<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>So, excrementitious is not "new," but the latest published use prior to Wayne's post seems to have been 1875. Could we perhaps classify this as "everything old is new again?"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yours truly,</DIV> <DIV>Joan/Auntie E</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS: I'm thinking that "It's excrementitious!" would be a great thing for Tony the Tiger to say if, for example, he happened to find a bit of mouse poop in his Frosted Flakes. I once had just such a sad experience, spotting small, dark, currant-like objects floating up past the cereal through the creamy white milk. Upon digging deeper into the matter -- or rather, the box -- I found a whole, dessicated mouse. This was not the fault of Kellogg's, I fear; the fault lay entirely with my slovenly housekeeping. So let this be a lesson to you all: clean out your pantry.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PPS to Carl and Wayne: There. In less than four hours, I found a use for excrementitious in not one but two -- nay, three -- sentences!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Ron Force</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Wayne's thoughts, Jim Fisher, andletter to the LMT</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Not a "new" word. From the Oxford English Dictionary:<BR><BR>{dag}1. Of the nature of the dregs or worthless part of any substance. Of<BR>food: Consisting largely of matter useless for nutrition; = EXCREMENTAL1 1.<BR><BR> 1623 HART Arraignm Ur. ii. 8 The..excrementitious part of the food is<BR>voided forth. 1661 LOVELL Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., The flesh of wild<BR>beasts is lesse excrementitious and dryer, than that of the tame.<BR><BR><BR> 2. Of the nature of excrement or excreted matter.<BR><BR> 1586 BRIGHT Melanch. xix. 118 The aged..faile in the execution of<BR>externall actions..by excrementitious humiditie. 1623 ROWLANDSON God's<BR>Bless. 35 As if mildew were..an excrementitious humor. 1670 BOYLE in Phil.<BR>Trans. V. 2013 We kept the same Duckling in the same Receiver very close..to<BR>keep in the excrementitious steams of her body. 1744 BERKELEY Siris §30<BR>Exhaling vessels, for carrying off excrementitious parts, are discovered<BR>throughout the whole surface of the vegetable. 1761 Brit. Mag. II. 435 The<BR>scent of excrementitious animal juices, such as musk, civet, etc. 1826 KIRBY<BR>& SP. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxii. 297 Almost all insects discharge some<BR>drops of an excrementitious fluid. 1875 URE Dict. Arts II. 740 s.v. Guano,<BR>This extraordinary excrementitious deposit of certain sea-fowls.<BR><BR>Consisting of, or of the nature of, an outgrowth.<BR><BR> c1645 HOWELL Lett. I. xxx. 60 Hair is but an excrementitious thing. 1677<BR>HALE Prim. Orig. Man. III. iv. 266 These [feathers] are excrementitious, and<BR>not really parts of the Bird.<BR><BR><BR>**********************************************<BR>Ron Force Moscow ID USA<BR>rforce@moscow.com<BR>**********************************************<BR><BR>Joan writes: "PS: I'd like to add that I much prefer Wayne's new word,<BR>"excrementitious," to Doug's word, "Intolerista."<BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR> http://www.fsr.net <BR> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>