Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Preposterous
PREPOSTEROUS, adj. The idea that murder is a crime.
It's preposterous that Brian was first this morning... I have yet to figure out how in the whole 20 minutes it takes me to get from my house to UNCG that you can post your word AND someone replies... now that's preposterous
It's preposterous that I can't come up with a definition.
Harrumph.
my veri is lrwknk. Kink! I don't know what the lrw means. It's preposterous that this is the only blog where I get naughty verifiers. Only here Doug. Only Here.
Brian, I'm sure Minka appreciates your carrying her torch. Nicely alliterated.
Solace, it's called "lurking."
Feline, I sure appreciate your calling politics "one of the world's oldest professions. Somehow the oldest is the refulated one.
Bow-wow, Icy!
Mi Hermana, no hay de que, 'sta segura.
Puppybrose, *applause*
Kyahgirl, you are an adorable geek.
Quite so, Mary.
That is preposterous, Karma. Late youth made me pear-shaped. Middle age will have me conic.
Zockso, Mireille. What was your opinion?
Quill, preparation is completely over-rated in the workplace.
Correction, Anomie. I'm delphic before 4am. And a babbling fool the rest of the day. Brilliant while I sleep.
O Ceallaigh, that's a great quote.
Karma, not yet.
Indie the realer the more preposterous, I agree.
You're correct Mistress Anna. I can't remember which word it is, but one of Bierce's definitions talks about the absurd Chinese tradition of shaving the head rather than the chin.
Absurd, Mutha!
Andrew, I'm so cynical I consider it preposterous to have one.
Jenna, you just come here with a dirty mind. Don't blame me.
Ariel, the left one.
Mutha, Ariel's more than just someone else's pretty feet. At least I think so.
Brian...i appreciate your loyalty and good will! Preposterous...I am the 35th comment and nobody has wondered where I am, called the police or my mom to check on me! I do live in my own little world, don´t I ?! :)
I pulled the fire alarm the other day at achool. I pulled it because choking black smoke was pouring into my room through the air vents. The entire school, 650+ kids were evacuated while the maintenence crew explained to the Principal why they decided to turn the new air conditioner on before it was wholly installed and pump all their welding and exhaust crap through it into our classrooms. Preposterous comment #1: They did it because they thought we'd be more comfortable with the air on.
The smoke only made it into the first two classrooms on the system -- mine and the rooky teacher's next-door. He and I took our students out of that building with a definate sense of urgency. Not too much later, as we're sitting in the teacher's lounge trying to feed ourselves with trembling fingers, Ms. Airhead bubbles up with Preposterous comments #2 & #3: "Was it exciting pulling the fire alarm? Did you feel naughty?"
yeah I will... but Willie really wants to take a bath in a Hot Potand and sniff a volcano and Walela is showing a passion for hiking up glaciers and sliding down again. Do you mind? They will be returned to you-almost as good as new- in a couple of days!
Doug the answers to preposterous #2 & #3 are exactly the same. I had no way of knowing it wasn't a real fire. I went way past "exciting" and plunged right into "scared." There was no room for feeling much of anything but the need to protect the 24 children entrusted to my care.
It's preposterous that Brian was first this morning... I have yet to figure out how in the whole 20 minutes it takes me to get from my house to UNCG that you can post your word AND someone replies... now that's preposterous
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preposterous - Any daily happening in Washington, DC, where one of the world's oldest professions, POLITICS, reigns king. D :P
ReplyDeleteIt's absurd!
ReplyDeletePreposterous... BushCo...
ReplyDeleteOooh!
Preposterous... The mere suggestion that Miz B is not a frizzy haired, constantly shocked, cereal lovin' redhead...
ewmqy~ EW Mickey!
Huh?
Preposterous... My not having stopped by to visit my dear brother for oh too long! Dios mio! Perdoname! PERDONAME!!!
ReplyDeleteozgjr~ Stop... strangling... me!
Preposterous: probability and potential as seen from inside the box and/or behind a set of blinders.
ReplyDeletePreposterous: I don't see what your point is.
ReplyDeleteSigned Mary
premonition that middle age will make you pear-shaped. what the ...? this has nothing to do with posteriors? unbelievable!
ReplyDeletedkiyss: Doug's kisses
Doug's kisses? Is that connected to today's definition?
ReplyDeletexoxo
Preposterous n. the amount of time I spend in blogland each morning when I should be getting ready for work!
ReplyDeletePREPOSTEROUS, adj. The label on the fait accompli for which the world is not yet prepared. See CLASSIFIED.
ReplyDelete"Very well, Stones. Whose behind IS the Giant Rat of Sumatra?"
- Firesign Theatre
mireille, its connected to the hip bone :))
ReplyDeletePreposterious: Reality
ReplyDeleteAn ethnocentric tool of judgement
ReplyDeletePREPOSTEROUS: a verdict sent down from the less imaginative
ReplyDeletePreposterous, adj. My personal life.
ReplyDeleteIt's preposterous that I can't come up with a definition.
