WWTBAM Bored

...for Tuesday, February 3, 2009, courtesy of the good people at the Merriam-Webster Page-a-Day calendar is...say it with me now...

GRATUITOUS

I could not help but peek ahead to tomorrow to find...

AVATAR

Have a field day, or two!

Does someone at Merriam-Webster read the Bored?

hmmmm. gratuitous avatars, gratuitious... avatars..... did that calendar come out of SoCal?


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MarleysGh0st wrote:Does someone at Merriam-Webster read the Bored?

Well, they certainly seem to know uly.

TheCalvinator24 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:Does someone at Merriam-Webster read the Bored?

Well, they certainly seem to know uly.

Everybody knows Uly.

o-man wrote:...for Tuesday, February 3, 2009, courtesy of the good people at the Merriam-Webster Page-a-Day calendar is...say it with me now...

GRATUITOUS

I could not help but peek ahead to tomorrow to find...

AVATAR

Have a field day, or two!

Was yesterday's word...

ARTIFICIAL

If not, that's okay. I can wait....

silvercamaro wrote:

TheCalvinator24 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:Does someone at Merriam-Webster read the Bored?

Well, they certainly seem to know uly.

Everybody knows Uly.

and everyone is better for it.

Let's have gracious be the word of the day soon.

I need to post, just once, in this thread.

Still trying to hit that 98 spot on The List.

hermillion wrote:I need to post, just once, in this thread.

Still trying to hit that 98 spot on The List.

What list?





I'm a giver.

silvercamaro wrote:

hermillion wrote:I need to post, just once, in this thread.

Still trying to hit that 98 spot on The List.

What list?





I'm a giver.

There is always a list.

christie1111 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:

hermillion wrote:I need to post, just once, in this thread.

Still trying to hit that 98 spot on The List.

What list?





I'm a giver.

There is always a list.

I have multiple lists.

There importance changes on an regular basis.

o-man wrote:...for Tuesday, February 3, 2009, courtesy of the good people at the Merriam-Webster Page-a-Day calendar is...say it with me now...

GRATUITOUS

I could not help but peek ahead to tomorrow to find...

AVATAR

Have a field day, or two!

I think I'll have an avatar or two today. Is there someone I could put the bite on?

Did it give a definition for gratuitous? I don't think it means what you think it means.

ulysses5019 wrote:

o-man wrote:...for Tuesday, February 3, 2009, courtesy of the good people at the Merriam-Webster Page-a-Day calendar is...say it with me now...

GRATUITOUS

I could not help but peek ahead to tomorrow to find...

AVATAR

Have a field day, or two!

I think I'll have an avatar or two today. Is there someone I could put the bite on?

not me

ulysses5019 wrote:Did it give a definition for gratuitous? I don't think it means what you think it means.

adj.
Given or granted without return or recompense; unearned.
Given or received without cost or obligation; free.
Unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified: gratuitous criticism.

From the back of today's page:

"The word 'avatar' traces to a Sanskrit term meaning 'descent,' and in Hinduism it usually refers to one of the 10 human or ANIMAL forms the god Vishnu assumed when he descended to Earth to combat evil."

Squirrels included!

o-man wrote:From the back of today's page:

"The word 'avatar' traces to a Sanskrit term meaning 'descent,' and in Hinduism it usually refers to one of the 10 human or ANIMAL forms the god Vishnu assumed when he descended to Earth to combat evil."

Squirrels included!

Well, I guess those squirrel underpants will work fine in India.

ulysses5019 wrote:

o-man wrote:From the back of today's page:

"The word 'avatar' traces to a Sanskrit term meaning 'descent,' and in Hinduism it usually refers to one of the 10 human or ANIMAL forms the god Vishnu assumed when he descended to Earth to combat evil."

Squirrels included!

Well, I guess those squirrel underpants will work fine in India.

Right-o! But will my Gary Gnu Underoos be effective in the Hot Seat?