Friday, August 24, 2007
Exordium
An exordium is the introduction to a discourse or treatise. Strange that. I would have thought it would have been a better word to describe the middle or end of a discourse or treatise - particularly one which is long and tedious. However, I'm no lexicographer. The three meanings on the poll all received a similar number of votes, but the meaning invented by Chris came out on top. Well done, Chris.
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Exordium - an extraordinarily long room which romans used for taking after dinner walks on rainy nights.
Augustus, I'm quite bulbous bellious, would you care for some gentle exercise in the exordium, tonight?
Exordium - an accumulation of objects which are rarely if ever used.
"The exordium cluttering up their garage was such that there was no room to park the car."
Exordium arises when there is a hitch in a carefully planned sequence of events. It is most widely used among soldiers on the parade ground during complex marching manoeuvres. For example, if a soldier turns left when the other 4,999 turn right, the poor fellow is said to have committed an exordium. It invariably results in embarrassment (especially if the Queen is watching at Trooping the Colour) but "off with his head" is no longer deemed appropriate.
Exordium refers to the sound produced by any musical instrument played badly. Some instruments are more likely to produce an exordium, bagpipes for instance,(I like these this week, don't I?)and possibly clarinets. The word is thought to arise from a combination of excruciating, discord and exhort, ie 'I urge you to please stop making that sodding racket!'
Exordium - a state of being tediously extrodinary.
The child wins every contest, aces every test, is unfailing polite and cheerful and gets straight A's. living in constant exordium.
Exordium is the tedious exhortation to exercise made by fitness coaches and other professional naggers.
an exordium is a small auditorium in which exorcism is performed.
surrounding the stage on which the exorcist and the person to be exorcised sit, are five rows of chairs. the first row is reserved for family and friends, and the rest of the seats are open to public (first come first served). exordiums usually do not have snack bars so most audience members bring their own popcorn.
-word carpenter
Exordium:
Under ground exits for stadiums in cases of emergency.
An Exordium is the name of the Latin Book that priests of Father Ann's ilk use for exorcism.
In other words, an Exordium is the 'book' of Bell, Book and Candle fame.
Lorenzo.
(p.s. does anyone know how I can get my llama picture back?)
An exordium is a place where extraterrestrials sell their wares. You don't have one in your hometown? Don't worry, new stores are being opened everyday!
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
Exordium is the state you're in when you used to live an ordinary, humdrum life, but it has been transformed, i.e. a rag to riches story. The sort of thing promised by tedious spammers.
Exordium is a word of fairly recent vintage - it is the punishment given to spammers on the internet. Prince (see above) deserves exordium!
Exordium can be a word for an extreme roller coaster ride. An exordiume means the person riding it.
Exordium (n)- the proper name for the command word added for emphasis after an order, like the "Now!" in "Go get me the paper, now!"
Not exercising; being badly out shape.
Exordium: (n) Phlebotomy procedure from the Medieval period incorporating the use of reeds, copper tubing, and leeches.
"Staying my fears, I closed my eyes, extended my chin back, and unfolded my arms to the physician's will."
An exordium (n.) is a school where people can go to learn how to beg professionally. Classes inlcude 'Busking to a brighter future', 'How to get the most out of your customers' and 'Silent, but deadly'.
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