Finally FRIDAY!
Whooops! It's not Friday!

No, but we all want it to be Friday so we would have a more wanton word to play with.

[Gabz]

Good morning to you, Miss Slippy!!!

We had unbelievable thunderstorms here last night - but they did wonders for the temperatures - the high for the day is only supposed to be 80 today.

That's good for me because this afternoon we are going to empty out one of our storage units - I would have been unable to deal with the heat if it was going to be like yesterday was.

[NeoCaveman]

Hell must be getting crowded with Uday and Qusay and now Idi.

[RikaStrom]

I only hope that these chickenshits don't get a pass again, like the other ones did.

A+

[camle]

Gotcha!!!

[RikaStrom]

lol!

[RikaStrom]

Heck, I could have told them that, without the expensive study.

A+

[RikaStrom]

Morning Gabz

[RikaStrom]

You and me both!

[RikaStrom]

Gack!

A+

[RikaStrom]

LOL, I will keep that in mind.

[Slip18]

Pass me one of those wantons, will ya, Vast?

[RikaStrom]

Ok gang, I am going to work. STay out of trouble.

[camle]

Splatt!!

[Slip18]

We woke up to ten degrees cooler this morning, but we had no RAIN!

Have fun cleaning out storage. I still have a storage locker, but haven't quite gotten into it in a while.

[Slip18]

Good morning, Dentist. Nice to see you this morning. Nice shirt you're wearing, BTW.

[Gabz]

Mornin' Tex!!!

[NeoCaveman]

Splat!