definitely a new one! I like this thread

Man, I like this thread. Keep it up, we all can learn new terms to use---and not look to stupid in the process (well for me at least.)

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The Word of the Day for July 08, 2010 is:
congeries • KAHN-juh-reez • noun
: aggregation, collection
Example Sentence:
As we walked past the food stalls our nostrils were assailed by a congeries of exotic, unfamiliar smells.

I like this thread

I had a vision of Genghis on that one there Mr. SH.

Randy, I REALLY like this thread. Education is important regardless of age and how much one thinks they may know.
I appreciate the example sentence so that when I want to sound educated I know HOW to use the word.
Thanks for getting it going brother!!

No Problum wee need t00 keep or edgycation going so people dont think were stoopid! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

The Word of the Day for July 09, 2010 is:
STRUTHIOUS • STROO-thee-us • adjective
: of or relating to the ostriches and related birds
Example Sentence:
"The law is not so struthious as to compel a judge … to divorce himself or herself from common sense or to ignore what is perfectly obvious." (Hon. Bruce M. Selya, U.S. v. Sklar, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1990)

Hookt no fonicks wurkt 4 I!

Figured I'd pitch in, if that's alright SH

tantivy\tan-TIV-ee\ , adjective;
1.Swift; rapid.adverb:
1.At full gallop.noun:
1.A rush, a gallop or stampede.interjection:
1.(used as a hunting cry when the chase is at full speed.)

The passage of wild pigeons from this wood to that-with their slight tantivy-and carrier haste- Now from under some rotten stump your hoe turns up a spotted salamander- your own contemporary- A small trace of Egypt and the Nile in New England- Where is the priest of Isis.
-- Henry David Thoreau, Journal: 1842-1848

How does it come that a few short hours later we find him galloping tantivy over the dusty hills, no less than two hundred miles, as the birds fly, from the counter railings of welcomings?
-- Francis Lynde, Empire Builders

Origin:
Tantivy, while associated with many aspects of horseback riding, is of unknown origin.

The Word of the Day for July 10, 2010 is:
sinew • \SIN-yoo\ • noun
1 : tendon; especially : one dressed for use as a cord or thread
2 a : solid resilient strength : power* b : the chief supporting force : mainstay -- usually used in plural
Example Sentence:
"For at Trout-hall … there is usually an Angler that proves good company. And let me tell you, good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue." (Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, 1653)