Posted on 08/07/2014 4:29:59 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
balkanize \BAWL-kuh-nyze\ verb
1. to break up (as a region or group) into smaller and often hostile units
2. divide, compartmentalize
Example sentences:
"Even if Richards wanted to balkanize his life into personal and professional spheres, he would have had difficulty, for his private life resounds with his public concerns, often in disturbing ways."
— Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times Magazine, November 22, 1987
"And such are the gifts of diplomatic nicety still being bestowed upon Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States continues to treat him as a recalcitrant child at reform school rather than as a lying authoritarian who still seeks to partition or balkanize Ukraine."
— Michael Weiss, The Daily Beast, June 19, 2014
Etymology:
The Balkan Peninsula of southeastern Europe is named for the Balkan Mountains, which stretch through Bulgaria from its western border with Serbia to the Black Sea. ("Balkan" derives from a Turkish word that means "mountain.") The region known as the Balkans is commonly thought to include Albania, Greece, Romania, the European portion of Turkey, and often surrounding areas. The decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century led to a series of revolts that accelerated the fracturing of the region into a number of smaller states whose unstable coexistence led to violence that came to a head in World War I. Since 1919, "balkanize" and its related noun, "balkanization" have come to refer to the kind of divisive action that can weaken countries or groups, as well as other things.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Ugh. Coffee.
Ah done did ballcansize the 3 tennis balls. Yep, they fit.
Obama has done an exceptional job balkanizing America into cultural and social classes and pitting us against one another.
Americans would do best to put aside the petty differences and come together to defeat the tyranny that Hussein presents.
After I finish playing balkanize oom over to the pool for a swim?
“Obama has done an exceptional job balkanizing America into cultural and social classes and pitting us against one another.”
What rarestia said...couldn’t have said it better.
America’s balkanization
Increased by this administration
The red states got redder
The blue states? no better
Disunity, Barack’s adoration
The establishment Republicans and the leftist Democrats have one goal in common — to balkanize the Tea Party.
Re: your tagline - subscript would be technically correct, but it’s too much hassle for most.
saw that and LOLed. Clearly this gives credence to the Rev. Manning’s PROGNOSTICATIONS....
are you up off your deathbed and back to work yet?
I am in the office, yes. I don’t know about “back to work.”
they test you for the ebola?
No. I didn’t have a high fever. Didn’t measure a fever at all, in fact. Even though I was sweating like crazy.
Coming from Florida though you have to wonder who you might have come into contact with there. There were people on the rental car shuttle in Pittsburgh (from the same plane as me) who had just come off a cruise.
One of the key elements of Hussein’s destructive agenda is to balkanize America along racial and gender lines.
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