When I'm angry, I have to step back to pacify myself so I don't say or do something that I'll regret later.

Scientific research has suggested that crying infants should be pacified with photographs of women's breasts.

I submit that tomorrow's word should be 'callipygian'.

That is my favorite word. Any word referring to nates really pacifies me.

Word of the day August 28
 

The Word of the Day for August 28 is:

volition • \voh-LIH-shun\ • (noun) 1. an act of making a choice or decision; also a choice or decision made; 2. the power of choosing or determining; will

A little more information about today’s word:
"Volition" ultimately derives from the Latin verb "velle," meaning "to will" or "to wish." English speakers borrowed the term from French in the 17th century, using it at first to mean "an act of choosing." Its earliest known English use appeared in Thomas Jackson's 1615 Commentaries upon the Apostle's Creed: "That such acts, again, as they appropriate to the will, and call volitions, are essentially and formally intellections, is most evident." The second sense of "volition," meaning "the power to choose," had developed by the mid-18th century.

My sentence (using definition #2):
"The best player in franchise history got up and walked out on the fans, and . . . he left of his own volition."
-- Kevin Paul Dupont, The Boston Globe, April 20, 2003

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

Next sentence?

The POW was recorded accusing his country of terrible crimes but no one believed he did it on his own volition.

dammit redravin, that's what I was going to say.

The lawyer claimed that his client did not act on his own volition because of a mental problem.

My excuse for eating up all the chocolates in the house is that I have no volition of my own.

It's never volitional after you get caught.

Word of the day August 29
 

The Word of the Day for August 29 is:

pugilism • \PYOO-juh-lih-zum\ • (noun) boxing

A little more information about today’s word:
The practice of fighting for sport was in place in a number of Mediterranean civilizations by 1500 B.C. (and recent evidence suggests that it may have flourished in parts of eastern Africa before that). By the 7th century B.C., boxing had become a staple of the Olympic Games in Greece. Soon afterward, the Romans picked up the sport and introduced the word "pugil" (a noun related to the Latin "pugnus," meaning "fist") to refer to a boxer. Boxing faded out with the decline of the Roman Empire, but resurged in popularity in the18th century. By the 1790s, "pugilist" and "pugilism" were firmly entrenched in the English lexicon.

My sentence:
Forever fascinated by the art and science of pugilism, Shane collected biographies of noted boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, and Sonny Liston.

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

Next sentence?

The bouncer was a former pugilist who liked to let the drunks take the first shot before he locked them down.

After years of pugilism, John had taken so many hits to the head that he had trouble speaking.

Pugilist REALLY reeks, was it that important that you had to retrieve it out of the garbage?

Repeated and excessive growth spurts before, during and after puberty had left Doris with a face and body that reminded one of the less glamorous side of pugilism; that is to say, the swollen, lumpy and severely assymetrical losing side.

:crazy:

Mr. Ali turned pugilism into a spectacle worthy of Las Vegas.

She threw off the sheets and offered up to me her smooth, silky ass in an attempt to pacify my burning, unsatiable lust.

Peter the Pug was a Prized Pupil in the plentiful population that planned on perpetually perpetrating pugilism.

Christ, in all His pain and passion, at the very end, was comforted in the ineluctable nature of His sacrifyce.

Uke- Laly


Ivan"the Mild" Tychovski, my drinkin buddy from the deep 70's, always shouted loud and obnoxious orders resembling mad ukases' from another time.

Corruption is a Venal Disease.

Free will=released on your own volition.

obfuscate-

this word is looking decidedly strange.
like....
spinach
:)
I should try again sometime

The lunatics parol only served to ensure that his handcuffs be tightened even more.

Linda Loveless, a groupies groupie, was well versed in weaving sinuous tales for the security chiefs at these venues...

When all else failed in my desperation, I rose up and decided to name my demon-
and its name was Belial.

And I was no longer worthless

He was Huge
He was White, Boney and hunched over....



He's the Incredible Skulk.

WOW IM RETARDED.

Mike Tyson is a cheap pugilist. He is also a cannibal.

SShhheeeeahHAHA

"Ben, my pugilist son..."

Awesome points to the person that cites this quote. :}