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I would just like to apologize for taking the next page's first post. My connection went down and I thought it'd lost my original post, so I hit submit again.
I hereby relinquish my claim to this spot in the posting order, and yield to the next person.
-Bob
[This message has been edited by Bob_Scopatz (edited February 11, 2002).]
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An attraction to razzmatazz is the human equivalent of monkeys' attraction to bright shiny objects. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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My mother calls me immutable. But thats because she wants to redo the house in bad colors. Our study has light pink walls and forest green carpets. yuk.
scintillate \SIN-tul-ayt\ (verb) 1 : to emit sparks : spark 2 : to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks : sparkle 3 : to throw off as a spark or as sparkling flashes Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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transpire \tran-SPYRE\ (verb) 1 : to pass or give off (as water vapor) through pores or a membrane 2 : to become known 3 : to take place : happen Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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verbicide \VER-buh-syde\ (noun) 1 : deliberate distortion of the sense of a word (as in punning) 2 : one who distorts the sense of a word Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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As his brain continued to rot from untreated venereal disease, the man became a notorious verbicide. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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Despite the useless nimiety, we spent a week reviewing simple algebra; to make up for our lost week, we spent an hour on new material.
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demean is to conduct oneself in a proper manner? Wow! I've been demeaning myself my whole life. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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I should point at that today's word, which is derived from the Middle French "demener" meaning "to conduct" is unrelated to the "demean" which is derived from the word "mean" and which means "to lower in character, status, or reputation". Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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intoxicate \in-TAHK-sih-kayt\ (verb) 1 : poison 2 : to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished 3: to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Watching her boss was intoxicating; the throttlebottom could turn any task into a monumental failure.
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non sequitur \NAHN-SEH-kwuh-ter\ (noun) 1 : an inference that does not follow from the premises 2 : a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from anything previously said Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Sadly, most hard-core surrealists will never know the joy of a well-done non sequitur. That's why for only $49.95 (plus shipping and handling, cod only), Zal will send you his handy guide _How to tell when it actually does have something to do with the price of tea in China_. Act now! No I mean it, act now!
<-----launches in to a scene from Lorca's _The House of Bernardo Alba_.
recrudescence \ree-kroo-DEH-sunss\ (noun) : a new outbreak after a period of abatement or inactivity : renewal Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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To the many of you who were hoping for a recrudescence of Zalmoxis postings on the word of the day thread, all I can say is: I'm sorry and gosh darn it I'll try to do better, but I have a feeling that it's not going to happen. You see, I've begun to lose faith in the ability of words to delight.
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On March 3 at 10 PM, MONICA LEWINSKY tells all in the "Monica in Black and White" recrudescence of the acclaimed HBO documentary series "America Undercover Sundays."
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hiatus \hye-AY-tuss\ (noun) 1 : a break in or as if in a material object : gap 2 : an interruption in time or continuity : break Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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After an off-season hiatus, the dramaturg busied his pen in hopes of repeating last season's success. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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