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One of the parts of the Sookie books that I like is how Sookie always uses a word from her Word-of-the-Day calendar. I thought it would be fun if we could learn some new words that we could apply to our posts. So here is the callenge ...stop by, leave a word with the definition and use the word in a sentence either in the post you leave here or out in your other post.
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 3:24 PM
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euphonious \yoo-FOH-nee-uhs\, adjective:
Pleasing or sweet in sound; smooth-sounding.
To hear Bill speak is very euphonious.
(i get a word-of-the-day email)
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Bill + Sookie = Hawt Vamp sex + Great Romance
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 2:41 PM
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Cattywumpas sounds a lot like one of my favorite words in the book "Lolita"...Akimbo.
Akimbo-In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward: children standing akimbo by the fence.
Sookie stood arms akimbo awaiting the first kiss of Bill the vampire.
In Steve Martin's Pure Drivel he has a story called "Lolita at 40" . It is hilarious and the word akimbo is used generously.
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 2:27 PM
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Oooh, I like this thread. I have some fun southern colloqialisms. Would that count in the word of the day?
Haint: a southern apparition. [said in my best southern accent] "I look like a haint today. Haint got no arms, haint got no head, haint got no legs."
Cattywompus: to be askew. "Grandma Stackhouse was laid out on the kitchen floor all cattywompus."
Gum: to muck up. "I can't get no chores done on Sunday 'cuz it just gums up my board postin' and True Blood watchin' time."
-Fumefreak
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Edited by fumefreak at 10/12/2008 11:31 AM PDT
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 3:16 AM
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> JennyReb:
> Very interesting thread, part vocabulary lesson,
> part word comprehension lesson!!
Thanks, Marleen!
Hope you can leave us a new word next time you drop by. 
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 1:54 AM
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JennyReb:
Very interesting thread, part vocabulary lesson,
part word comprehension lesson!!
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 1:24 AM
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Corrected- as in- I stand corrected for being inaccurate about your reference to Bill's age. MHA 
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 1:19 AM
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Perfidy def. deliberate breach of faith
When Sam backed Sookie up against the car he painted Bill as a man capable of plotting perfidy against Sookie.
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We're all a heartbeat away from forever.
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 1:02 AM
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In my crossword today. Pernicious- highly injurious or destructive- Deadly- wicked.
Hanging out with the nest of vampires had a pernicious effect on her sense of morality.
I don't know- am I anywhere close with that one.
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 12:52 AM
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that's funny....maybe the word is an hbo word of the day. :D
....bill was made a vampire in 1870 according to the book so even tho he is immortalized at 30 he technically is far past an octogenerian, right?....i can't say math was ever my strong point but i think this is true.
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 12:48 AM
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uppity -as in a young person who thinks Bill is older than an octogenarian.
I also believe Tara used that word in one of the episodes.
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Re: Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 12:44 AM
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octogenarian - a person whose age is in the eighties.
bill compton is much older than an octogenarian. :D
for some reason i have never heard this word before and then today i watched some recorded shows and heard bill maher say it on real time and jeremy piven say it on Late Night with David Letterman.
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Word(s)-of-the-Day-Thread
Oct 12, 2008 12:37 AM
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One of the parts of the Sookie books that I like is how Sookie always uses a word from her Word-of-the-Day calendar. I thought it would be fun if we could learn some new words that we could apply to our posts. So here is the callenge ...stop by, leave a word with the definition and use the word in a sentence either in the post you leave here or out in your other post.
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