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| | From: Hexamom (Original Message) | Sent: 8/3/2008 4:53 PM |
Whether we like it or not...we have got to admit that none of us know-it-all...so hopefully a WOTD thread will help us with our ongoing edumacashun....heheheheh |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 12/13/2008 11:31 PM |
cached \kasht\, adjective: 1. stored; hidden 2. in computing, stored in a part of memory used as a cache
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 12/14/2008 8:26 PM |
dastard \DAS-terd\, noun: a mean coward (note: this word starts with a D not a B ladies...heheheheh) |
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hackneyed \HAK-need\, adjective: 1. used too often; commonplace 2. habituated; experienced Within earshot of flushing toilets, under the unflinching surveillance of a fake security camera, and accompanied by cheese curls and brightly-colored Kool-Aid, the Museum of Bad Art's newest exhibit, "Hackneyed Portraits," opened earlier this month. -- Carolyn Y. Johnson, Boston Globe, 6/25/2006 "The supply demand dynamics just don't warrant where we are today. It's becoming incredibly hackneyed to say it's all coming from demand in China," he said. -- Tim Paradis, San Diego Union, 6/6/2008 To speak of "the dream of paradise" seems hackneyed or else derogatory, as if it were just a daydream or a pipe dream. -- Evan Eisenberg, The Ecology of Eden |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 12/29/2008 10:23 PM |
sacrilege \SAK-ruh-lij\, noun: an intentional injury to anything held sacred; disrespectful treatment of something sacred |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 12/30/2008 6:39 PM |
Hahahahahahah...Only you could find a WOTD example involving toilets Claw "Within earshot of flushing toilets, under the unflinching surveillance of a fake security camera, and accompanied by cheese curls and brightly-colored Kool-Aid, the Museum of Bad Art's newest exhibit, "Hackneyed Portraits," opened earlier this month. -- Carolyn Y. Johnson, Boston Globe, 6/25/2006" |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 12/30/2008 6:40 PM |
tacit \TAS-it\, adjective: 1. implied or understood without being openly expressed 2. saying nothing; silent |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 1/6/2009 5:58 PM |
beleaguer \bi-LEE-ger\, verb: 1. to surround with troops; besiege 2. to surround or beset |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 1/9/2009 10:00 PM |
eclectic \i-KLEK-tik\, adjective: 1. selecting and using what seems best from various sources or systems; made up of selections from various sources 2. broad in acceptance of ideas or approval from other sources
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 1/12/2009 6:50 PM |
hapless \HAP-lis\, adjective: unlucky; unfortunate |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 1/13/2009 4:53 PM |
propitious [pruh-pish-uhs]–adjective 1. | presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather. | 2. | indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens. | 3. | favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods. | |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 2/11/2009 5:17 PM |
tome \tohm\, noun: a large, often scholarly, book |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 2/12/2009 5:21 PM |
froward \FROH-werd\, adjective: not easily managed; contrary |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 2/14/2009 7:06 PM |
myopia \mahy-OH-pee-uh\, noun: 1. an abnormal eye condition in which only closeup objects are seen clearly; nearsightedness 2. shortsightedness; lack of foresight |
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| | From: Hexamom | Sent: 2/16/2009 6:57 PM |
interminable \in-TUR-muh-nuh-buhl\, adjective: so long as to seem endless; never stopping |
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