ReplyDeleteHarrumph.
my veri is lrwknk. Kink! I don't know what the lrw means. It's preposterous that this is the only blog where I get naughty verifiers. Only here Doug. Only Here.
the hip bone of the Universe? :)
ReplyDeleteDang Ariel, that's good stuff.
ReplyDeletePREPOSTEROUS, adj. A favorite expletive frequently used by the droll Dr. Watson.
ReplyDeleteBrian, I'm sure Minka appreciates your carrying her torch. Nicely alliterated.
ReplyDeleteSolace, it's called "lurking."
Feline, I sure appreciate your calling politics "one of the world's oldest professions. Somehow the oldest is the refulated one.
Bow-wow, Icy!
Mi Hermana, no hay de que, 'sta segura.
Puppybrose, *applause*
Kyahgirl, you are an adorable geek.
Quite so, Mary.
That is preposterous, Karma. Late youth made me pear-shaped. Middle age will have me conic.
Zockso, Mireille. What was your opinion?
Quill, preparation is completely over-rated in the workplace.
Correction, Anomie. I'm delphic before 4am. And a babbling fool the rest of the day. Brilliant while I sleep.
O Ceallaigh, that's a great quote.
Karma, not yet.
Indie the realer the more preposterous, I agree.
You're correct Mistress Anna. I can't remember which word it is, but one of Bierce's definitions talks about the absurd Chinese tradition of shaving the head rather than the chin.
Absurd, Mutha!
Andrew, I'm so cynical I consider it preposterous to have one.
Jenna, you just come here with a dirty mind. Don't blame me.
Ariel, the left one.
Mutha, Ariel's more than just someone else's pretty feet. At least I think so.
Terry, so it's "elementary" to the dull.
Preposterous: Retardo. Everything about him.
ReplyDeleteYou get me Doug, right?
And thanks dear friend for the wishes and prayers. They mean a lot. Take care.
The preposterasaurus rex is a dinosaur that went exstinkt becouse it couldnt get any good ideas.
ReplyDeleteOf course, SW. I hope your husband gets better soon.
ReplyDeleteActonbell, that's catchy.
S.A.C.A.D.A., I thought eating children was a good idea.
This whole rotten deal with spinach and e.coli. is preposterous. I need my greens!
ReplyDeleteNon-fat cheese is preposterous!
ReplyDeleteBrian...i appreciate your loyalty and good will!
ReplyDeletePreposterous...I am the 35th comment and nobody has wondered where I am, called the police or my mom to check on me!
I do live in my own little world, don´t I ?! :)
Manchego, I always thought spinach was a little preposterous to begin with.
ReplyDeleteCindra Jo, welcome and good example.
It is, Jamie Dawn, and thanks for not saying "forgetting a birthday."
a4g, rational reactions all around.
Minka, do you mind sending the dogs back when they get there?
I pulled the fire alarm the other day at achool. I pulled it because choking black smoke was pouring into my room through the air vents. The entire school, 650+ kids were evacuated while the maintenence crew explained to the Principal why they decided to turn the new air conditioner on before it was wholly installed and pump all their welding and exhaust crap through it into our classrooms. Preposterous comment #1: They did it because they thought we'd be more comfortable with the air on.
ReplyDeleteThe smoke only made it into the first two classrooms on the system -- mine and the rooky teacher's next-door. He and I took our students out of that building with a definate sense of urgency. Not too much later, as we're sitting in the teacher's lounge trying to feed ourselves with trembling fingers, Ms. Airhead bubbles up with Preposterous comments #2 & #3: "Was it exciting pulling the fire alarm? Did you feel naughty?"
preposterous - What happens before something becomes posterous?
ReplyDeleteWhat? Murder is a crime?
ReplyDeleteOh and Actonbell, I seem to have caught your earworm...of course I've always got a kick out of that song.
Jaime Dawn, here's another: Fat Free Half-n-Half
ReplyDeletePreposterous: the unvarnished truth.
ReplyDeleteIt is preposterous that I am expected to function with so little online time!!
ReplyDeleteyeah I will... but Willie really wants to take a bath in a Hot Potand and sniff a volcano and Walela is showing a passion for hiking up glaciers and sliding down again. Do you mind? They will be returned to you-almost as good as new- in a couple of days!
ReplyDeleteMr. Pascova: I am not afraid of no kid-eatting dynosours i send them into the cornfield.
ReplyDeleteQuill, I would have asked preposterous #2 and #3.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Poobah. And what is postposterous?
Squaregirl, it has a victim and often several beneficiaries. Just seems like an efficient transaction to me.
Quilldancer, that is weird, isn't it?
You're right, Mushroom. There's a thin line between preposterous and unvarnished.
Logo, who asked you to function?
Fair enough, Minka.
Now I recognize you, s.a.c.a.d.a.
heh. xoxo
ReplyDeleteAdumbrating postposterousness.
ReplyDeleteDoug the answers to preposterous #2 & #3 are exactly the same. I had no way of knowing it wasn't a real fire. I went way past "exciting" and plunged right into "scared." There was no room for feeling much of anything but the need to protect the 24 children entrusted to my care.
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