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Via a typically circuitous route, the professor managed to cram 15 minutes of material into a 90 minute lecture.
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cavalcade \kav-ul-KAYD or KAV-ul-kayd\ (noun) 1 a : a procession of riders or carriages 1 b : a procession of vehicles or ships 2 : a dramatic sequence or procession : series Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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He tried to assemble a cavalcade, but, having managed the process in his usually facile manner, ended up with three ponies, a dog, and several pigeons milling around the courtyard. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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perennial \puh-REH-nee-ul\ (adjective) 1 : present at all seasons of the year 2 : continuing to live from year to year 3 a : persistent, enduring 3 b : continuing without interruption : constant, perpetual 3 c : regularly repeated or renewed : recurrent Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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"Oh," he said, averting his eyes and feeling somewhat abashed, "I thought you said 'melange etois.' You two just go ahead without me." Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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Dictionary compilers tend to be functionally illiterate inre nuance/connotation: eg 'glom' carries with it the feeling of gluelike stickiness/attachment. "1 : take, steal " in the sense of near kleptomania except that it is for a particular object rather than a general compulsion: 'sticky fingers' meet an overly tempting ('sticky') object. And even in this meaning, one can pay for the object at the checkout counter and still have (the feeling of having) glommed it. "2 : seize, catch" in the sense that the glommed object doesn't slide/bounce off; eg an idea that is understood&sticks, captures the imagination.
quote:Why have a flat display if you're going to glom all this stuff on its back?
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pittance \PIH-tunss\ (noun) : a small portion, amount, or allowance : also, a meager wage or remuneration Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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sotto voce \sah-toh-VOH-chee\ (adverb or adjective) 1 : under the breath : in an undertone : also, in a private manner 2 : very softly -- used as a direction in music Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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*mutters softly* dude, if you read dobie's posting it says that it can be used as either an adjective --OR-- an adverb.
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I won't have any wherewithal to buy anything, until the 25 on my birthday. Can't wait, turning 16.
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haruspex \huh-RUSS-peks\ (noun) : a diviner in ancient Rome basing his predictions on inspection of the entrails of sacrificial animals Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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I was labeled a heretic when I mentioned to the haruspex that he might be more effective if he used throwing sticks.
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The haruspex discovered that he would never have the wherewithal to buy his way out of slavery by reading augeries for coins. So, he gathered up his entrails and openned a sausage shop instead. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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deem \DEEM\ (verb) transitive sense : to come to think or judge : consider intransitive sense : to have an opinion : believe Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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cacophony \ka-KAH-fuh-nee\ (noun) : harsh or discordant sound : dissonance :specifically, harshness in the sound of words or phrases Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Sam, fearful for his life, trembled in terror as the cacophony of the mob climbed higher and higher. Though he could not make out a word, he knew his life was in danger, and there was no place to run. A light fell upon one of the crowd. The man looked angry- death and hate were spoken by the sneer marring the surface of his face. The man was holding an axe handle, and his movements belied his desire to break pain into Sam's frail body.
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The cacophony of children's voices having finally sent him over the edge, the ice cream man just drove around all day, refrigerator unit turned off, melted ice cream dripping from the rear doors, and a haunting tune running through his head. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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First he said that nothing was more frigorific than the thought of Martha Stewart in a tank top. And then she said that it was merely soporific. And then I said that I thought it was totally terrific and isn't it too bad that K-Mart is going bankrupt because I was looking forward to more Martha commercials. She's a blue-friggen-light special in my book.
Well that pretty much brought the conversation to a halt. Until he had to bring up Foucault again. That led to the most sophmoric discussion of mega-super-stores as an expression of the new counter-panopticonic tendencies of late-fast-track capitalism that I've ever heard. And believe me, I've heard a lot of them.
I might have once promised that it'd be a cold day in hell before I did such-and-such. now, having spent 10 pages in Dobie's Word of the Day, I would now say that:
Hades would be frigorific 'ere I engaged in behavior uncharacteristic of my modal personality.
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Yikes...bad memories man.
