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Word of the Day...

#1 Post by o-man » Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:51 pm

...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!
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#2 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:51 pm

Does someone at Merriam-Webster read the Bored? 8)
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#3 Post by tlynn78 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:34 pm

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


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#4 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:57 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:Does someone at Merriam-Webster read the Bored? 8)
Well, they certainly seem to know uly.
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Re: Word of the Day...

#5 Post by silvercamaro » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:58 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:Does someone at Merriam-Webster read the Bored? 8)
Well, they certainly seem to know uly.
Everybody knows Uly.
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#6 Post by Artificial Gratuitousness » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:04 pm

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....
Did I get it?
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#7 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:24 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:Does someone at Merriam-Webster read the Bored? 8)
Well, they certainly seem to know uly.
Everybody knows Uly.
and everyone is better for it.
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Re: Word of the Day...

#8 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:25 pm

Let's have gracious be the word of the day soon.
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#9 Post by hermillion » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:59 pm

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

Still trying to hit that 98 spot on The List.
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#10 Post by silvercamaro » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:01 pm

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

Still trying to hit that 98 spot on The List.

What list?





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#11 Post by christie1111 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:44 pm

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?





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Re: Word of the Day...

#12 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:46 pm

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?





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#13 Post by ulysses5019 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:00 pm

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?
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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#14 Post by ulysses5019 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:01 pm

Did it give a definition for gratuitous? I don't think it means what you think it means.
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Re: Word of the Day...

#15 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:08 pm

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
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Re: Word of the Day...

#16 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:09 pm

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.
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Re: Word of the Day...

#17 Post by o-man » Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:26 am

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!
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#18 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:06 pm

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.
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Re: Word of the Day...

#19 Post by o-man » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:29 pm

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?
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