Your RBR Word of the Day: antediluvian
by Todd on Jul 14, 2008 7:00 AM CDT
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Print1. Of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood.
2. Antiquated; from or belonging to a much earlier time.
noun:
1. One who lived before the Biblical flood.
2. A very old (or old-fashioned) person.
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| Having the team recite the "seven maxims" of General Neyland before each game, an antediluvian practice begun in the 1930s, is a cool tradition but, given the mediocre at best finishes over the past few years, you have to wonder if they are actually paying attention. |
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But that is funny…
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lawvol: Gate 21 - Life, the Universe, & the Bounce of the Ball
Antediluvian
Moby-Dick is the antediluvian Leviathan, having survived the great flood of the Old Testament. Captain Ahab blasphemes God by trying to kill Moby-Dick, the one creature that not even God himself could kill with the great flood.
You used the word "antediluvian" . . .
. . . and you didn’t make reference to me in the clever caption?
I think I’m insulted over my not having been insulted.
Go 'Dawgs!
If you have a chance to take a cheap shot at the Vols...
...you have to take it. I think you’ll agree to that.
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