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Word For The Day, Friday, September 5, 2003
The Verbivores | 9/5/03 | Teacher

Posted on 09/05/2003 5:03:08 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....


deride \de*ride\, verb:
deriding, derides, derided; transitive verb
derider; derision noun
deridingly; adverb

1. To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth.
2. To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
3. Contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule.
4. A state of being derided.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.
--William Safire, "The Counter-Revolution," New York Times, May 22, 1989

Etymology: [Latin d r d re : d -, de- + r d re, to laugh at.]


TOPICS: Education; Humor; Poetry; Word For The Day
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To: CholeraJoe
i think it was a girl teddy actually, bc she was wearing a bathing suit. the entire thing is unseemly and i will not contribute to your homoerotic perversion by photographing xs2pup's antics!
101 posted on 09/05/2003 6:25:44 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: hobbes1
she better have not rolled her eyes at HIM!!!!
102 posted on 09/05/2003 6:26:42 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: hobbes1
Sounds like the Prof was outnumbered 2 to 1. Excellent.
103 posted on 09/05/2003 6:27:49 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Life is like a jar of jalapenos, what you do today can burn your @$$ tomorrow.)
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To: hobbes1
Next you need to teach him what my son told his 2nd grade teacher about democrats. "I can tell you about their whole party with one sentence - They want government to be the daddy".
104 posted on 09/05/2003 6:28:36 AM PDT by secret garden (are you ready for some football?)
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To: Gabz
I forgive you, because you asked, even though you aint done nuttin wrong.
105 posted on 09/05/2003 6:29:04 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Of course I like it here. I just may not like you.)
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To: xsmommy
It was hilarious.....When we were leaving, I was getting some paperwork from her, and I asked him...

Wolf, Gun Control is for...?"

(Wolf...) Wimps and Communists....! (That's from Weird Al's movie UHF...)lol

106 posted on 09/05/2003 6:29:22 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: xsmommy
Get ready for more humping.
107 posted on 09/05/2003 6:29:24 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (In other news: Cruz Bustamante will neither confirm nor deny that he's a racist.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Flurry
Uh, Flurry, do you know something about the legs of Gabz that we don't know about??????????

Nothing more than the rest of the class knowz!!!!!!


108 posted on 09/05/2003 6:31:06 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Gabz
Don't let Cook see that pic or we'll have to get him a drool bucket.
109 posted on 09/05/2003 6:32:40 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (In other news: Cruz Bustamante will neither confirm nor deny that he's a racist.)
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To: dubyaismypresident; TheGrimReaper; VRWCmember; hobbes; CholeraJoe
i am curious whether anyone has seen this reported anywhere....xshub has c-span on as background in his ofc during the day. he said yesterday the fat crusty pantsuit was up talking about fully funding Headstart programs, and in her litany of reasons why these poor unfortunates need these programs, she listed the lack of wealth, family and GENETICS... he said she almost visibly reacted to what she had said, and he screamed out, in his office, GENETICS, HILLARY? are you saying the poor unfortunates need our help bec they are GENETICALLY INFERIOR?? of course, that is what they truly believe, but no one EVER dares breathe it aloud. I am not sure whether everyone is aware of the ability to SCRUB THE RECORD. the staffs roll up their sleeves and start to scrubbing, cleaning up what verbal messes their bosses leave, so that nothing but pearls of unadulterated wisdom appear in the official record. i venture a bet that the word genetics has been scrubbed from the pantsuit's comments....
110 posted on 09/05/2003 6:32:45 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
i venture a bet that the word genetics has been scrubbed from the pantsuit's comments....

Wouldn't suprise me if she said it. Wouldn't suprise me if they'd remove the comment. That's why they never let her speak extemporaneously. She's just so dumb.

You should email Rush and Hannity, etc. see if they can find the comment.

111 posted on 09/05/2003 6:36:41 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Life is like a jar of jalapenos, what you do today can burn your @$$ tomorrow.)
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To: CholeraJoe; xsmommy
I just caught the she-creature peeing under the dining room table - I think she was pissed at me for putting flea powder on her.

She is now outside and not liking it one bit - but she is so bloody strong and hubby is cutting wallpaper for me - I can't hold her myself when she decides she doesn't want to be held.
112 posted on 09/05/2003 6:37:21 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Laura Earl
LulaBelle is truly insane.
113 posted on 09/05/2003 6:37:52 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Of course I like it here. I just may not like you.)
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To: hobbes1
My cable went out shortly after the pre-game show began and didn't come back on until about 3 this morning. happy campers, we were not last night.
114 posted on 09/05/2003 6:38:42 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: xsmommy
Interesting...Both of our dogs act like that when it is raining, or has rained. They do NOT want to get their paws wet (but they do like to dig in the outside water bowl and splash the water all over themselves and each other). They will stand stubbornly on the deck, eyeing the back door, refusing to take one step into the yard. I have to stand there until they figure they'd better take care of business, if they want to get back inside anytime soon.
115 posted on 09/05/2003 6:39:06 AM PDT by Texan5
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To: Gabz
If Cooks in class today,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, oh well.
116 posted on 09/05/2003 6:40:20 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Of course I like it here. I just may not like you.)
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To: Texan5
that is DEFINITELY his M.O. also. when i need to leave for work in the AM it definitely grates on me, bc i don't have the time for him to sit there and contemplate whether he feels like pooping or not. i haven't heard from xshub that there was any inside pooping, so maybe he did ok after i left to take xsteen to school and went on to work. all hell could break loose after i leave there in the AM with xsbrownie, xsboy, xspup and xshub. you just never know!
117 posted on 09/05/2003 6:42:01 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Flurry; TheGrimReaper; Robert A. Cook, PE; dubyaismypresident; Cyber Liberty; CholeraJoe
i suggest that you wiseacres keep the firecrackers out of your behinds. just a friendly reminder ; )
118 posted on 09/05/2003 6:44:02 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Flurry
ROFL...... good question..... and if I lie, will I get caught?
119 posted on 09/05/2003 6:44:40 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Hey, it's me......remember me?)
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To: hobbes1
You're teaching that boy very well!!!!!!!!!
120 posted on 09/05/2003 6:44:50 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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