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.

[Slip18]

May I borrow a cream pie?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Don't make me get this after you.

[CholeraJoe]

I want these fires to be over!

[Gabz]

back atcha!!!!

[Slip18]

Gotcha!

[camle]

why coitenly!

[camle]

oh! A WISE GUY!!!

[Slip18]

So do we in AZ, CJ. Our natural resources need some cleaning up.

[camle]

Why I oughta!

[hobbes1]

The Pseudo-conservatives in california will be able to wallow in their wantage as a result of their not being willing to Back an acceptable California candidate when this Man becomes the Dems sole hope, and returns to the Governorship of that sorry state.

We must always remember
that we are but a small point
on a long line of time
God has allowed us to extend

Small as it may be, it is ours
ours to fill with purpose and meaning
ours, to make honorable and distinguished
and ours to defend i the court of history

The next Governor of California
Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hey man,

Hey like Americans are the slave masters of the world man you know. Like the religious right government like wants to you know like dominate uh the world. Geroge you know Bush like wants to kill like all the Arabs and blacks and like set up that part of the world to be controlled like by the Jews. The Jews and George Uh Bush like want all the oil no matter like how many like blacks and uh arabs they have to kill. They like want to uh put uh everyone in jail and like strip search them and kill all the gays too. It's like wrong uh man.

Sincerely

Bill Smith
Senior

[Slip18]

Miss Rika told us to behave today. Well, heck, when did we ever mind what the teacher told us?

Nice pie. Thanks. Let's see. I think I should aim this one at Flurry, doncha think?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Don't make me come over there.

[Conspiracy Guy]

How far is this from you?

[camle]

Why you...!

[camle]

you ain't got the cajougles to hit Flurry!!!

[Gabz]

Take a look at this. Some of the antis are really over the top.

here

[Conspiracy Guy]

Oh yeah take this.

[Conspiracy Guy]

You take this too!

[Slip18]

I went searching to Google for pie throwing and came upon a photo of our class. I also came upon a sexology site where pie throwing is foreplay to them. Google is amazing.