Laura Ingraham’s weekly e-mail came around today. The subject was the possibility of terrorists poisoning our water supplies. And do you know what? It was actually fairly informative, interesting, and not particularly inflammatory.

Needless to say, we were quite pleasantly surprised.

Now, we’re assuming all of you who receive Ingraham’s missives already have read her latest message and therefore have learned your new word for the week.

But for those who aren’t on the punditress’s mailing list, we’ll clue you in -- only because we want you to sound both erudite and well connected at your next cocktail party. “Oh, it’s a great word, isn’t it? I learned it from Laura Ingraham.”

The “Word of the Week” Ingraham offers readers in her latest note is . . . Quiet everyone! . . . >>>We feel like we’re playing “Password” with Allen Ludden<<< . . . >>>Shh!<<< . . . >>>No help from the studio audience, please!<<< . . . Homiletic.

As Ingraham explains:

“Homiletic, adj. Of the nature of a sermon; having the intention of edifying morally.

“As in--

“President Bush had hoped that his speech on corporate responsibility would be considered a homiletic message to the bad apples in corporate America.”

Thanks, Laura.