Tab's Word 'O The Day

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  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    12-9-09 Lampoon

    lam·poon
    Pronunciation: \lam-ˈpün\
    Function: noun
    Etymology: French lampon
    Date: 1645
    : satire 1; specifically : a harsh satire usually directed against an individual
  • JJs25th
    JJs25th Posts: 204 Member
    Lampoon is one of those unusual words that can be used as both a noun and a verb. Tabsoda did you restric the use of lampoon to a noun to make us be more creative?
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    ""The difference between a comedian and a comic is that a comedian works from prepared material - whereas a comic can lampoon the buttmunchers of the world extemperaneously.""

    How's that? :bigsmile:
  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    Lampoon is one of those unusual words that can be used as both a noun and a verb. Tabsoda did you restric the use of lampoon to a noun to make us be more creative?

    yes ma'am!
  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    Lampoon is one of those unusual words that can be used as both a noun and a verb. Tabsoda did you restric the use of lampoon to a noun to make us be more creative?

    yes ma'am!

    however, I'm not going to call the cops if you use it differently. :laugh:
  • JJs25th
    JJs25th Posts: 204 Member
    ""The difference between a comedian and a comic is that a comedian works from prepared material - whereas a comic can lampoon the buttmunchers of the world extemperaneously.""

    How's that? :bigsmile:

    I think we talked about you earlier in this thread. :wink:
  • JJs25th
    JJs25th Posts: 204 Member
    Lampoon is one of those unusual words that can be used as both a noun and a verb. Tabsoda did you restric the use of lampoon to a noun to make us be more creative?

    yes ma'am!

    Ma'am...:noway:
    Oh dear you must have looked up my profile because I know the gray and the wrinkles do not show in my profile pic. :embarassed:
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    ""The difference between a comedian and a comic is that a comedian works from prepared material - whereas a comic can lampoon the buttmunchers of the world extemperaneously.""

    How's that? :bigsmile:

    I think we talked about you earlier in this thread. :wink:
    Talked about me? Buttmunch,,, fatuous,,, Ya', I guess you did. :laugh:
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    Today's word is "Equidistant".

    –adjective:

    equally distant.

    "My wife is from Merrillville Indiana, and I am from Poquoson Virginia - our home in Marietta Ohio is equidistant from both at 480 miles."
  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    Lampoon is one of those unusual words that can be used as both a noun and a verb. Tabsoda did you restric the use of lampoon to a noun to make us be more creative?

    yes ma'am!

    Ma'am...:noway:
    Oh dear you must have looked up my profile because I know the gray and the wrinkles do not show in my profile pic. :embarassed:

    I call everyone ma'am. Even men :laugh:
  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    "I sit between two doors. I am equidistant from each."

    Is that used right?
  • JJs25th
    JJs25th Posts: 204 Member
    "I sit between two doors. I am equidistant from each."

    Is that used right?

    Could be if you are centered between the doors; but if you are closer to one than the other, no you would not be.

    When I was at Penn State's main campus we always said that because we were so close to the geographic center of the state we were equidistant from everywhere and next to nowhere.
  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    "I sit between two doors. I am equidistant from each."

    Is that used right?

    Could be if you are centered between the doors; but if you are closer to one than the other, no you would not be.

    When I was at Penn State's main campus we always said that because we were so close to the geographic center of the state we were equidistant from everywhere and next to nowhere.

    Then yes, I used it right!!!
  • NotSurprised
    NotSurprised Posts: 8,083 Member
    My school was equidistant to my doctors office from home.
  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    12/11/09

    gangster
  • NotSurprised
    NotSurprised Posts: 8,083 Member
    Weird Al Yankovich is a ganster compared to Jaleel White (Urkel). just funny!:smile:
  • JJs25th
    JJs25th Posts: 204 Member
    Can I sneak in a sentence for Friday's word??

    James Cagney is my favorite ganster.
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    While film and music and culture have romanticized the myth of the "Gangster", it's important to remember that these people were actually murderous thugs.
  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    Any ideas for today's word, guys?
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    akimbo

    In his finest "Capt. Morgan" manner, Marshall surveyed the halloween party with a jaunty smile, his leg raised and arms akimbo.

    A·kim·bo (ə-kĭm'bō)
    adv. 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.
    adj.
    Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward: children standing with arms akimbo.
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    A·kim·bo (ə-kĭm'bō)
    adv. 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.
    adj.
    Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward: children standing with arms akimbo.


    When my daughter sees me standing akimbo with a straight face, she knows to get her butt in line double time! :wink:
  • NotSurprised
    NotSurprised Posts: 8,083 Member
    Kimbo Slice the Former Street Fighter popularized on you tube, currently for the past 2 years an MMA fighter might as well had his arms akimbo, because he was knocked out by the first punch which was a jab.
  • JJs25th
    JJs25th Posts: 204 Member
    The wench stood at the end of the bar with her arms akimbo and her hair standing on end like the snakes of Medusa.
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    "Moot"

    And let's be clear - I said "Moot:
    –adjective
    1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point.
    2. of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.
    –verb (used with object)
    4. to present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.
    5. to reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.
    –noun
    7. an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
    8. an argument or discussion, esp. of a hypothetical legal case.

    Not "Mute":
    –adjective
    1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
    2. not emitting or having sound of any kind.
    3. incapable of speech; dumb.
    –noun
    7. a person incapable of speech.
    8. an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
    9. Law. a person who stands mute when arraigned.
    –verb (used with object)
    13. to deaden or muffle the sound of.

    ""You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute - I want to tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot.""
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    "Moot"

    And let's be clear - I said "Moot:
    –adjective
    1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point.
    2. of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.
    –verb (used with object)
    4. to present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.
    5. to reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.
    –noun
    7. an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
    8. an argument or discussion, esp. of a hypothetical legal case.

    Thanks Casper. I just discovered I've been using the phrase "moot point" incorrectly. :embarassed:
  • NotSurprised
    NotSurprised Posts: 8,083 Member
    The case I have been working on for the past two months is completely moot, because it was thrown out the due to some law they just put into existence.
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    The case I have been working on for the past two months is completely moot, because it was thrown out the due to some law they just put into existence.

    Not grandfathered in, having occured before the law took effect?
  • NotSurprised
    NotSurprised Posts: 8,083 Member
    :huh: Huh Hoot What Um I dont Uh Yeah Wow hahaha lol Oh no what. It happens stuff gets thrown out reversed & all after cases take place forget before deliberation. I know I could of put more information for sure, but I guess I probably thought no definitely I should not of wrote an essay & all even though I enjoy writing. hmmm on second thought, (You know what) like the lady from Mad TV in that voice hahaha Maybe we should start an essay forum. Suggestion forum what do you think. Nah probably not.hahaha Thanks by the way very funny.:)
  • tubbytabbytales
    tubbytabbytales Posts: 5,883
    Everytime someone uses the term 'moot point', I think of the Friends episode where Joey is like "It's like a cow's opinion. It doesn't matter....it's moo."
  • JJs25th
    JJs25th Posts: 204 Member
    Can you make a moot point in Moot Court?
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