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The AWAD for last Friday was "lido".
[The "Theme for the Week" was Italian landmarks.]
For amorous pleasures splendido
Take your date to a sun-kissed lido.
Get set for romance
'Cause now is your chance
To exploit her 'lido libido'.
lido (LEE-do) noun
A fashionable beach resort or a public outdoor swimming pool. [per Anu]
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The AWAD for last Thursday was "rialto".
Rialto is the place to go
If you want to take in a show.
A Broadway musical
Is simply magical
If you've got the money to blow.
rialto (re-AL-to) noun
1. A theatre district.
2. An exchange or marketplace.
After Rialto, an island of Venice which was the commercial center of the city. [per Anu]
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The AWAD for last Wednesday was "palatine".
If you want to be king of the hill
To crown all the blood you must spill
Build the home all will seek
On a spectacular peak
Their palatine envy to fill.
palatine (PAL-uh-tyn) adjective
Of or relating to a palace.
After Palatine, from Latin Palatium, the name of the centermost of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. Roman emperors built their palaces on this hill. The word palace also derives from the same source. [per Anu]
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Golly, plutarch, what have they done to irritate you this time??
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Golly, plutarch, what have they done to irritate you this time??
Good to hear from you again, snoot. You honor me with your visit.
43 posts in 3 1/2 years [averaging one a month]. And some say I am aloof! ... when they don't have anything more censorious to say, of course. :)
Just amusing myself with some harmless ALADs, snoot, in celebration of Anu's memorable AWADs of last week.
Some posters do hogwash, or acronym threads, or worthless words. I do ALADs.
You're welcome to join in, snoot. But you may want to do ALAYs instead of ALADs. I don't want to overtax your enthusiasm.
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The ALAD for last Tuesday was "colosseum".
What sport in the old colosseum
To see blood on the field every diem!
The gladiators of today
Hardly sweat for their pay
Yet their fans are dyin' to see 'em.
coliseum (KOL-i-SEE-uhm) noun, also colosseum
A large stadium, theater, or similar building for sports, cinema, exhibitions, etc.
After Colosseum, name of the amphitheater in Rome, from Latin colosseus (gigantic). [per Anu]
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The AWAD for last Monday was "pantheon".
Once a pantheon hosted great deities
With a taste for vestal virginities.
The Hall of Fame of today
Honors games children play
And "jocks" are our only divinities.
pantheon (PAN-thee-on) noun
1. A collection of people highly respected in a particular field.
2. A temple dedicated to all the gods.
3. All the gods of a people or religion collectively.
4. A public building containing tombs of illustrious people.
After Pantheon, a domed circular temple in Rome, built c. 120 AD. From Greek pantheion (temple of all the gods), from pan- (all) + theos (gods). [per Anu]
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