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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 10:52 AM
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Word of the Day for Friday June 3, 2005: agglomeration (Uh oh)
3 DINGS for the best guess! How GW will misuse/mispronounce dictionary.com's word of the day;

agglomeration \uh-glom-uh-RAY-shuhn\, noun:
1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
2. A jumbled cluster or mass of usually varied elements.

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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 10:53 AM
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1. So the Abu Ghraib photos showed an agglomeration of naked Iraqi prisoners?
I doubt Bush is gonna use that one.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 11:55 AM
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10. "The Coalition is a Tumid Fetteration of Agglomerated Nations..."
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 10:54 AM
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2. Oh dear. check out yesterday's word: tumid
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Word of the Day for Thursday June 2, 2005
tumid \TOO-mid; TYOO-\, adjective:
1. Swollen, enlarged, or distended; as, "a tumid leg."
2. Bulging; protuberant.
3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; inflated; bombastic.

They have a fines sense of humnor at dic.com

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Tigress DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 11:08 AM
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9. tumid
pResident: "Yeah, I know that word. Most of my tumid experiences have been with Laura or farm animals."
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 10:54 AM
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3. The word of the month is disassemble.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 10:56 AM
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4. And June 1: fetter
Word of the Day for Wednesday June 1, 2005
fetter \FET-uhr\, noun:
1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a bond; a shackle.
2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

transitive verb:
1. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine.
2. To restrain from progress or action; to impose restraints on; to confine.




The Resistance is Alive there. I can feel it.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 10:59 AM
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5. Don't fetter my tumid agglomeration.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 11:03 AM
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7. good one
and I wouldn't even ever dream of doing so.
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Tigress DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 11:05 AM
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8. fetter
pResident: "Yeah, I know that word. Don't get in a fetter about it. We have killed and tortured in your name, but it isn't in the main stream media, so it won't hurt you none."
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Tigress DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 11:01 AM
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6. agglomeration
pResident: "Yeah, I know that word. In America we must protect the interests of our agglomerations because without them the media can't be controlled, the rich can't get richer and America can't prosper."

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