Wednesdays learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

• cathexi
\kuh-THEK-sis\   ~ noun

Definition: investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea

Examples: "The veil that hides Laura and her eyes, her hair, her smile (and its counterpart, the glove that veils her hand) becomes the object of Petrarch's cathexis...." — From an essay by Margaret Brose in the 2010 book The Body in Early Modern Italy 

"The plot of this French film diverges from ... most American film we are force-fed in that it deals powerfully with subject matter that counts. It treats an almost unrecognized aspect of WWII in Europe, eliciting a strong cathexis from the viewer, who learns so much that he never knew before this celluloid feast." — From an article by Marion DS Dreyfus in American Thinker, April 8, 2012

Did you know? You might suspect that "cathexis" derives from a word for "emotion," but in actuality the key concept is "holding." "Cathexis" comes to us by way of New Latin (Latin as used after the medieval period in scientific description or classification) from the Greek word "kathexis," meaning "holding." It can ultimately be traced back (through "katechein," meaning "to hold fast, occupy") to the Greek verb "echein," meaning "to have" or "to hold." "Cathexis" first appeared in print in 1922 in a book about Freud's psychological theories (which also established the plural as "cathexes," as is consistent with Latin), and it is still often used in scientific and specifically psychological contexts.

Find more great words at merriam-webster on line.

~THE REBATE~

Getting a little cabin fever?  Why not get out and enjoy a free game of bowling complements of Musselman's Apple Sauce.  All you need to do is print out the voucher from Musselman's and bring it with you to the bowling alley along with your proof of purchase (Proof-of-purchase is the entire back panel of a Mussleman's® single serve apple sauce cups package; must include the Musselman's® logo and UPC symbol to be valid.)  To find a participating bowling alley near you just visit GoBowling.com and click on the tab to find an alley near you.  There are some restrictions on time and the voucher is subject to lane availability and you can use only one voucher per day.

Have a fantastic day!

C.Q.

Wednesdays learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

inspissate  \in-SPISS-ayt\  ~ verb

DEFINITION: to make or become thick or thicker

EXAMPLES: "Marmalade of carrots is the juice of yellow carrots, inspissated till it is of the thickness of fluid honey, or treacle, which last it resembles both in taste and color." — From Capt. James E. Cook's 1777 book A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1

"Estrogen and progesterone affect direction and flow of tubal secretions, which may accumulate, inspissate, and eventually calcify." — From Gary B. Siskin's 2009 book Interventional Radiology in Women’s Health

DID YOU KNOW?  "Inspissate" is ultimately derived from Latin "spissus" ("slow, dense") and is related to Greek "spidnos" ("compact") and Lithuanian "spisti" ("to form a swarm"). When it appeared in English in the 17th century, "inspissate" suggested a literal thickening. Francis Bacon, for example, wrote in 1626 that "Sugar doth inspissate the Spirits of the Wine, and maketh them not so easie to resolue into Vapour." Eventually "inspissate" was also used metaphorically. Clive Bell once wrote of "parties of school children and factory girls inspissating the gloom of the museum atmosphere." There is also an adjective "inspissate," meaning "thickened in consistency" or "made thick, heavy, or intense," but that word is used even less frequently than the somewhat rare verb.

 

Find more great words at merriam-webster on line.

~THE REBATE~

Getting in the gift giving mode yet?  If you are planning on purchasing games this holiday season this is a great rebate.  Hasbro is offering a rebate of up to $40.00 back on many of their great games.  You can mix and match up to 12 games, but you are limited to only 4 games of one title per rebate form, but you can mail in two forms.   Even better, you can file your rebate right on line and save yourself the postage.  The games included are:

• The Game of Life (SKU# 04000)
• Monopoly (SKU# 00009)
• Scattergories (SKUs# A2861, 05721)
• Pictionary (SKU# 05713)
• Scrabble (SKUs# 04024, 37719),
• Yahtzee (SKU# 00950)
• Hungry Hungry Hippos (SKUs# 05297, 98936)
• Jenga (SKU# 53557)
• Twister (SKUs# 16965, 98831)
• Connect 4 (SKUs# 08417, 98779),
• Elefun (SKUs# 05294, 98934)
• Operation (SKU# 40198)

To maximize your savings be sure to check your local paper for game sales and Hasbro coupons as well as join their reward program for their Perks Coupons and discounts.

I hope you are all having a great day.

C.Q.
 

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

 

Halloween ~ noun (Concise Encyclopedia)

Holiday observed on October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day. Its pagan origins can be traced to the Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrated in ancient England and Ireland to mark the beginning of the Celtic new year. The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on Samhain eve, and witches, goblins, black cats, and ghosts were said to roam abroad. The night was also thought to be the most favorable time for divinations concerning marriage, luck, health, and death. The pagan observances influenced the Christian festival of All Hallows' Eve, celebrated on the same date. The holiday was gradually secularized and was introduced into the U.S. by the late 19th century. Still associated with evil spirits and the supernatural, it is celebrated by children in costume who gather candy by ringing doorbells and calling out “trick or treat,” “trick” referring to the pranks and vandalism that are also part of the Halloween tradition.

Find more great words at Merriam-Webster online.


~THE REBATE~

Today's rebate is great if you are buying gifts for a few children or a lot this holiday season.  Get up to $38.00 back from Crayola on select items including Glow Book, Jewelry Boutique, Light Sketcher and My First Crayola Color Me A Song just to name a few.  Just print off the rebate form; I had to click on "save" to download it, then open it from my own computer.  Check off the boxes of the products purchased, then mail it together with the original UPCs from the package(s) and the original cash register or online receipt(s) dated between October 15, 2012 and December 31, 2012.  There is a limit of one rebate per item as well as per household.

Happy Halloween and hope you are all having a great week!

C.Q.

 

Thursday's picture perfect deal...

 

The picture...

Last month I went to the Renaissance Festival with some friends and got some really fun pictures.  This one of Captain Jack Sparrow in a nail biting conversation with a Black Pearl crew member was one of my favorites.

The deal...

This one is an awesome!  Get the new SodaStream Genesis for only $65.00 using a coupon code and rebate combo.  Just go to Kohl's website and add the SodaStream to your cart.  Then when you check out use coupon code SPIDERWEB and the price will drop from the original $139.99 to $79.99 with a $5.00 for shipping.  With your purchase you will get $10 in Kohl's Cash to use on any future purchase (maybe some extra soda flavors). Then fill out the rebate form and mail it in with all the requirements for the proof of purchase for another $10 cash back. You get the soda maker, 2 carbonating bottles, and 12 pack of flavor samples with this set, plus you get your choice of black or red.  As a little added savings, if you shop through QuickRewards you will get 3.2% cash back on your Kohl's purchase.  We have a SodaStream and it has actually already paid for itself pretty quickly.  With the holidays coming up this would make a great gift as well. The cartridges can be exchanged for full ones so you will never have to buy another one and I have been using Monin and Torani syrups (ordered from Amazon using my prime membership) for all sorts of unique soda flavors, so far our favorites are cantaloupe and blackberry. 

**This great offer was from Brads Deals, if you are not a member it is worth checking into,  I have gotten a lot of great deals from this site!

Have a wonderful Thursday!

C.Q.

Wednesday's lean and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

vanward \VAN-werd\ ~ adjective

DEFINITION: located in the vanguard : advanced

EXAMPLES: The company is looking to hire a marketing director who is savvy in social media and other vanward marketing tactics.

"The New Jersey Festival of Electronic Arts, held today from 1 to 8 p.m. … is described as 'an exploration of electronic, environmental and performance art … where AV geeks are vanward and hip.''' — From an events listing in The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey), March 10, 2012

DID YOU KNOW? The troops at the head of an army are called the "vanguard," and that word can also mean "the forefront of an action or movement." It was "vanguard," rather than "vanward," that led the way on the route into English. "Vanguard" was first documented in English in the 15th century. By the early 17th century, it was sometimes shortened to "van"—a reference might be made to an army's "van and rear." Some 200 years later "vanward" brought up the rear, making its English debut when writers appended "-ward," an adjective suffix meaning "is situated in the direction of," to the shortened "van," thereby creating a word meaning "in the forefront."

Find more great words at Merriam-Webster online.

~THE REBATE~

With the heavy cooking season approaching I thought this was a really nice deal!  From now until November 3, 2012 you can get a really nice free free 5-Quart Glass Bowl OR Food Grinder Attachment when you purchase a new KitchenAid 5-Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer.  The attachment is usually either $49.99 for the grinder or $69.99 for the glass bowl.  This offer has a few store restriction: it is not valid at Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy’s, Whirlpool Corporation’s VIPlink program or employee purchase program or at online auction sites.  To get the free attachment you will need to fill in the rebate form and mail it in together with the UPC from the mixer box and a copy of your dated register receipt.  Allow up to 8 weeks for your item to arrive.

I hope you are all having a great week so far!

C.Q.

Wednesdays learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

bon vivant  \bahn-vee-VAHNT\  ~ noun
 

DEFINITION: a person having cultivated, refined, and sociable tastes especially in respect to food and drink.

EXAMPLES: Mr. Murray is a congenial bon vivant who seems to relish the fine art of conversation almost as much as he does the fine art of French cooking.

"Polemicist and journalist Christopher Hitchens, who died in December at 62 after a battle with esophageal cancer, was celebrated Friday as an incorrigible contrarian, dazzling public intellectual, obdurate justice seeker, and passionate bon vivant in a star-studded memorial service at New York's Cooper Union." -- From an article by Lloyd Grove on The Daily Beast, April 20, 2012

DID YOU KNOW? Fans of fine French wine and cuisine won't be surprised to hear that the French language gave us a number of words for those who enjoy good living and good eating. "Gourmet," "gourmand," and "gastronome" come from French, as does "bon vivant." In the late 17th century, English speakers borrowed this French phrase, which literally means "good liver." No, we don't mean "liver," as in that iron-rich food your mother made you eat. We mean "liver," as in "one who lives" — in this case, "one who lives well."

Find more great words at Merriam-Webster online.

~THE REBATE~

 

Back to school and Football season need great snacks so here is a fun one!  When you purchase specially marked packages of Pillsbury Cookies between 9/01/12 and 12/15/12 you can send in the UPCs and original store receipts showing the store name and date, together with the rebate form for a free 15 count of Totino's Pizza Rolls.  The request must be submitted by 12/31/12.

I hope you are all having a great week so far.

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

tranche \TRAHNSH\  ~  noun
 

DEFINITION: a division or portion of a pool or whole

EXAMPLES: "The funds are doled out in tranches over time…." — From an article in The Economist, March 10, 2012

"The 1917 law … allowed $8 billion in national debt, the first tranche of an ultimate $30 billion debt to fund World War I, repayable in gold." — From an article by David Malpass in Forbes, February 27, 2012

DID YOU KNOW? In French, "tranche" means "slice." Cutting deeper into the word's etymology, we find the Old French word "trancer," meaning "to cut." The word emerged in the English language in the late 19th century to describe financial appropriations. Today, it is often used specifically of an issue of bonds that is differentiated from other issues by such factors as maturity or rate of return. Another use of the French word "tranche" is in the French phrase "une tranche de vie," meaning "a cross section of life." That phrase was coined by the dramatist Jean Jullien (1854-1919), who advocated naturalism in the theater.
 

Find more great words at Merriam-Webster online.
 

~THE REBATE~

 

Planning on getting a few house projects done before old man Winter shows up?  If you are here are a couple of rebates that may interest you.  The first is from Glaze ‘n Seal driveway sealant, get $10 back on each 5 gallon pale of Glaze ‘n Seal, up to $100 total.  To get your rebate just print the rebate form and mail it in together with your original dated cash register receipt dated before November 1st.  All requests must be received before November 30, 2012 and all rebate checks must be cashed with in 60 days from the date of issue.

 

The other rebate is from Thompson's WaterSeal.  They are offering $4 back on each gallon of their WaterSeal Advanced Wood Protector and $3 back on each gallon of their WaterSeal Waterproof PLUS Wood Protector.  You can get up to $12 back for the sealers, additionally you can get up to another $9 back on their wood cleaners.  All the information on mixing and matching is on the rebate form.  You will need to mail in the form together with your original cash register receipt(s) dated between April 7, 2012 and October 6, 2012 with the purchases circled and the original UPC codes from the containers.  There is only one offer allowed per address so make sure you have all the products together before you mail in your request.

 

I hope you are all having a great week so far.

 

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

Sorry I missed the last couple of days, I had one last procedure I had to go through for my breast cancer treatment.  Because the Dr.s found out I am Factor 5 positive (a fancy way to say I get blood clots pretty easy), I am unable to take the medication that would stop estrogen from being produced so in stead I had my ovaries removed and that should do the trick.  It kept me down for a couple of days, but I am doing much better now, so on with the show...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

recalcitrant \rih-KAL-suh-trunt\  ~ adjective

DEFINITION(s): 1: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint

2a : difficult to manage or operate b : not responsive to treatment c : resistant

EXAMPLES: Anna's doctor ordered a week of complete bed rest, but, ever recalcitrant when it comes to doctors' orders, she was up and baking a cake after two days.

"Finally, he laid down the parental law: You will go on a hike and, gosh darn it, you will enjoy yourself. So the recalcitrant 14-year-old shrugged into her sweat shirt, slipped into her flimsy … canvas sneakers (totally hiking-inappropriate) and slumped in the back seat for the drive southwest to Vacaville, Calif., and Lagoon Valley Regional Park." — From an article by Sam McManis in Tri-City Herald (Washington), June 30, 2011

DID YOU KNOW? Long before any human was dubbed "recalcitrant" in English (that first occurred, as best we know, in one of William Thackeray's works in 1843), there were stubborn mules (and horses) kicking back their heels. The ancient Romans noted as much (Pliny the Elder among them), and they had a word for it — "recalcitrare," which literally means "to kick back." (Its root "calc-," meaning "heel," is also the root of "calcaneus," the large bone of the heel in humans.) Certainly Roman citizens in Pliny's time were sometimes willful and hardheaded — as attested by various Latin words meaning "stubborn" — but it wasn’t until later that writers of Late Latin applied "recalcitrare" and its derivative adjective to humans who were stubborn as mules.

Find more great words at Merriam-Webster online.

  
~THE REBATE~

Langers has a lot of  nice promotions going.  The first ones you can get a free movie ticket to see Paranorman or Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  Both require 3 proofs of purchase using either the UPC from the bottles or an original sales receipt.  ***These are two separate offers be sure to check expiration dates as they vary from item to item.

The next promo from Langers is for DVDs that include Barney, Your a Good Man Charlie Brown, Pocoyo, Raggs, Yogi Bear and Megamind.  Current video games are Megamind, Curious George, Astro Boy and Jumpstart Spanish.  Each one has a different UPC requirement, just click on the image to find out more about the ones that interest you.

I hope you are all having a great week so far!

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

argot  \AHR-goh\  ~ noun

DEFINITION: an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group

EXAMPLES: The town's selectmen decided to hire a consultant to sort through the bureaucratic argot of the community development grant application.

"What makes the play work, though, is that the rich insider's argot spoken by Mr. Leight's characters is used not to show how much he knows, but to set the scene for a stinging tale of youthful hope and bitter disappointment, one whose implications are universal." — From a theater review by Terry Teachout in The Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2012

DID YOU KNOW? We borrowed "argot" from French in the mid-1800s, although our language already had several words covering its meaning. There was "jargon," which harks back to Anglo-French by way of Middle English (where it meant "twittering of birds"); it had been used for specialized (and often obscure or pretentious) vocabulary since the 1600s. There was also "lingo," which had been around for almost a hundred years, and which is connected to the Latin word “lingua" ("language"). English novelist and lawyer Henry Fielding used it of "court gibberish" -- what we tend to call "legalese." In fact, the suffixal ending "-ese" is a newer means of indicating arcane vocabulary. One of its very first applications at the turn of the 20th century was for "American 'golfese.'"

Find more great words at Merriam-Webster online.

