Words & Wordplay - November 2007

Sometimes used by partisans to criticize an opponent by exaggerating or misstating their view, then criticizing the exaggeration or misstatement.

2007-11-29 14:24:49 · 6 answers · asked by LDJ 3

2007-11-29 14:17:03 · 6 answers · asked by Tonia G 1

So, I'm writing my personal statement for Vet. It's due in a few hours, and I still can't get the last sentence to sound anywhere near good.
At the begining I mentioned that I was first dissuaded from vet by the whole "hand up cow bum" thing, and so I want to come back to that at the end.
Including the sentence before the trouble-maker, for context, I have:

"After graduation, I see myself spending time overseas in an animal conservation project before returning to Australia to work in a small animal clinic, also caring for stray animals and injured wildlife. And perhaps the internal exploration of a cow foetus wouldn’t be so bad after all. "

Aaah, I have tried a MILLION different sentences, and none of them work. I just want to finish by saying "I'm not dissuaded by having to put my arm up a cow's behind anymore, it actually sounds kind of interesting" - but I can't get it to work properly - Help!?

2007-11-29 14:10:11 · 7 answers · asked by Bianca 3

2007-11-29 14:01:38 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

sententiously
disemboweled ( does disemboweled mean to empty?)
aloof ( when you aloof does it mean your bad mannered?)

i'll give a best answer

2007-11-29 13:51:16 · 24 answers · asked by hello 1

2007-11-29 13:50:53 · 5 answers · asked by Jophes A 1

You have accomplished a lot over the past several months. By remaining DEDICATED
to participation in this study, you are contributing important information about this medication is for the disease.

Does it mean that you have "achieved a lot" or "helped a lot"? Or does it mean something else?

2007-11-29 13:44:40 · 7 answers · asked by Paresh P 1

Fruit

2007-11-29 13:28:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

please

2007-11-29 12:56:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since students can use their school identification for airport security, identification for a job, and other places where identification is required, I believe having a student’s birth date printed on their card would be helpful in a variety of instances – including helping movie theatres, video stores, and music and video game retailers ensure they are only selling their products to those who are of the proper age.

2007-11-29 12:40:22 · 5 answers · asked by Justin H 7

2007-11-29 12:39:10 · 4 answers · asked by rrrruss 1

Just some good, wholesome fun on ya.

OLD-FASHIONED
KEYSTONE KOPS
NICKELODEON
LIONHEARTED
MOVIE EXTRA
MY BEST FRIEND
VERTIGO
WELL-DEFINED
WHIRLWIND

2007-11-29 12:37:14 · 5 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6

(1) jOHNNY COULDN'T SAY"BOO" TO A GOOSE (2)I WAS STARTLED TO FIND HER AS WHITE AS A SHEET

2007-11-29 11:55:14 · 2 answers · asked by Sha'Kwanzaa Griffin 1

Words in Context
From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used.

bedlam,- a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion
scurrilous - coarsely abusive; vulgar
amoral - lacking a sense of right and wrong
elucidate - to make clear
banal - common, ordinary
eschew - to keep away from; to avoid
obdurate - stubborn, hardhearted
imminent - likely to happen; threatening

The panic turned humans into 5)__________ animals. In the rush to escape to the high ground beyond the peninsula, people who were once
pleasant and mannerly now screamed 6)_________ remarks at anyone pre­venting their fast escape. Ordinary people who had no means of transporta­tion carjacked automobiles and threw the operators to the ground. Mobs fleeing apartment buildings trampled anyone not fast enough to keep up. There were also thousands of people who were too 7)________to believe the alerts; they stayed in their homes and made futile preparations.

2007-11-29 11:46:10 · 3 answers · asked by Roger V 2

2007-11-29 11:28:03 · 12 answers · asked by juliEmAnia 4

Alice is 100 metres from Bill and Bill is 300 metres from Chelsea. They all move to the right at constant speeds. In 6 minutes Alice overtakes Bill, and in another 6 minutes Alice overtakes Chelsea. How many minutes did it take Bill to overtake Chelsea?

2007-11-29 11:24:54 · 2 answers · asked by Markiss 2

I am buying a name plate for my house, A welcome sign with our name under it...So it would say Welcome...The Joneses. Would it be right to use The Joneses? Would someone break this down for me? Many Thanks!!!

2007-11-29 10:35:14 · 4 answers · asked by lucitienne 3

10 points to most interesting word.
any word as long as it's appropiate and clean or i will report you.

[also check my past questions!!]

2007-11-29 10:34:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 09:37:25 · 3 answers · asked by jorge 1

2007-11-29 09:24:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Continuing to make John jealous,mathew notifies John who is not favour of jealousy"...Help this sentence needs TLC.

2007-11-29 09:14:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a hard time with pronouns. Not the simple ones but Reflexive, Intensive, Demonstrative, and Interrogative.
I get mixed when to put Who in a sentence and when to put Whom.

Thanks in advance
I would love helpful handy tips to remember each of them

2007-11-29 09:04:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 08:58:31 · 10 answers · asked by *~STEVIE~* *~B~* 7

Would you capitalize the name of a school class? Example: I learned this in History Class.
What about "my history class"
or "the history class?"

2007-11-29 08:42:13 · 4 answers · asked by Kitty 2

"but the sex is not important"

2007-11-29 08:37:20 · 53 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 08:06:04 · 17 answers · asked by who_kne 1

i wrote a question about stevie wonder like this

he has all the money, im pretty sure he can afford the best doctor to do the job! is he contented to be blind all his life?

then a lot of people make fun of my sentence instead of answering? seriously, whats wrong with my grammar? im not a native english speaker.. is yahoo answer a quiz bee?

2007-11-29 07:58:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Again, I turn to all of you for an explanation. Thanks in advance.

2007-11-29 07:42:43 · 8 answers · asked by pdxwonderer 1

2007-11-29 07:38:30 · 4 answers · asked by Pt_pointe 1

Someone used this phrase toward me and I thought I had put a lot of thought into the subject. So I don't know whether to be offended or what. lol

2007-11-29 07:35:47 · 14 answers · asked by Someday Soon 2