Word of the Day for Saturday March 11, 2006

[esteban]

It turns out that I've been using this word wrong for years! You learn something every day .  As far as the "word of the day" is concerned: Surprisingly Webster's often repeats words over the course of the year. That's pretty lame, considering how many great words are out there. This is the first time I've encountered "crapulous" though.

Word of the Day for Saturday March 11, 2006

   crapulous \KRAP-yuh-lus\, adjective:
   1. Suffering the effects of, or derived from, or suggestive of
   gross  intemperance,  especially  in drinking; as, a crapulous
   stomach.
   2. Marked by gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a
   crapulous old [1]reprobate.

     These  were  the  dregs  of  their  celebratory  party: the
     half-filled glasses, the cold beans and herring, the shouts
     and  smells  of  the crapulous strangers hemming them in on
     every  side,  the  dead rinsed-out April night and the rain
     drooling down the windows.
     -- T. Coraghessan Boyle, [2]Riven Rock

     The crapulous life which her future successor led.
     --  Lord  Brougham, Historical Sketches of Statesmen in the
     Time of George III

     The new money was spent in so much riotous living, and from
     end  to end there settled on the country a mood of fretful,
     crapulous irritation.
     -- Stephen McKenna, Sonia
     _________________________________________________________

   Crapulous  is  from Late Latin crapulosus, from Latin crapula,
   from Greek kraipale, drunkenness and its consequences, nausea,
   sickness, and headache.

[Keranu]

Hey I see a fellow McKenna in that article!

[Ninja Spirit]

Haha people down here in the south would say "miscombogulated" for anything out of order.

[esteban]

Haha people down here in the south would say "miscombogulated" for anything out of order.

hahahahhaa. I say "discombobulated" all the time, myself. I can blame one of my grade school teachers for that. She used it all the time.

[CrackTiger]

A friend of mine worked at a place for a while where this one guy keep calling everyone who did something special an "entrepreneur".

"Look at him! He's workin' it like an entrepreneur!"

[esteban]

A friend of mine worked at a place for a while where this one guy keep calling everyone who did something special an "entrepreneur".

"Look at him! He's workin' it like an entrepreneur!"

Awesome