quote: ...I just had to post this cool word before someone beat me to it...
Am I missing something? I mean "argent" is a perfectly fine word but is there any reason to assume that anyone else was rushing to post it here?
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WE hereby rule that if the ACLU is offended, they can write a legal brief outlining their objections and then shove it straight up their argent-white unmentionable.
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Wow, the US Supreme Court is a member here! I think the ACLU would actually be on your side Dobie if someone (particularly govt) tried to restrict your free speech to talk about creche scenes. While not a member (yet) i pay close attention to it and other groups' activities ( I also watch the Christian Coalition and a number of others). The ACLU, while sometimes rather controversial, is at its root an organization against government stepping where it should not go. Sometimes this includes things that we would consider acceptable, like govt snowplows helping out local businesses (without approval of any govt agency), but any impingement of free speech also gets them riled up. This means any, including the KKKs free speech. The ACLU amy be controversial, but they do not choose their battles by the ideology of the combatants
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Immaculate Conception (noun) 1 : the conception of the Virgin Mary in which as decreed in Roman Catholic dogma her soul was preserved free from original sin by divine grace 2 : December 8 observed as a Roman Catholic feast in commemoration of the Immaculate Conception
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man·ger /'mAn-j&r/ (noun) : a trough or open box in a stable designed to hold feed or fodder for livestock Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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invigilate \in-VIH-juh-layt\ (verb) intransitive sense 1: to keep watch 2: to supervise students at an examination (especially British) transitive sense : supervise, monitor
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During the time of Cleopatra, giving flowers to women as a token of affection had not become customary, yet. Instead, men used to make gifts of food to the objects of their love and desire. This was, on the whole, much more sensible.
One particularly poor laborer was amazed one day to find a berry that was more round, more colorful, and in every way more perfect than any berry he had ever seen. He plucked it, and took it home to his wife. The wife was so amazed at the perfection of this berry that she chose not to eat it, and instead took it around and showed it to her friends.
Word spread, and soon people were coming from all over the land to see this magnificent fruit. The poor laborer and his wife soon became rather wealthy by charging people admission to view the berry. Such was its beauty that lines formed outside of the laborer's house day and night with people waiting to pay for the privilege of viewing an example of nature's perfection.
It was not very long before word of this reached the Queen, herself. Being a jealous woman, she did not consider it proper that she, the Queen, should be deprived of this perfect berry, and she sent a squadron of soldiers to retrieve it and bring it to her. It was very late at night when the soldiers arrived at the laborer's house. They pounded on the door. "Go away, we're closed for the day", shouted the laborer from his bed. "We have come for the berry", the centurion called back. "Come back tomorrow, there's no more viewing of the berry tonight", shouted the laborer, beginning to lose his patience. "You don't understand", called the centurion... "We come to seize your berry, not to praise it."
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Woohoo! I'm a member now! (Though not yet of the ACLU), and CT, that is one bad joke. I love it.
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I was watching the Honeymooners episode where Norton gives Ralph a pair of spats for Christmas, and I thought it would be interesting to find out what spats are.
spat (noun) : a cloth or leather gaiter covering the instep and ankle
By the way, "spat" is short for "spatterdash legging".
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I was posting the definition of the word "spat", which includes the word "gaiter", and I thought it would be interesting to find out what a gaiter is.
gai·ter /'gA-t&r/ (noun) 1 : a cloth or leather leg covering reaching from the instep to above the ankle or to mid-calf or knee 2 a : an overshoe with fabric upper 2 b : an ankle-high shoe with elastic gores in the sides
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Its funny, spat is one word I have known since very little. I read Uncle Scrooge comics all the time (the good, carl barks and crew originals, not the newer stuff that just rehashes old ideas badly), and he wears spats. The wonders of reading comics Posts: 15770 | Registered: Dec 2001
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That's what "creche" means? So what's with the name "Foul's Creche"? Is that the same word, or just another one of SRD's obscure words? Or is it just a random name?
(Anyone who's read Thomas Covenant will know what I'm talking about. )
hackle \HAK-ul\ (noun) 1 : one of the long feathers on the neck or back of a bird 2 plural : hairs (as on a dog's neck) that can be erected 3 plural : temper, dander Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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undertaker \un-der-TAY-ker or (particularly in sense 2) UN-der-tay-ker \ (noun) 1 : one that undertakes : one that takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur 2 : one whose business is to prepare the dead for burial Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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The undertaker of this death-defying feat was taken to the undertaker after he failed utterly to complete. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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I was in England last year, looking for an address. After visiting the first, second and third ends, I was directed to the "forfend." But when I got there, it was blocked.
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I found this interesting word and decided to post it, although I'm sure it doesn't apply to anyone here.
crapulence (noun) : The condition of being intoxicated with alcoholic liquor : drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness
syllabub \SIH-luh-bub\ (noun) 1 : a drink made by curdling milk or cream with an acid beverage (as wine or cider) 2 : a sweetened drink or topping made of milk or cream beaten with wine or liquor and sometimes further thickened with gelatin and served as a dessert Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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I found this recipe at The Webtender. Syllabub Ingredients: 2 cups White wine 3 cups Milk 5 tblsp grated Lemon peel (rind) 2 cups Light cream 1/3 cup Lemon juice 4 Egg whites 1-1/2 cup Sugar Nutmeg Mixing instructions: Combine wine, lemon rind, and juice. Stir in 1 cup of the sugar and let stand until sugar dissolves. Combine milk and cream, add wine mixture, and beat with a rotary beater until frothy. Beat egg whites until stiff, add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, a little at a time, beating constantly until whites stand in peaks. Pour wine mixture into punch bowl, top with puffs of egg white, and sprinkle whites with nutmeg.
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Since today is New Year's Eve I would like to propose a toast to Jack, who came up with the idea for this thread and then apparently disappeared.
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