Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Haiku (02/29/12)

Born today,
A quadrennial,
Festival

February 29th, '12 Word

quadrennial

\ kwo-DREN-ee-uhl \  , adjective, noun;
1.
Occurring every four years.
2.
Of or lasting for four years.
noun:
1.
An event occurring every four years, as an anniversary or its celebration.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Haiku (02/28/12)

Pettifog,
Harsh accusation,
But apt though

February 28th, '12 Word

pettifog

\ PET-ee-fog \  , verb;
1.
To bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
2.
To carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business.
3.
To practice chicanery of any sort.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Haiku (02/26/2012)

The bed sheet,
Once wholesome and clean
Now hircine

February 26th, '12 Word

hircine
1.
of, pertaining to, or resembling a goat.
2.
Having a goatish odor.
3.
Lustful; libidinous
\ HUR-sahyn \  , adjective;

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Haiku (02/25/2012)

To bandy,
With great intent but,
Without point

February 25th, '12 Word

bandy

\ BAN-dee \  , verb, adjective, noun;
1.
To pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take.
2.
To throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.
3.
To circulate freely.
adjective:
1.
(Of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed.
noun:
1.
An early form of tennis.
2.
Chiefly British.  (Formerly) hockey or shinny.
3.
Obsolete.  A hockey or shinny stick.

Haiku (02/24/12)

Quit smoking,
Adamantine will,
One last drag

Friday, February 24, 2012

February 24th, '12 Word

adamantine

\ ad-uh-MAN-teen \  , adjective;
1.
Utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
2.
Too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
3.
Like a diamond in luster.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Haiku (02/23/12)

Ayes have it,
The plenum agreed,
More for us

February 23th, '12 Word

plenum

\ PLEE-nuhm \  , noun;
1.
A full assembly, as a joint legislative assembly.
2.
The state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
3.
A space, usually above a ceiling or below a floor, that can serve as a receiving chamber for air that has been heated or cooled to be distributed to inhabited areas.
4.
The whole of space regarded as being filled with matter (opposed to vacuum

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Haiku (02/22/2012)

Be ad rem,
Equivocate not,
Waste no time

February 22nd, '12 Word

ad rem

\ ad REM \  , adverb, adjective;
1.
Without digressing; in a straightforward manner.
adjective:
1.
Relevant; pertinent

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Haiku (02/21/12)

Good lady,
I bespeak of you,
Kiss me not

Feburary 21st '12 word

bespeak

\ bih-SPEEK \  , verb;
1.
To show; indicate.
2.
To ask for in advance.
3.
To reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for.
4.
Literary.  To speak to; address.
5.
Obsolete.  To foretell; forebode.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Haiku (02/20/12)

A creamy,
Morceau of Rochefort,
Is devine

February 20th, '12 Word

morceau

\ mawr-SOH \  , noun;
1.
Piece; morsel.
2.
An excerpt or passage of poetry or music.

Haiku (02/19/12)

She tried hard,
To spruce him up,
But failure

February 19th, '12 Word

spruce
\sproos\ , verb:
1. To make neat or dapper (often followed by up).
2. To make oneself spruce (usually followed by up).
adjective:
1. Trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Haiku (02/18/12)

Pachyderm,
With mighty trumpet,
Took a dump

February 18th, '12 Word

pachyderm

\ PAK-i-durm \  , noun;
1.
A person who is not sensitive to criticism, ridicule, etc.
2.
Any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
3.
An elephant

Friday, February 17, 2012

Haiku (02/17/12)

Attention,
Tremontane warlords,
Mob needed

February 17th, '12 Word

tramontane

\ truh-MON-teyn \  , adjective, noun;
1.
Being or situated beyond the mountains.
2.
Beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
3.
Of, pertaining to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
4.
Foreign; barbarous.
noun:
1.
A person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians.
2.
A foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
3.
A violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France

Haiku (02/16/12)

Mammonism is,
Although very lucrative,
loaded with tarriffs

February 16th, '12 Word

mammonism
 \MAM-uh-niz-uhm\ , noun:
The greedy pursuit of riches.

Haiku (02/15/12)

Vilipend,
Delicate ego sir,
Guns at noon

February 15th, '12 Word

vilipend
\vil-UH-pend\ , verb:
1. To regard or treat as of little value or account.
2. To vilify; depreciate

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Haiku (02/14/12)

Although a cliche,
The cordate box of chocolate,
Got him laid anyhow.

