Satty's Word Of The Day

[saturnine]

guess which bored pair has over 46% of today's posts..

[mrs jesus]

mickey & mallory?

[saturnine]

that's hot.

[mrs jesus]

i played the suicide queen once. it was hotter.

[saturnine]

the queen of hearts ;)

[mrs jesus]

man, it would be awesome to be the queen of hearts.

 

everytime someone pissed me off i could just say "off with his head" and that would be that.

[saturnine]

yeas, it would work much better than normally saying "i'll give you head".

[mrs jesus]

maybe saying that doesn't work for you because you're a guy...

[WalrusMeat]

Unless, he's into that kinda thing.

[mrs jesus]

uh, yeah, he's not

[saturnine]

ephemeral \ih-FEM-er-ul\, adjective:

1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; as, an ephemeral flower.

2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.

 

Ephemeral derives from Greek ephemeros, from epi, upon + hemera, day.

 

Synonyms: passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious

[saturnine]

condign \kuhn-DINE; KON-dine\, adjective:

Suitable to the fault or crime; deserved; adequate.

 

In a story as old as the Greeks, overweening pride brought condign disaster.

--David Frum, How We Got Here

 

He is a violent criminal and, like other criminals, he should be brought to condign punishment.

--Kwasi Kwarteng, "The boy from Brazil should be behind bars," Daily Telegraph, November 14, 1997

 

Condign ultimately derives from Latin condignus, "very worthy," from com-, here used intensively + dignus, "worthy."

[saturnine]

reticent \RET-ih-suhnt\, adjective:

1. Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

2. Restrained or reserved in style.

3. Reluctant; unwilling.

 

Reticent comes from the present participle of Latin reticere, "to keep silent," from re- + tacere, "to be silent."

[saturnine]

magniloquent \mag-NIL-uh-kwent\, adjective:

Lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; using a high-flown style of discourse; bombastic.

 

Magniloquent is derived from Latin magniloquentia, from magnus, "great" + the present participle of loqui, "to speak."

 

Synonyms: ornate, florid, rich, flowery, euphuistic, sonorous.

[mrs jesus]

hey how come you get to post twice in a row in this thread?

 

that's some fucked up shit...

[saturnine]

because it's my thread

[mrs jesus]

so if i make a thread, i can post twice in a row in it...

[Crusader]

Both wrong, after an hour (if nobody's posted) you can post again.

[mrs jesus]

you're such a know it all

[Crusader]

It doesn't count as knowing if you made it happen.

[mrs jesus]

oh you are so clever

[saturnine]

good thing.. without the ability to double post, i'd have to get my whore to post in between.

[mrs jesus]

magniloquent \mag-NIL-uh-kwent\, adjective:

Lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; using a high-flown style of discourse; bombastic.

 

Magniloquent is derived from Latin magniloquentia, from magnus, "great" + the present participle of loqui, "to speak."

 

Synonyms: ornate, florid, rich, flowery, euphuistic, sonorous.

niiice, satty!

 

and it's even fun to say!

 

<swoons>

[saturnine]

desultory \DES-uhl-tor-ee\, adjective:

1. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, ``desultory thoughts''

2. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, "a desultory remark"

 

From Latin desilio, to leap down, from de, down + salio, to leap.

[saturnine]

extempore \ik-STEM-puh-ree\, adverb:

Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore.

 

Extempore comes from the Latin phrase ex tempore, literally "out of the time."