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rrammfcitktturjsp:
To All,
THis was another wierd one.
"nonce \NAHNTS\ adjective
: occurring, used, or made only once or for a special occasion
Example sentence:
Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem "Jabberwocky" is chock-full of nonce words, but a few of his coinages, such as "chortle" and "galumph," have become established in our language.
Did you know?
"Nonce" first appeared in Middle English as a noun spelled "nanes." The spelling likely came about from a misdivision of the phrase "then anes." ("Then" was the Middle English equivalent of "the" and "anes" meant "one purpose.") The word was especially used in the phrase "for the nonce," meaning "for the one purpose," as in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Prologue" of Canterbury Tales: "A cook they hadde with hem for the nones / To boille the chiknes with the marybones." The adjective "nonce" did not exist in print until the publication in 1884 of the New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (which later became the Oxford English Dictionary). The editor of that dictionary, James Murray, created the term "nonce-word" as a label for "words apparently employed for the nonce." "[/color]
Enjoy.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
DWIGHT:
Longhorn,
Think we could all come to your farm for some coffee and fellowship someday? I haven't laughed that much in weeks....still laughing.
I'll bring the doughnuts!
Dwight
hebrewroots98:
FORGET WEBSTER; I VOTE FOR LONGHORN TO MAKE THE NEXT DICTIONARY, IT WOULD BE LOTS MORE FUN ;D ;D ;)
longhorn:
Word of the day: "Nonce"
True story ;) (trust me, this is a TRUE story)
Some of yall might find this hard to believe, but old Longhorn didn't grow up using a rusty ol horse shoe as a teething ring, No, a long time ago I actually did have a "Real Life" You know the old dream marrige , cant live without you, slobber all over each other, your the only one for me baby B.S... Yall know what Im talking about. Anyways, I dont want to turn this into a " he said - she said" debate so I will just cut to the chase. In all my years, I have not known a bigger "Liar" or story teller than my ex.
To make a life long story short, this is how the "DIVORCE" thangy magiggie went down( best I remember). Of the 365 days in a year, she had to pick October 10th, the day before my beloved University of Texas Longhorns do their annual battle with the hatted (Inbred) rivals to the north, the Oklahoma Sooners. as the day to stand before the Judge and finalize all the "who gets what and all that stuff"..
Anyway, as I approach the bench in front of the honorable Hope Walker(real judge) p.s. I "HOPE" she has burning hot soupy diarrhea 24 hrs a day .... Oh well, apparantly my ex had this divorce thing planed well in advance, because as Judge Walker reviewed the CAUSES for the Plantiff, they were as follows:
1. Husband is a jerk, and if I knew then what I know now.
2. His Idea of a romantic evening consist of Beer, Sports (dosent matter) Pizza, Beer.
3. Dosent acknowlege his wife unless she is wearing a TEXAS football jersey (or not wearing one)
4. See reasons 1 through 3.
With a "Dung" eating grin on my face, and with my TEXAS baseball cap pulled firmlly down, I saunter toward the bench when Judge Walker ask me... Longhorn, are these accusitions by your wife correct. I said you Honor , for " NONCE " in her life Im pretty dang sure she's telling the truth... and then it rained. (hailed is more like it)
Love in Christ
Longhorn
rrammfcitktturjsp:
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D
You did it again. Today's word was chivalry, but as we all know what that means, I will not post until another interesting word comes up.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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