~THE REBATE~

If you need or recently purchased Crest Whitestrips they are offering a rebate of $15.00, but you need to hurry, this one expires on August 25, 2012.  To receive the rebate just mail in your original sales receipt for one Crest 3D White Intensive Professional Effects 7 count OR 2 Hour Express 4 count white strips dated between 7/1/12 and 8/25/12.  Circle the store name and product purchase price and mail together with the original UPC from the package and the completed rebate form.  Only one rebate per address.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

C.Q.

Wednesday's Learn and Earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

maffick \MAF-ik\  ~  verb

DEFINITION: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

EXAMPLES :Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.

"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011

DID YOU KNOW? "Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.

Find more great words at Merriam-Webster.

~THE REBATE~

Tyson always seems to have some great rebates and this one is no exception.  From now until September 30, 2012 when you purchase Tyson Chicken Tenders and at least $5.00 of gas Tyson will send you $5.00 back.  Just fill out the rebate form and mail it in with your original cash register receipts from the grocers deli for the Chicken Tenders and from the gas station for the gasoline purchase; the receipts need to be dated between 5/28/12 and 9/30/12 with the purchases circled.  There is only one rebate allowed per household and the requests need to be postmarked by the 9/30/12 date.

I hope you are all having a great Wednesday!

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

bosky ~ \BAH-skee\  adjective

DEFINITION(s): 1: having abundant trees or shrubs  2: of or relating to a woods

EXAMPLES:As we drove away from the city, apartment buildings gave way to homes with yards, then at last to a bosky landscape dominated by tall pines.

"In 1863, when two brothers were abducted by armed gangsters and marched into a forest, their appeal to a local saint resulted in their abductors letting them go. Amusingly, though, the artist's skill extends only to the most crucial details: the blindfold, the guns, the bosky scene."—From an article by Jenny Gilbert in The Independent (London), November 20, 2011

DID YOU KNOW? "Bosk," "busk," "bush"—in Middle English these were all variant spellings of a word meaning "shrub." "Bush" is still familiar to the modern ear, and "busk" can still be heard in a few places in the dialects of northern Britain. "Bosk" too survived in English dialects, although it disappeared from the written language, and in the early 17th century it provided the root for the woodsy adjective "bosky." Since its formation, "bosky" has been firmly rooted in our language, and its widespread popularity seems to have resurrected its parental form. By 1815 "bosk" (also spelled "bosque") had reappeared in writing, but this time with the meaning "a small wooded area

Find more great words of the day at Merriam-Webster

~THE REBATE~

Kimberly-Clark has a nice rebate going until 3/31/12.  Get either $5 back with the purchase of $25 of products, or $10 cash back when you purchase $35 worth of select products.  You will need to mail in the completed rebate form together with the original cash register receipt with the qualifying purchases circled.  See the rebate form for participating brands, and for a full list of participating retailers send an email to fulfillment@jwtaction.com.  Allow 8 to 10 weeks for your rebate to arrive.

I hope you are all having a great Wednesday.

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

thole ~ \THOHL\  ~ verb

DEFINITION: endure

EXAMPLES : "There was now temptation to resist, as well as pain to thole." -- From Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel Kidnapped

"She moved closer to him and he noticed her faint perfume. Her cheeks were rosy red, and a tiny drip hung from the end of her nose. She was cold, but she was tholing it so as not to spoil his fun." -- From Patrick Taylor's 2010 novel An Irish Country Christmas

DID YOU KNOW? "Thole" is one of the English language's oldest words -- it existed in Middle English in its current form and in Old English with the form "tholian" -- but in these modern times it tholes only in the corners of England's northern dialects. It has the same origin as "tolerate": both come from the Greek word "tlēnai," meaning "to bear." Unrelated to this "thole" is the (also very old) noun "thole," which can be used as a synonym of "peg" or "pin" or can refer to either of a pair of pins set in the gunwale of a boat to hold an oar in place. This "thole" comes from Greek "tylos," meaning "knob" or "callus."

Find more great words at Mirraim-Webster.

~THE REBATE~

Get a $20.00 gift card to O'Reilly Auto Parts when you purchase two (2) TRICO Force Wiper Blades, starting at $17.99, from participating stores between February 15, 2012-March 13, 2012.  Just mail in the completed rebate form together with the original receipt with the date of purchase circled and the UPCs from the packages.  All requests must be post marked by April 13, 2012, be sure to keep a copy for your records. 

