OK You English majors...

[Zen]

use this in a sentence

hegemony

Not a test, I just want to know.
I know what it means, I just don't know how to use it.

[SadieKate]

Hmm, is this a new and interesting vocabulary test or are you trying to flush out individual's political and social opinions? ;) Fer instance, who thinks the Mormon Church is hegemonic in Ootah? Which of us think the Bush Neo-cons are hegomonists? There's definitely hegemony going on in Irag, Sudan, etc., etc., etc.

There, you happy? What's our next word? :)

[Zen]

Hmm, is this a new and interesting vocabulary test... What's our next word? :)

at least you thought it was interesting:D
and if you insist

avuncular

[Wahine]

DH says....

The hegemony of American car makers evaporated in the new millenium.

and...

The expensive gift went beyond his usual avuncular advice.

Please note, I am *not* the vocab hero in this household.

[Duck on Wheels]

Not being an English major, I mostly know the word "hegemony" from sociological works on hegemonic masculinity -- i.e. certain standardized, stereotypical male gender roles that may only exist in people's minds yet nevertheless dominate there to the point that all alternatives (i.e. everybody to some extent or another) are seen as somehow deviant. And btw, the guy who first wrote about that has since become a gal.

[Zen]

I think I heard "hegemony" on the Friday News roundup on NPR :o

[RoadRaven]

The dominant male hegemony within the business world disadvantages women in succeeding in their own right.

[Kimmyt]

hey i only know that word from a dar williams song, but i still really don't know what it means... not sure i can tell either from the other sentences, anyone want to explain it to me??

[HillSlugger]

Hegemony: dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

[bmccasland]

hey i only know that word from a dar williams song, but i still really don't know what it means... not sure i can tell either from the other sentences, anyone want to explain it to me??


According to Mr. Webster - hegemony - noun - preponderant influence or authority over others : Domination. hegemonic (adj).

Does that help?

[SadieKate]

and if you insist

avuncular

O-tay.:D

Because our family friend Jim was so avuncular we called him Uncle Jim, our "uncle by kindness."

Where's BikerZ? I thought she'd be playing.

[OakLeaf]

"In a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom, recent studies reveal that female bicyclists have established hegemony over the entire Internet."

[mimitabby]

so where's the next word?



Incipient

use it in a sentence.

[salsabike]

I have an incipient case of bike lust for ehirsch83's Litespeed Bella. Dammit.

[Grog]

Try this:

http://www.google.com

then in the search box type:

define:supercalifragilistic

or any word of your choice.

It will provide definitions in your language (i.e. the language of your browser) first and offer you definitions other languages too.

It's not authoritative, but really useful. :)

[SadieKate]

absquatulate
Hint: something salsabike might be tempted to do

[maillotpois]

Somebody absquatulated with all my Scharffenberger and beer!

[bikerz]

I guess all you guys are on vacation already!

(Some of us do not have sinecures, you know, and have to work for a living!)

[SadieKate]

So you're saying we're footling?

[bikerz]

No, just indulging in oitiose activities!

I, on the other hand, am assiduously sedulous.

(and anyway, I was an anthropology major!)

[maillotpois]

Isn't that redundant? Assiduously sedulous.

[bikerz]

Absolutely! And repetitive too! (They might even have the same root, and if I had time, you know I'd look it up!)

But, like I said, I was an anthropology major!

(OK - that was fun, and now I really need to get back to work!)

Carry on, you lot! I'd like to see 100+ posts next time I check in!

[SadieKate]

Careful, you'll be committing epeolatry

[jobob]

Somebody absquatulated with all my Scharffenberger and beer!

Not I !!!

One of my co-workers just gave me a stack of the small ScharffenBerger bars - one of each, including a Nibby Bar! :cool:

So yours are safe for the time being, MP.

OK, carry on...

[7rider]

Absolutely! And repetitive too!

"Stamp out and eradicate superfluous redundancies!"

[Mr. Bloom]

The hegemony of America over Iraq cannot be sustained (and I'm a republican!):o

[salsabike]

The word is:

deuteragonist

Let's have a sentence that uses it in a cycling context....

[Trek420]

"Stamp out and eradicate superfluous redundancies!"

I'll Second that :rolleyes: ;) and bow out. I'm a mere Art major.

[mimitabby]

one might think that Floyd Landis was the protagonist in our sad story of the last tour de france, but instead he was the deuteragonist, playing second fiddle to the French psyche to the USA.

[SadieKate]

I think we should institute a rule, ok, a guideline, or a suggestion, maybe a hint, that when one provides a sentence using the suggested word, s/he needs to suggest the next one. Sort of verbal tag . . . :D

And, where is zen since she started this mayhem?

[salsabike]

I think we should institute a rule, ok, a guideline, or a suggestion, maybe a hint, that when one provides a sentence using the suggested word, s/he needs to suggest the next one. Sort of verbal tag . . . :D



Right--was thinking that same thing. Mimi, you're it---

[RoadRaven]

"In a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom, recent studies reveal that female bicyclists have established hegemony over the entire Internet."

OK... this takes the "Hegemonic Cup" - step up to the podium, Oak, I'm well-impressed

[Mr. Bloom]

Right--was thinking that same thing. Mimi, you're it---

mimi: very good sentence...I stand in awe!

In business writing in college, we were honestly taught the art of obfuscation with the goal of leaving the reader thoroughly flummoxed

hmmm...as if being from Alabama wasn't enough:D