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Word For the Day, Thursday, August 14, 2003
The Verbivores | 8/14/03 | Teacher

Posted on 08/14/2003 5:23:23 AM PDT by 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....


scintilla \sin-TIL-uh\, noun
scintillant; adjective

1. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount; the slightest particle; a trace
2. A spark; a flash.
3. Miniscule

In victory, they must hold on to at least a scintilla of humility, lest they get too cocky -- and ripe for a takedown.
--Bill Breen, "'We are literally trying to stop time,'" Fast Company, May 2000

Etymology: Latin scintilla, "a spark, a glimmer, a faint trace." Also from scintilla is the verb scintillate, "to sparkle."


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To: Gabz
There are Gay Whales too?
101 posted on 08/14/2003 7:23:57 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
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To: Flurry
LOL.

He sure does like himself.

102 posted on 08/14/2003 7:23:57 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (There they go again....)
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To: Flurry
"Help Stamp Out Global Warning: Plug the whales!"
103 posted on 08/14/2003 7:25:35 AM PDT by camle (- INCOMMING!!)
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To: dubyaismypresident
He takes credit for things that he jumped on late. He's better than the ABC NBC CBS CNN clowns but still annoying.
104 posted on 08/14/2003 7:26:09 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
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To: camle
MUKLUK. It's not just for breakfast anymore.
105 posted on 08/14/2003 7:27:07 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
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To: dubyaismypresident
lol, I've never had a dog that would cooperate with wearing a sign.
106 posted on 08/14/2003 7:27:31 AM PDT by honeygrl
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To: Flurry
LOL!!!

I never saw it - but hubby claims to have seen that bumper sticker when he lived in either Texas or Arizona.
107 posted on 08/14/2003 7:28:08 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Gabz
"Nuke the gay whales for Jesus"

I always thought it was "Nuke the gay baby whales for Jesus"

108 posted on 08/14/2003 7:28:12 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (There they go again....)
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To: anniegetyourgun
Those are a little big to get sucked up luckily. I think the most common thing is just the little fish that swim in huge schools.
109 posted on 08/14/2003 7:28:39 AM PDT by honeygrl
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To: Flurry
kinda reminds me of the fart scene in "Down periscope" after the incident, they started making whale noises, and the bad guys departed...
110 posted on 08/14/2003 7:29:03 AM PDT by camle (- INCOMMING!!)
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To: Flurry
Most mammal species have a few homos in wild. There are even homo monkeys in the wild.
111 posted on 08/14/2003 7:30:45 AM PDT by honeygrl
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To: dubyaismypresident
You could be right!!!!!!!!
112 posted on 08/14/2003 7:31:50 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: honeygrl
LulaBelle would eat it.
113 posted on 08/14/2003 7:36:13 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
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To: Gabz
I was out there a few years back does he remember what type truck it was on?
114 posted on 08/14/2003 7:37:06 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
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To: Flurry
I'll have to ask him later. To be honest it wouldn't surpise me if it had been on his '49 Ford Pickup!!!!!
115 posted on 08/14/2003 7:38:01 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: honeygrl
Kill the gay mammals, all of em.
116 posted on 08/14/2003 7:38:16 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
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To: Flurry; CholeraJoe
Kill the gay mammals, all of em.

Hear that CJ? (think it was you with the gay pups anyway)
117 posted on 08/14/2003 7:41:06 AM PDT by honeygrl
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To: Flurry
the writer of this article just slays me. She goes on and on about how one-sided the media coverage of the trans-fat issue has been, yet continues with her well-known one-sided monotonous anti-smoker stance. Sheesh.

Dietary Demons

118 posted on 08/14/2003 7:43:12 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: honeygrl; Flurry
My dogs aren't gay. They were just confused.
119 posted on 08/14/2003 7:43:51 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Reuters:A wholly owned subsidiary of the Left - We report, You comply.)
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To: honeygrl
And are they successful in their copulation and fertilization effort? Oh wait, perhaps they are just doing it for the fun of it. Or maybe....just maybe...they are confused and unthinking animals driven by instinct and smell?
120 posted on 08/14/2003 7:44:55 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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