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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bartleby's word and quote of the day. #54492 01/31/02 12:15 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva OP Carpal Tunnel OP Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Gimme a word post! says ASp, at http://216.12.219.209/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=53518&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&vc=1#Post53518 Ever one to oblige a lady, I direct your attention to today's daily word and the daily quotation at http://bartleby.com, faldages favorite on-line dictionary. For those of you who may not check before today ends and bartleby changes, today's the word, definition and quotation appear below. marplot NOUN: An officious meddler whose interference compromises the success of an undertaking. ETYMOLOGY: After Marplot, a character in The Busy Body, a play by Susannah Centlivre Quotation (author born on this date, January 30, in 1882): "When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him." Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bartleby's word and quote of the day. Keiva 01/31/02 12:15 AM Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. Jackie 01/31/02 03:21 AM Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. Capital Kiwi 01/31/02 10:07 PM Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. belMarduk 02/01/02 01:55 AM Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. Keiva 02/01/02 06:28 PM Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. wwh 02/02/02 01:17 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 752 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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