The Word of the Day for July 23, 2010 is:
GARNER • \GAHR-ner\ • verb
1 a : to gather into storageb : to deposit as if in a granary
2 *a : to acquire by effort : earnb : accumulate, collect
Example Sentence:
Through hard work and a determination to see her students succeed, Ms. Taylor has garnered considerable respect from parents and her fellow teachers.
Did you know?
What do you call a building in which grain is stored? These days, English speakers are most likely to call it a "granary," but there was a time when the noun "garner" was also a likely candidate. That noun, which can also mean "something that is collected," dates from the 12th century. The verb "garner" joined the language two centuries later. The verb was once commonly used with the meaning "to gather into a granary," but today it usually means "to earn" or "to accumulate." The noun "garner" is uncommon in contemporary use; it is now found mainly in older literary contexts, such as these lines of verse from Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor": "Or, from the garner-door, on ether borne, / The chaff flies devious from the winnow'd corn."

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT

YOUR ENTRIES FROM YOU REDNECK DOCTORS HANDBOOK.

this one special for JJ)
G.I. Series = World series of Military baseball

A-hunting we will go.
A-hunting we will go.
We'll catch a fox
And put 'im in a box
And never let 'im go.
Tantivy, tantivy, tantivy,
A-hunting we will go.

Iplume, No problem, this is NOT MY thread, but belongs to all of us. Just thought it would be a good way to learn something and have some fun!

TACTILE • \TAK-tul\ • adjective
1 : perceptible by touch
*2 : of, relating to, or being the sense of touch
Example Sentence:
"Nothing prepared me for the tactile reality of the original volumes, leaf after carefully written leaf over which his hand had travelled...." (Edmund Morris, The New Yorker, January 16, 1995)
Did you know?
"Tangible" is related to "tactile," and so are "intact," "tact," "contingent," "tangent," and even "entire." There's also the uncommon noun "taction," meaning "the act of touching." Like "tactile," all of these words can be traced back to the Latin verb "tangere," meaning "to touch." "Tactile" made its way to our language by way of French, touching ground in English in the early 17th century.

And for those Others among us, this "Redneckism"

Benign = What you be after you be eight.

The Word of the Day for July 25, 2010 is:
POETASTER • \POH-uh-tass-ter\ • noun
: an inferior poet
Example Sentence:
"Germaine Greer, Chair Of Judges For The National Poetry Competition 2000, Invites Entries From Readers, But Be Warned: Poetasters Need Not Apply" (Headline, The [London] Independent, May 7, 2000)
Did you know?
In Latin, the suffix "-aster" indicates partial resemblance. In both Latin and English, that often translates to "second-rate," or maybe even "third-rate." Not surprisingly, "poetaster" often goes hand in hand with "doggerel," meaning "verse marked by triviality or inferiority." "Most of the people who send me thick sheaves of handwritten or word-processed doggerel," Ms. Greer tells us in the Independent article we quote above, "appear never to have read any poetry, good or bad.... Every week poetasters, like literary flashers seeking to amaze and appal hapless passers-by with the sight of their grey flaccidities, send their effusions to people like me." Are there are other kinds of "-asters" out there? Yes indeed -- we have criticasters, philosophasters, and politicasters, among others.

And for those who's teeth are OPTIONAL equipment, this tidbit:

CAUTERIZE = I cauterize with my fancy new dump truck!

Don't you just LOVE these things?

Lol...I found this quite funny. We still use both by the way....aardvark and erdvark. Nice to see all are represented! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

HA! I thought you Were from South Africa. To us you have such exotic creatures. Funny to think that animals we consider ordinary can be unusual to someone else in another part of the world.

Welcome to the ScrapYard!

Several years ago an emigrant from South Africa applied for a handgun permit here and I found out that Y'all shore does talk funie way over thar in that place. Hey, least wees all Southerners HUH? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Haha, and again welcome to the Glorious addiction of Steel!

Yeah Skunk we have a very heavy and particular accent here as you've noted <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Apparently the ladies find it sexy in other countries (which my wife thinks is hilarious by the way <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />)

And thanks Im hoping to secure my first bit of scrapyard steel this week (a Reg LE <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />)with many more to come in the future I hope!

I'm glad that you found your way over here from the Swamp Z/B -- they are BOTH great places to hang out! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> And you're off to a great start with the Regulator - it's an awesome knife at a great price! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Klink! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> The funny thing is the Yard was the first place I joined from all three forums. I tend to do more "lurking" here but I also do more reading <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> In any case it's a great place to be <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

A LOT of us think so!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />