Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2008

49 days until new episodes!

relegate \REL-uh-gayt\, transitive verb: 1. To assign to an inferior position, place, or condition. 2. To assign to an appropriate category or class. 3. To assign or refer (a matter or task, for example) to another for appropriate action. 4. To send into exile; to banish.

"Dwight, I swear, if you keep clicking that pen, I'm going to tell Michael to relegate you to the annex," sighed Jim.

"What? No, you can't do that!"

"Actually, as sole member of the validty committee, absolutely I can."

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Ski trip with Jan? *shudder*

nolens volens \NO-lenz-VO-lenz\: Whether unwilling or willing.

Stanley shuffled into the conference room. The meeting was under the guise of finance reports, but everyone knew it was going to be about Michael and Jan's ski trip, complete with powerpoint presentation (Michael finally learned how to add pictures and sound effects). His co-workers followed, nolens volens, but it was safe to say all but Dwight fell on the unwilling side.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

What does B.J. stand for?

remonstrate \rih-MAHN-strayt; REH-mun-strayt\, intransitive verb: 1. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings -- usually used with 'with'. 2. To say or plead in protest, opposition, or reproof.

Col. Potter: Really, Hawkeye, it's no use trying to reason with Frank, you know that as well as I do.
Hawkeye: If there was ever a man that put the m-o-n-s-t-e-r in the word remonstrate, it's Frank Burns.