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weaktwos ([personal profile] weaktwos) wrote2004-02-23 01:23 pm

Today's Word Challenge!

Use "potvaliant" to describe a coworker, in front of his/her face!

potvaliant (POT-val-iant) adjective, also pot-valiant

Showing courage under the influence of drink.
Such courage is also known as Dutch courage.

[From pot (vessel) + valiant (courageous).]

"Russian generals and Russia's unstable, potvaliant president are
turning Chechen children into bleeding carcasses, food for stray
dogs."
Jeff Jacoby; Chechnya: the Fruits of US Silence; Boston Globe;
Jan 19, 1995.

"One night when I was potvaliant, I wagered everything on the turn."
Newport Daily News (Rhode Island); Aug 27, 1957.

[identity profile] tenebrosity.livejournal.com 2004-02-23 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
i need a big dose of potvaliance for improv class tonight! ;)