Comments on: Word for the day https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:56:17 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7922 Eri Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:32:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7922 in which case it's the padre cadre, non madre cadre. in which case it’s the padre cadre, non madre cadre.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7915 Jody Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:13:54 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7915 Absolutely Bowser! It is easy to read a blank stare. Re-phrasing helps generate an aha! moment. Absolutely Bowser!

It is easy to read a blank stare. Re-phrasing helps generate an aha! moment.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7913 Jody Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:12:33 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7913 HAH!!! I am the expert on that! My mother is in a one minute conversation loop...and I am asked the same questions...over and over and over. Just to spice things up and to gas light her a little ;)...I re-phrase the answer....always dummying down though. HAH!!!

I am the expert on that!

My mother is in a one minute conversation loop…and I am asked the same questions…over and over and over. Just to spice things up and to gas light her a little ;) …I re-phrase the answer….always dummying down though.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7909 bowser Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:57:21 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7909 A technique often used in explaining matters to children. When the fifth grade level is too complex the fourth grade level is tried and on down. Not always a fault of style. A technique often used in explaining matters to children. When the fifth grade level is too complex the fourth grade level is tried and on down. Not always a fault of style.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7908 Eri Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:58:16 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7908 The madre cadre. The madre cadre.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7905 Robert Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:38:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7905 <p>Meta word for the day</p> <h3>tau·tol·o·gy/tôˈtäləjē/</h3> Noun: <ol> <li>The saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the...)</li> <li>A phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words.</li> </ol> <p style="font-size:smaller;font-style:italic;">by Google, when searching the special form "define:tautology". Weird how a Googler's sense of humor complements Frank's.</p> Meta word for the day

tau·tol·o·gy/tôˈtäləjē/

Noun:

  1. The saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the…)
  2. A phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words.

by Google, when searching the special form “define:tautology”. Weird how a Googler’s sense of humor complements Frank’s.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7890 Jody Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:12:48 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7890 Unless it is the padre... Unless it is the padre…

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7886 Jody Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:39:23 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7886 nah...cadre is mi madre's cousin. nah…cadre is mi madre’s cousin.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7884 Eri Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:02:13 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7884 I am in the humor cadre and I declare that cannot pass muster without specificity. Or wait a minute, was that gravity? OTOH, we could be the cadaver cadre. I am in the humor cadre and I declare that cannot pass muster without specificity.

Or wait a minute, was that gravity?

OTOH, we could be the cadaver cadre.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/25/word-for-the-day/#comment-7883 FrankC Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:52:11 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4906#comment-7883 <p>This is a humorous post</p> I insist that it is humorous, regardless of any communist training you may have undergone to make you immune to humor. This is a humorous post

I insist that it is humorous, regardless of any communist training you may have undergone to make you immune to humor.

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