RE: New word for today

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@domain.elided>]

If I read this right, it was Pat Braden that wrote this summary. So,
this time at least it wasn't SCM or some other "outsider", it's a member
of the society. ;)

Henry Kim said:
> In previous articles, SCM was a bit more direct.  They called us
> "tight-fisted".
>
>
>> Esteemed and penurious digesti,
>>
>> Please visit the following link for a description of a 1967
>> Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Veloce recently sold on Ebay.
>>
> http://www.sportscarmarket.com/mp/0208-alfa.php
>
> I bring this to your attention because of the new word I learned in
> the course of reading, found tucked away in the following sentence.
>
> "Thirty-two bids are a lot, but the fact that the bidding competition
> failed to push the final price into SCM's price range is evidence of
> the essentially penurious nature of most Alfa owners."
>
> Oxford says:
>
> Penurious: In want, needy, poverty stricken. Parsimonious, grudging,
> fastidious, poor, barren, unfertile.
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