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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-04 05:52 AM
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anybody get dictionary.com word of the day?
what do you think of taking the word of the day and incorporating it into a sentence or two about *. i'll start - here's today's word of the day:

Word of the Day for Friday June 18, 2004

favonian \fuh-VOH-nee-uhn\, adjective:
Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

* listened carefully as the favonian winds blew between his ears and he awaited his next message from god to relate to the people.


here's yesterday's word:

Word of the Day for Thursday June 17, 2004

Potemkin village \puh-TEM(P)-kin\, noun:
An impressive facade or display that hides an undesirable fact
or state; a false front.

love watching bushco's potemkin village crumble more and more everyday.

NOTE: no coffee yet, so i'm sure you all can come up with much better ones than i did. :hangover:
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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-04 06:58 AM
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1. kick
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-04 07:04 AM
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2. NO
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-04 07:22 AM
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3. Hey, ya gotta capitalize Potemkin (n/t)
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-04 07:58 AM
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4. The current winds seemed
Edited on Fri Jun-18-04 07:58 AM by mrboba1
favonian compared to what was about to happen to the Administration.
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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-04 09:36 AM
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5. good one mrboba1 -
thanks for the reminder, soothsayer. i've gotten really lazy online about capitalizing anything!
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-18-04 09:38 AM
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6. thanks!
I thought it was pretty decent.
:)
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