Hope you are having a good week.

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

graupel  \GROU-pul ("OU" is as in "cloud")\ ~ noun

DEFINITION: granular snow

EXAMPLES: As we sat inside, enjoying the cozy warmth of the fire, the storm deposited an inch of graupel on the deck.

"In counties adjacent to the Illinois-Wisconsin border, graupel (snow enveloped by super-cooled water droplets) or small hail was reported in Kenosha, Racine, Lake Geneva, Wauconda, and Huntley." -- From a weather report by Tom Skilling in the Chicago Tribune, October 28, 2011

DID YOU KNOW? The word "graupel" is Germanic in origin; it is the diminutive of "Graupe," meaning "pearl barley." According to etymologists, there does seem to be a grain of truth in the assumption that the word grew from the Slavic word "krupa," which has the same meaning. "Graupel" was first seen in an 1889 weather report and has been whirling around in the meteorology field ever since to describe "pellets of snow" or "soft hail" (the latter phrase is an actual synonym of "graupel").

Read more at Merriam-Webster Online

~THE REBATE~

This is a great one from Proctor and Gamble: Get $15.00 back by mail when you buy $50 worth of their products: Venus, Olay, Secret, CoverGirl, Clairol, Herbal Essences, Aussie, Head and Shoulders, Pantene, Safeguard, Ivory, Crest 3D White, Always and/or Tampax products between 02/15/12 and 04/28/12.  All you need to do is go to their Facebook page and download the rebate form and fill it out (you will need the UPCs from the packages to fill in on the form) then mail it along with the original dated recipes.  Allow 6 to 8 weeks for your rebate to arrive.

I hope you are all having a great week so far!

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

yegg   \YEG\  ~ noun

DEFINITION: safecracker; also : robber

EXAMPLES:  "The cops grabbed him and another yegg for a Philadelphia store burglary." -- From the James Lardner and Thomas Reppetto book, NYPD: A City and Its Police, 2001

"According to police the yeggs, apparently knowing exactly where the money was, punched a six-inch hole in the corner of the safe." -- From an article in the Eastern Express Times, November 26, 2011

DID YOU KNOW?   "Safecracker" first appeared in print in English around 1825, but English speakers evidently felt that they needed a more colorful word for this rather colorful profession. No one is quite sure where "yegg" came from. It first appeared in the New York Evening Post on June 23, 1903, in an article about "the prompt breaking up of the organized gangs of professional beggars and yeggs." By 1905, it had acquired the variant "yeggmen," which was printed in the New York Times in reference to unsavory characters captured in the Bowery District. "Yegg" has always been, and continues to be, less common than "safecracker," but it still turns up once in a while.

For more great daily words check out Merriam-Webster Online

~THE REBATE~

One of the best ways to get ready for Spring is to start getting your seasonal things in order, like having wax on hand for the car.  Armor All is offering a $5.00 rebate with the purchase of their new Butter Smooth Wax and one other Armor All product.  Just purchase the wax and your choice of another Armor All product between January 1, 2012 and March 31, 2012, then mail in your original cash register receipt with the Armor All products circled, together with the completed rebate form, be sure to have the UPCs handy to fill in at the bottom of the request.  The offer ends 3/31/12 and all requests must be received by 4/31/12, allow 6 - 8 weeks for your $5.00 rebate.

Have a great Wednesday!

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

zeitgeist  \TSYTE-gyste\  ~ noun ~ often capitalized

DEFINITION: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era

EXAMPLES: The movie does an excellent job of capturing the zeitgeist of the early Cold War era.

"If Broadway no longer seems behind the times or ahead of the times, it may be because there are no 'times' anymore, no prevailing Zeitgeist that sets the fashion, pace, and prevailing look." -- From an article by James Wolcott in Vanity Fair, July 2011

DID YOU KNOW? Scholars have long maintained that each era has a unique spirit, a nature or climate that sets it apart from all other epochs. In German, such a spirit is known as "Zeitgeist," from the German words "Zeit," meaning "time," and "Geist," meaning "spirit" or "ghost." Some writers and artists assert that the true zeitgeist of an era cannot be known until it is over, and several have declared that only artists or philosophers can adequately explain it. We don’t know if that’s true, but we do know that "zeitgeist" has been a useful addition to the English language since at least 1835.

