Word of the Day

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Saturday has arrived and still, the word seeks validation. Write a sentence or two featuring our word of the day, and post it in the comments.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

Prorogue

[proh-rohg]Part of speech: verb

Origin: late middle english, 15th century

• To postpone a meeting without cancelling it
• To defer or suspend a legislative session

Examples of Prorogue in a sentence

• The board elected to prorogue the current course of action, tabling future meetings until a more suitable time.
• In a swift resolution, Parliament voted to prorogue all sessions until the end of the year.

About Prorogue

As with Prime Minister Boris Johnson's recent desire to defer any British Parliamentary actions at the end of August, prorogue means to suspend or put off a given assembly's meetings or sessions, at least for the time being.

Did you Know?

Prorogue reaches back through Anglo-French to Latin origins in prorogare, meaning "to stretch out or prolong." Today, it is primarily used in reference to British Parliamentary happenings.

The Seven Days of Halloween Challenge begins Monday 10/20!

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It's not too late to join in the challenge!

The prompts for the 7 Days of Halloween Challege!

Thanks to Glennagirl for suggesting these!

Statistical stuff: minumum words as little as a few sentences, no maximum word count.

Subject Matter: Write a stand alone or wip using each prompt.

Posting here should fit into the GENeral concepts of the section7mfu community, contain nothing explicit and reflects the 1960's series in style and content, and featuring our brave Men from U.N.C.L.E. This year's challenge is being expanded to include the Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

There is a GEN-mature tag option for stories that contain violence, torture, angst or very mild het. So if your story falls under one of these categories, please use the appropriate tag.

Where to post: Gen stories, gen-mature post in section7mfu
  
Rules: Stories are due on each date indicated and in the order the prompts were given.
Please include your story title and prompt in the subject header. One prompt/one story per day for each of the 7 days.

The Once Upon a Time Affair: "It must be destroyed!"

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The prompt:

Napoleon tried not to worry as he waited for his partner. The satrapy had been evacuated, and Solo had retrieved the file they had been sent for. All that remained was for Illya to work his explosives magic and they could be away.

He waited and waited, checking with his binoculars for any sign of his partner until finally he finally decided something was wrong.

There was no Illya and no big kaboom.

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Writers and Readers Choice...

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I think Maid Marian has overslept ;) . Just in case she's forgotten what day it is, here's a reminder that you can rec stories here, either your own or someone else's.

Writer's Choice: Strange Dream

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The link goes to AO3.

Strange Dream