February 14th, '12 Word

cordate

\ KAWR-deyt \  , adjective;
1.
Heart-shaped.
2.
(Of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Haiku (2/13/12)

Sally thought that she,
Was very exoteric but,
They hated her guts

February 13, '12 Word

exoteric

\ ek-suh-TER-ik \  , adjective;
1.
Suitable for or communicated to the general public.
2.
Not belonging, limited, or pertaining to the inner or select circle, as of disciples or intimates.
3.
Popular; simple; commonplace.
4.
Pertaining to the outside; exterior; external.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Haiku (02/12/12)

She was so sad that,
Auscutation was needed,
to hear her heart beat

February 12, '12 Word

 

auscultation

\ aw-skuhl-TEY-shuhn \  , noun;
 
The act of listening to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis.

Haiku (02/11/12)

It is a strange man,
Who prefers oak furniture,
Over burled walnut

February 11, '12 Word

burled

 \burld\ , adjective:
Having small knots that produce a distorted grain in wood.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Haiku (02/10/12)

I said that I lied,
I must depone however,
That is just not true

Friday, February 10, 2012

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Haiku (02/09/12)

To the censor,
A lengthy screed was written,
Before a long nap

February 09, '12 Word

screed

\ skreed \  , noun, verb;
1.
A long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
2.
An informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
3.
Building Trades.  A. A strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface. B. A wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like. C. A board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
4.
British Dialect.  A fragment or shred, as of cloth.
5.
Scot.  A. A tear or rip, especially in cloth. B. A drinking bout.
verb:
1.
Scot.  To tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Haiku (02/08/12)

Yet to be taken,
A piacular journey,
Was necessary

February 08, '12 Word

piacular

\ pahy-AK-yuh-ler \  , adjective;
1.
Expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
2.
Requiring expiation; sinful or wicked

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Haiku (02/07/12)

I passed today's test,
I didn't really study,
Thank God for crib sheets

February 07, '12 Word

 

crib

\ krib \  , verb, noun;
1.
To pilfer or steal, especially to plagiarize.
2.
To confine in or as if in a crib.
3.
To provide with a crib or cribs.
4.
To line with timber or planking.
5.
Informal.  A. To use a crib in examinations, homework, translating, etc. B. To steal; plagiarize.
6.
(Of a horse) to practice cribbing.
noun:
1.
A child's bed with enclosed sides.
2.
A stall or pen for cattle.
3.
A rack or manger for fodder, as in a stable or barn.
4.
A bin for storing grain, salt, etc.
5.
Informal.  A. A translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony. B. Plagiarism. C. A petty theft.
6.
A room, closet, etc., in a factory or the like, in which tools are kept and issued to workers.
7.
A shallow, separate section of a bathing area, reserved for small children.
8.
Any confined space.
9.
Slang.  A house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing.
10.
Building Trades, Civil Engineering . Any of various cellular frameworks of logs, squared timbers, or steel or concrete objects of similar form assembled in layers at right angles, often filled with earth and stones and used in the construction of foundations, dams, retaining walls, etc.
11.
A barrier projecting part of the way into a river and then upward, acting to reduce the flow of water and as a storage place for logs being floated downstream.
12.
A lining for a well or other shaft.
13.
Slang.  One's home; pad.
14.
Cribbage . A set of cards made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer.
15.
A cheap, ill-kept brothel.
16.
A wicker basket.
17.
British, Australian.  Lunch, especially a cold lunch carried from home to work and eaten by a laborer on the job; snack.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Haiku (02/06/12)

A Russian man though,
Filiopietistic,
Despised cold weather

Feb 6th '12 word

filiopietistic

\ fil-ee-oh-pahy-i-TIS-tik \  , adjective;
1.  Pertaining to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.

Haiku (02/05/12)

Stallions
Pied, powerful, proud,
Taste gamey

Feb 5th '12 word

pied \pahyd\ , adjective:
1. Having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals.
2. Wearing pied clothing

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Greetings to all

Just a quick intro to this blog ... pretty self explanitory really.
 I'm going to design a haiku around the word of the day from the dictionary.com website.
Im going to attempt to do this every day for at least a year ...  I did say attempt right. While they may not be any good (although they might be awesome) I absolutley promise they will be all original ( rest easy everyone)

That being said lets begin with Superbowl's Sunday's word which is ........