~THE REBATE~

Planning on getting Tyson Any'tizers for the big game?  There is a great $10.00 gift certificate rebate for Tyson.  Purchase any 4 Any'tizer snacks between 1/2/12 - 2/17/12, print and fill out the rebate form, mail the form, the 4 UPC proofs of purchase and the original cash register receipt to Tyson.  Requests need to be received by 3/16/12, your $10.00 gift certificate should be in your mailbox in 4 - 6 weeks.

Have a great Wednesday.

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

 swivet  \SWIV-ut\  ~  noun

DEFINITION: a state of extreme agitation

EXAMPLES: She was in a swivet for days before the meeting, but when the actual day arrived she found she was surprisingly calm.

"The world's in a swivet over airport security. The deployment of full-body scanning technology in about 15 percent of United States airports has people even more anxious and cranky than usual as we head into the holiday season." -- From an article in The Houston Chronicle, November 24, 2010

DID YOU KNOW? People have been in a swivet over one thing or another since the 1890s. That, at least, is when the word first appeared in print in a collection of "Peculiar Words and Usages" of Kentucky published by the American Dialect Society. In the ensuing years, "swivet" popped up in other pockets of the South as well. Chances are it had already been around for some time before it was recorded in writing, and by the time it was, nobody could say where or how it had originated. What we do know is that its use gradually spread, so that by the 1950s it was regularly appearing in national magazines like Time and The New Yorker. Thus, it entered the mainstream of American English.

~THE REBATE~

Tired achy feet?  Try the Dr. Scholl's Custom Fit Orthotic inserts and get a $10 rebate.  Just go to the Dr. Scholl's site and click on the link towards the bottom of the page to get your rebate form, then fill it in and mail it in together with your original store receipt dated between 1/1/2012 and 6/30/2012 with the purchase and price circled, and the UPC from the package.  All rebate requests need to be submitted by July 31, 2012.

Have a great Wednesday!

C.Q

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

foment  \FOH-ment\  ~ verb

DEFINITION: to promote the growth or development of : rouse, incite

EXAMPLES: He has been accused of fomenting violence, but he denies the claim and insists that he and his followers will only engage in peaceful means of protest.

"As it has in past years, PJFF31 will also feature a New Filmmakers Weekend (March 17-19) and offer a Documentaries & Dialogue slate (Jan. 9-Feb. 6) designed to foment debate, discussion, and discourse." -- From an article by Steven Rea in The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 2011

DID YOU KNOW? If you had sore muscles in the 1600s, your doctor might have advised you to foment the injury, perhaps with heated lotions or warm wax. Does this sound like an odd prescription? Not if you know that "foment" traces to the Latin verb "fovēre," which means "to heat." The earliest documented English uses of "foment" appear in medical texts offering advice on how to soothe various aches and pains by the application of moist heat. But the idea of applying heat can also be a metaphor for stimulating or rousing to action. Within 50 years of its English debut, "foment" was also being used in political contexts to mean "to stir up," "to call to action," or, in a sense at least figuratively opposite to its original one, "to irritate."

~THE REBATE~

This is a great rebate for anyone that has someone who loves fishing in their life.  Rapala is offering a free knife case with the purchase of their Rapala Lithium Ion Cordless Fillet Knife.  The offer is good from January 1, 2012 until September 9, 2012.  Just got to the rebate web page and download the rebate form.  You will need to mail in the original dated cash register reciept together with the UPC from the package with the form.  All requests need to be mailed by 9/30/2012, allow up to 8 weeks to get your case.

I hope you are all having a great week!

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

duckboard   \DUK-bord\  ~  noun

DEFINITION: a boardwalk or slatted flooring laid on a wet, muddy, or cold surface -- usually used in plural

EXAMPLES: Someone had laid duckboards across the marshy area of the path so that it was passable.

