2nd word for the day 8.18.05 "parley"

because it's so much cooler than "meme"...

parley \PAR-lee\, noun: A conference or discussion, especially with an enemy, as with regard to a truce or other matters. [as any good pirate knows...]

Parley comes from Old French parlée, from parler, "to speak," from Medieval Latin parabolare, from Late Latin parabola, "a proverb, a parable, a similitude," from Greek parabole, "a comparison, a placing beside," from paraballein, "to throw beside, hence to compare," from para-, "beside" + ballein, "to throw."