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I throw down the gauntlet of self-deprecation and transcendant humility and only wish to add that
I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post! I got the 500th post!
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constellate \KAHN-stuh-layt\ (verb) transitive senses 1 : to unite in a cluster 2 : to set or adorn with or as if with constellations intransitive sense : cluster
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Though wondering if such a process would transgress the bounds of courtesy, the ogress could not help but to aggress upon the final door after the long weary progress towards finding the egress.
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Avoiding the obvious joke based on the hack writing found on X-rated story sites, I will simply say that the couple's infertility was due to a modicum of spermatozoa in the man's ejaculate. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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Jeez, Bob! Show a modicum of decency. Obviously, the paronomasia item has got you over-excited.
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ascetic \uh-SEH-tik\ (adjective) 1 : practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline 2 : austere in appearance, manner, or attitude Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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I don't mind being ascetic, it's denying other people access to my wit that I find hard to imagine.
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corybantic \kor-ee-BAN-tik or kahr-ee-BAN-tik\ (adjective) : like or in the spirit of a Corybant : especially, wild, frenzied Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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cognizable \KAHG-nuh-zuh-bul or kahg-NYE-zuh-bul\ (adjective) 1 : capable of being known 2 : capable of being judicially heard and determined Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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zenith \ZEE-nuth or ZEH-nuth\ (noun) 1 : the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer 2 : the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body 3 : culminating point : acme Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Zenith brand used to be considered the zenith of home electronics. Lately, they are more like the Acme, as in Wiley Coyote's favorite supplier.
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The Writers Workshops are provided so that we can help each other to bring our writing to its zenith.
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I tried so hard to act so aplomb about it all that I ended up rotten and squishy on the supermarket floor.
NOTE: can be used as an adj. although I'm flouting things a bit by not matching my use of the word to Dobie's posted definition. What say you wordmeister? Allowable?
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No, I didn't know that!!! Can you provide more details? And thanks for the correct spelling of plumb bob!!! Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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According to Merriam-Webster's On-line Dictionary, "aplomb" was derived from the French phrase "a plomb" meaning "according to the plumet". A plumet ia a lead weight that is attached to a line and used to determine vertical alignment, or in other words a "plumb bob". Eventually the meaning of "a plomb" was extended from the literal "perpendicularity" to refer figuratively to "composure".
It's a lead pipe cinch that these are all ultimately derived from "plumbum" the Latin word for "lead", so that they are also related to the word "plumbing".
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I was so logy today....oh wait, Bob already did that one.
So. Here's something interesting that just happens to fit in to today's word of the day.
I am currently working on a logy logarithm for artificial intelligences. This will allow them to 'slack off.' I think it's important that we build robots who know how to slack off so that they don't burn out or fall into an existential crisis. The logy logarithm is the solution to the AI depression problem.
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