Wonderfully stated Randy, Long Live the Yard

December 12, 2010Word of the Day
GULOSITY \goo-LAH-suh-tee\DEFINITION
noun

: excessive appetite : greediness
EXAMPLES After Bobby helped himself to a third serving of mashed potatoes, his father asked incredulously, "Does your gulosity know no bounds?"

"This new generation of activists will need to devise methods of shattering the shields of apathy and gulosity that encase so many Americans…." -- From Tom H. Hastings's 2006 book The Lessons of Nonviolence: Theory and Practice in a World of Conflict
DID YOU KNOW? "Gulosity" is a rare word for gluttony that sees only occasional use in English these days. It derives via Middle English and Anglo-French from the Latin adjective "gulosus" ("gluttonous") and ultimately from the noun "gula" ("gullet"). It was apparently a favorite word of famed 18th-century author and lexicographer Samuel Johnson, who has been falsely credited with coining "gulosity," even though evidence for the word’s use dates back to the 15th century. According to his biographer, James Boswell, Johnson was no light eater himself: he “indulged with such intenseness, that while in the act of eating, the veins of his forehead swelled, and generally a strong perspiration was visible.”

Our propensity for Gulosity shows it's ugly face every major holiday! (now you got a twofer)! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Sounds like Todd at Taco Bell! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Ok, and Me at a pizza joint, or a buffet! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

So does gulosity apply to the Federal government and it's use of us................tax, and keep on taxing?

For sure, not to mention their gulosity for POWER! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

I agree COMPLETELY with Sumo and TOM!

December 15, 2010Word of the Day
quincunx \KWIN-kunks\DEFINITION
noun

: an arrangement of five things in a square or rectangle with one at each corner and one in the middle
EXAMPLES The tables were arranged in a quincunx, with the hosting family at the center table and guests at the four corners.

"As we walked along the geometric beds -- many of them planted in an ancient Roman quincunx pattern -- I made notes on the beautiful crops I had never grown." -- From an article by Anne Raver in the New York Times, June 30, 2010
DID YOU KNOW? As our second example sentence suggests, today's word has its origins in ancient Rome. To the Romans, a "quincunx" was a coin whose name comes from the Latin roots "quinque," meaning "five," and "uncia," meaning "one twelfth." The weight of the coin equaled five twelfths of a libra, a unit of weight similar to our pound. The ancients used a pattern of five dots arranged like the spots on a die as a symbol for the coin, and English speakers applied the word to arrangements similar to that distinctive five-dot mark.



Sounds like a nice target arrangement to me. Now if we could just figure out could be used at the THINGS (people maybe?) to use as aiming points. Any suggestions?

Tread lightly Randy, lest some Secret Service agents pay you a visit! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I thought the ss was in Germany!

Ah besides, they would talk to me for about 5 minutes and realize Even though I DON'T like the intrusion in my life, I am proably one of the fartherest from doing anything crazy.

I LOVE my country, and unfortunately that means protecting the leaders if necessary! I took the oath in 1994 and will always keep it in my heart until the day I die!

Not sure Randy, but I do know that in WWII the UA Army Air Corp figured a new formation that allowed bombers to take less losses. I wonder if any of this was a basis for the formation?

December 16, 2010Word of the Day
VERMICULAR \ver-MIK-yuh-ler\DEFINITION
adjective

1: resembling a worm in form or motion
2: of, relating to, or caused by worms
EXAMPLES Students will observe and document the vermicular decomposition of vegetative waste.

"I tasted the smallest atoms of life in those few quiet minutes, drinking tea and waiting with the chickens before the rest of the world raised its head…. Despite the dust, the earthy pungency of the chicken manure, the remains of bones and shells and everything else they unearthed in their endless, restless scratching for vermicular treats, the shed and the run was a pleasant place." -- From Debra Adelaide's 2008 novel The Household Guide to Dying
DID YOU KNOW? What does the word "vermicular" have in common with the pasta on your plate? If you're eating vermicelli (a spaghetti-like pasta made in long thin strings) the answer is "vermis," a Latin noun meaning "worm." If you dig deep enough, you'll find that "vermis" is the root underlying not only "vermicular" and "vermicelli," but also "vermiculate" (which can mean either "full of worms" or "tortuous") and even "worm" itself.


Can you say DC! And I DON'T mean Death Chat!

You got that right,SkunkHunter!

We have the very best Government that money can BUY!

~Gnarly

Vermin I say!

December 17, 2010Word of the Day
PHILATELY \fuh-LAT-uh-lee\DEFINITION
noun

: the collection and study of postage and imprinted stamps : stamp collecting
EXAMPLES Given his interests in both philately and football, Michael was excited to learn about the post office’s new series of stamps featuring legendary quarterbacks.

"Those who imagine philately as boring probably have never examined a stamp, seen the intricacy of the design or researched the story behind the postal issue." -- From an article by Mark A. Kellner in The Washington Times, August 17, 2010
DID YOU KNOW? Who wouldn't love something tax free? George Herpin did. He was a French stamp fancier back in the 1860s, when stamps were a fairly new invention. Before stamps, the recipient of a letter -- not the sender -- had to pay the postage. Stamps forced the sender to foot the bill, and created a lot of stamp lovers among folks on the receiving end of the mail -- and a mania for stamp collecting. "Timbromania" was toyed with as a term to affix to this new hobby -- from the French word for stamp, "timbre." But when Herpin suggested "philatélie" (anglicized to "philately"), combining the Greek root "phil-," meaning "loving," with Greek "ateleia," meaning "tax-exemption," stamp lovers everywhere took a fancy to it and the name stuck.

I wonder how many of you we have that are out there?