quaff \KWAHFF or KWAFF\ (verb) intransitive sense : to drink deeply transitive sense : to drink (a beverage) deeply Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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The Word of the Day for March 1 is: conventicle \kun-VEN-tih-kul\ (noun) 1 : assembly, meeting 2 : an assembly of an irregular or unlawful character 3 : an assembly for religious worship : especially, a secret meeting for worship not sanctioned by law Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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The conventicle took place in the odeum until the town sheriff burned the place to the ground. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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colubrine \KAHL-yuh-bryne or KAH-luh-bryne\ (adjective) 1 : of, relating to, or resembling a snake 2 : of or relating to a large cosmopolitan family (Colubridae) of chiefly nonvenomous snakes Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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The line waiting for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was colubrine in nature, and at least twice the duration of any normal child's bladder control. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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The Word of the Day for March 3 is: esplanade \ESS-pluh-nahd or ess-pluh-NAHD\ (noun) : a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground : especially, one designed for walking or driving along a shore Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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We'd want...another shrubbery! Placed neatly near this one with kind of an esplanade running between them... Nothing too expensive. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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Where there was formerly a beautiful esplanade, authorities have recently paved over the grass to install a highway
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March 4, 2002 Tardegy tar'djee n. deliberate mangling of a tragedy' An incident in which someone who clearly deserves to be selected out of the gene pool on grounds of extreme stupidity meets with a messy end. Coined on the Darwin list, which is dedicated to chronicling such incidents; but almost all hackers would instantly recognize the intention of the term and laugh.
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The Word of the Day for March 4 is: succumb \suh-KUM\ (verb) 1 : to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire 2 : to be brought to an end (as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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kamikazi and kowtow for March 4th. I'm not exactly sure what they mean *sry* but they sound cool.
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The Word of the Day for March 5 is: flotsam • \FLAHT-sum\ • (noun) 1 : floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo : broadly, floating debris 2 a : a floating population (as of emigrants or castaways) b : an accumulation of miscellaneous or unimportant stuff Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Among the flotsam of Roma that slowly worked itself across central Europe was a winsome lass, beautiful enough to fit the picture of a stereotypical gypsy girl and smart enough to know how to play upon that stereotype.
And that's how I lost 60 DM in Prague. But that's my weakness. You winsome, I flotsam.
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The Word of the Day for March 6 is: irrefragable \ih-REH-fruh-guh-bul or ear-ih-FRAG-uh-bul\ (adjective) 1 : impossible to refute 2 : impossible to break or alter Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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The Word of the Day for March 8 is: katzenjammer • \KAT-sun-jam-er\ • (noun) 1 : hangover 2 : distress 3 : a discordant clamor Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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The Word of the Day for March 9 is: Apollonian \ap-uh-LOH-nee-un\ (adjective) 1 : of, relating to, or resembling the god Apollo 2 : harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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The artist thought his work was Appolonian, but the critics were universal in deploring its katzenjammer discordance. Needless to say, he became a huge commercial success.
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The Word of the Day for March 10 is: assuage \uh-SWAYJ\ (verb) 1 : to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease 2 : pacify, quiet 3 : to put an end to by satisfying : appease, quench Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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After searching many places, the Dacian sky deity finally found a place that would assuage his thirst for modern discourse.
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I took two Immodium and a Pepcid AC just to assuage the sausage that was attacking my stomach. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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indoctrinate \in-DAHK-truh-nayt\ (verb) 1 : to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments : teach 2 : to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle
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My mom, being a teacher and seeing how much time I spend on this site, complains that I was not indoctinated with the english language in order to spend all my time on this site.
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Once everyone has been properly indoctrinated, it will be far easier for me to follow with an occasional ukase or two.
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