"Much of the trail consists of duckboards to protect fragile eco-systems and hikers should be careful not to step off them." -- From an advertorial in The Australian Magazine, October 8, 2011

DID YOU KNOW? The word "duckboard" was created during the early 20th century to describe the boards or slats of wood laid down to provide safe footing for the soldiers of World War I across wet or muddy ground in trenches or camps. The original duckboards didn't always work as intended though. According to one soldier, duckboards came by their name because someone walking on wet duckboards was liable to slide off them much like water slides off a duck's back. Today's duckboards appear in all kinds of places -- from marshes to the floors of saunas. The word "duck" itself has been part of the English language since the days of Old English, when it had the form "dūce."
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Arm & Hammer has a new clumping cat litter called Ultra Last; all the granules are coated in Baking Soda so the box will stay fresher longer.  You can try a 20# box for free with the mail in rebate, just complete the rebate form and mail it in together with the original UPC from the 20# box and your original receipt dated between 12/15/11 and 3/30/12, the receipt needs to show the store information and the price of the litter circled.  All requests must be postmarked no later than 4/15/12.  We use Arm & Hammer litter ourselves so this is one I can't wait to try myself.

I hope everyone is having a great week.

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

mountebank  \MOUN-tih-bank\  ~ noun

DEFINITION(s): 1: a person who sells quack medicines from a platform

2: a boastful unscrupulous pretender : charlatan

EXAMPLES: In his newspaper column, Gavin criticized the talk-radio host as "a mountebank whose 'expert' opinions and advice are complete hooey."

"Bring your five-minute tales related to all things fraudulent and pseudo. Flimflammers, mountebanks, poseurs and snake oil salesmen especially welcome." -- From a literary events listing by Gina Webb in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 25, 2011

DID YOU KNOW? "Mountebank" derives from the Italian "montimbanco," which was formed by combining the verb "montare" ("to mount"), the preposition "in" (converted to "im," meaning "in" or "on"), and the noun "banco" ("bench"). Put these components together and you can deduce the literal origins of "mountebank" as someone mounted on a bench -- the "bench" being the platform on which charlatans from the 16th and 17th centuries would stand to sell their phony medicines. Mountebanks often included various forms of light entertainment on stage in order to attract customers. Later, extended uses of "mountebank" referred to someone who falsely claims to have knowledge about a particular subject or a person who simply pretends to be something he or she is not in order to gain attention.

~THE REBATE~

Have a child hooked on the Hasbro Littlest Pet Shop?  Now you can get the special edition Littlest Pet Shop Rooster when you collect 8 stickers from specially-marked packages (look for the green paw print) of The Littlest Pet Shop Pretty Pairs, Shimmer ‘n Shine Pets, Walkables, or Walkable Theme packs. The offer ends 6/30/12 and requests need to be post marked by 7/31/12.  To get yours fill out the rebate form and mail it together with the 8 stickers pasted on the collectors page.  It doesn't say where you can get the books but I am guessing they are in the boxes the toys come with.

I hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

impute  \im-PYOOT\ ~ verb

DEFINITION(s): 1: to lay the responsibility or blame for often falsely or unjustly

2: to credit to a person or a cause

EXAMPLES: "My enemies have tried to impute sinister motives to my actions," said the politician, "but I assure the voters that I have always placed their interests first and foremost."

"Rosenberg wants us to let go of the many illusions that define our conversations about life and science. We impute purpose to things that lack it. We act as though history and culture can be explained in terms of sweeping, general patterns." -- From a book review by Jesse Singal in The Boston Globe, October 20, 2011

DID YOU KNOW?   "Impute" is a somewhat formal word that is used to suggest that someone or something has or is guilty of something. It is similar in meaning to such words as "ascribe" and "attribute," though it is more likely to suggest an association with something that brings discredit. When we "impute" something, we typically impute it to someone or something. You may also encounter the related noun "imputation," which appears in such contexts as "I deny all your imputations of blame."

~THE REBATE~

Looking for a gift for the men on your list?   Now when buy any Norelco SensoTouch shaver between 11/07 and 12/31/11 you can get $30.00 back.  Just mail in the rebate form together with the original dated cash register receipt and the UPC from the package.  Requests must be postmarked by January 16th, 2012.  Allow 8 - 10 weeks for your check to arrive.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

C.Q.