Use my word!

[Babs]

Basically I will provide a word. You then must use that word in a sentence in your reply and provide a new word that the next person must use.



Tenacious

[Sis]

I read my horoscope once and it said I was a Tenacious crab. (My sign is Cancer)  And it was correct.

hyperbole

[Babs]

Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.

euphemism

[Sis]

Euphemisms are more like double speak.. People use eukphemisms to keep from swearing.

[Babs]

you forgot to put a new word lol

[Sis]

Oh, Duhhhh!

entomology 

[Babs]

they say the memory is the first to go


Entomology is the study of insects.

proliferation

[Sis]

The proliferation of cancer cells made surgery necessary.

Philanthropic

[Babs]

As we grow, we hope to be able to help more groups, near and far, through philanthropic giving.

Tyranny

[Sis]

I wouldn't want to live in Cuba because of the Tyranny of Castro and his henchmen.

Bellicose

[Babs]

They recognised that behind the bellicose facade, there beat a big, warm, compassionate heart.

quietus

[Sis]

Titus Fulvius Junius Quietus was the son of Titus Fulvius Macrianus Senior  Not what you expected, is it?

Phenomenology

[newkris]

She wrote her disseration to become a doctor of Phenomenology after her experience in Wisconsin wherein she witnessed first-hand the phenomenon of Packer fever.

favre

[Babs]

favre   

you should really lay off the favre pills. 

partisan

[newkris]

the partisan the middle of the field where favre threw the LONG pass to donald driver. 

[Sis]

Since Kris didn't put in a new word, I'll pull a double whammy!

Proboscis   and  rhinoplasty   

[newkris]

once diagnosed with the disease of deficiency of the word proboscis, rhinoplasty was prescribed for its cure.

redact

[Sis]

[Babs]

After the buy-out she wanted to redact the agreement.

albeit

[newkris]

not realizing that being "it" did not carry a positive connotation, the boy cried, "albeit!"

okay, okay . ..  .i'll try for a serious one this time. 

i have thorougly enjoyed the attention and affection received from the angel babies this week-end, albeit my house is enjoying the peace and orderliness of today.


zealousness

[Sis]

Sometimes when people first come to God, they let their zealousness get out of hand.

Forensics

[newkris]

i have become an advocate of the avoidance of study in forensics as it sounds too much like science to me! 


immigration

[Sis]

I used to do an immigration program where I went to the schools dressed up like a woman from the early 1900s.


cathartic

[newkris]

laughter and writing offer similar cathartic releases for stress.


plethora

[Sis]

He has a plethora of excuses for not doing his homework.

compunction