Re: New word for today

["Nick Koleszar" <npk@domain.elided>]

Indeed. Were I not to find myself at such an impecunious juncture, I, too,
could fair rock with mirth.

nk

> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:11:32 -0400
> From: James Cook <james@domain.elided>
> Subject: New word for today
>
> Esteemed and penurious digesti,
>
> Please visit the following link for a description of a 1967 Alfa Romeo
> Giulia Sprint Veloce recently sold on Ebay.
>
> http://www.sportscarmarket.com/mp/0208-alfa.php
>
> I bring this to your attention because of the new word I learned in the
> course of reading, found tucked away in the following sentence.
>
> "Thirty-two bids are a lot, but the fact that the bidding
> competition failed
> to push the final price into SCM's price range is evidence of the
> essentially penurious nature of most Alfa owners."
>
> Oxford says:
>
> Penurious: In want, needy, poverty stricken. Parsimonious, grudging,
> fastidious, poor, barren, unfertile.
>
>
> Thats funny.
> - --
> James Cook
> '71 GTV
> Toronto
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