Word For The Day, Tuesday, August 12, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/12/03 | 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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attenuate \at*ten*u*ate\, verb; adjective
attenuating, attenuates, attenuated; intransitive verb
attenuation; noun

1. To make slender, fine, or small: The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel.
2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken: Medicine attentuated the fever's effect.
3. To lessen the density of; rarefy.
4. Biology: To make (bacteria or viruses) less virulent.
5. Electronics.: To reduce (the amplitude of an electrical signal) with little or no distortion.
6. To become thin, weak, or fine.
7. Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence.
8. Botany: Gradually tapering to a slender point.

We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. --Sir F. Palgrave

Etymology: [Latin attenu re, attenu t- : ad-, ad- + tenu re, to make thin (from tenuis, thin. See ten- in Indo-European Roots).]

[Gabz]

Thanks - now if I could just find a pair of dress shoes I'll be happy!!!

[camle]

here's the answer to your question

[camle]

Ahhh! the light dawns! it is really too bad the neighborhood dogs never picked up on that...

[Slip18]

Never sprung a leak here. Kind of like surfing, ya' know.

This new waterbed was delivered the day we got home from our honeymoon. It's got two definitive sides. I like my side softer and colder. I looked at my temperature one day, and Cyber had it turned up to 100 degrees. I almost killed him. It was over 100 degrees outside.

[camle]

i'm sorry yer sex life is so dull:-)

with fou surviving cats, a water bed isn't the brightest idea in the world....

[Slip18]

Oh, yekkkkkkkkkkk.

[Slip18]

That part of my life is great. It's the part of trying to sleep at night when the dogs are doing their backyard internet stuff and when they come in the cat swipes at the dogs faces. The cat's comfort was disturbed.

I'm sleep deprived, I tell 'ya, sleep deprived.

[camle]

i'm glad to hear it. and mebbe now you see why i prefer cats?

we had a bird for a couple of years until it died. Boring, Fat & Gray would curl up on the top of the cage and nap. the bird would tease him periodically and he would go spastic trying to get the bird...

[Texan5]

Tell them that you run a business from home-one that requires travel....

[xsmommy]

i was going to ask how you all felt about giving dogs real food. the breeder told me she cooked fresh chicken daily for xs2pup and his family, and beef hearts on special occasions. i know that the old puppy K teacher at the vet also was all in favor of giving real meat to them, since she considered all dogs, wolves in puppy coats. but the snooty vet that i got at Lucius' last appt was pretty firm in stating that he needs to stick to dog food. well i do make sure he eats his portion of dry food every day. i either chop the chicken or beef up very fine to mix in with the dry to get him to eat it all, or i wait til he eats the dry food to get the other. i was just curious what you guys felt about it.

[1smallVoice]

The Clintons will try to attenuate the Bush presidency so Hillary can have a chance in 2004. Her next big move will be to divorce Bill, settle the lawsuit, then the campaign will begin early next year.

[TheGrimReaper]

Some political careers cry out for attenuation....

[B!tch]

[Gabz]

In a way it is true, I still do some consulting work and that generally requires me to be in Delaware

[camle]

so what DId Dellaware? her New Jersey?

[Texan5]

Our vet in the city always told us not to give our dogs human food, but we did it anyway. Our new vet out here in the hinterlands sees no problem with them eating human food, as long as it isn't sweets, which she says upsets their digestion. She also says that Huskies and Malemutes (we have a Husky) are wolves in doggie suits and need meat. Both the breeders we bought the dogs from cooked chicken for their dogs, and fed it to them with dry dog food. I will continue to feed my pupsters human food with their dog food.

[Conspiracy Guy]

DO NOT CONTINUE TO DEMEAN BITCHES BY COMPARING THEM TO HILLARY. GOT IT?

[xsmommy]

what is with the citified vets?? i am going to avoid this one, i didn't care for her. they have about 8 of them on staff at this place and they have pix of them on their website, so i can look to see who was nice that we had with xspup before, and ask for them.

[Conspiracy Guy]

LulaBelle loves a little grilled burger now and then. She seems very happy with her Purina Pro Plan large breed puppy food. We'll covert her two Pro Plan large breed dog when she turns 2.

[Conspiracy Guy]

It would be better with meat!

[Texan5]

Go for it, then, it'll work. I have to go to my one jobsite in the city that I still have later this morning. I am not taking any more work there, though. Even though it is less than 30 miles, it takes forever in the traffic. There is better profit in contracting work in the small towns and rural areas, and the people are much nicer. They pay on time, too...