Word of the Day

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Here it is Friday once again, and time to put today's word of the day into a sentence so you can post it in the comments.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

Cupidity

[kyoo-PIH-də-tee]Part of speech: noun

Origin: latin, 15th century

• Intense desire for riches and wealth
• Form of greed; desire to possess more than one needs

Examples of Cupidity in a sentence

• He grew up poor, and his cupidity propelled him to go after the most lucrative jobs. 
• Newly wealthy people often fall victim to cupidity, acquiring cars, clothes, jewelry and houses to display their riches. 
• About Cupidity

The star of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was known for his extreme greed and cupidity. After the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future came to visit him he changed his ways. Now if only these lessons could be applied to your stingy relatives.

Did you Know?

You might think of red hearts when you see this word, and cupidity does share a root with the winged baby shooting love arrows. Cupidus is Latin for desirous.

A Day Late: The November Song Story Challenge Artist: Girl Blue!

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Your choices for the Song Story Challenge are Girl Blue's "Fire Under Water" and "Call Me Home."  Click on the links for the lyrics or watch the videos below.

The rules are simple: using one of the choices, create a story of at least 500 words with no maximum.  Please remember that Section VII is a Gen site; if your muse has you heading in a slash or het direction, please post those stories in uncle_du_jour and mfu_maproom, respectively with a link posted in Section VII.

Posting begins November 21st.

Looking forward to what you create with these prompts.  Happy writing!