;Posted on 01/21/2015 5:19:38 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 21, 2015-- tumbrel
;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".
tumbrel [tuhm-bruh l]
noun
1. one of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
2. a farmer's cart, especially one for hauling manure, that can be tilted to discharge its load.
3. Obsolete. a two-wheeled covered cart accompanying artillery for carrying tools, ammunition, etc.
4. an obsolete word for a ducking stool, which is: a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
Origin: mid-15c., "two-wheeled cart," earlier an instrument of punishment of uncertain type (early 13c.), from Old French tumberel "dump cart," from tomber "(let) fall or tumble," possibly from a Germanic source (cf. Old Norse tumba "to tumble," Old High German tumon "to turn, reel;" see tumble). Notoriously used to take victims to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Related forms: Also, tumbril.
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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Obama said the State of the Union was strong
The fool couldn’t be more wrong
He dumped a tumbrel of bullsh!t
Into that Congressional pit
He should have put down the choom bong.
Goodbyes are hard. Safe travels.
A+++++
Really, really good!
And, yes, good-byes are hard.
I watched some of Glenn Beck’s coverage. “Political Science Theater 2015.”
It ended better than the Pens game.
Did somebody deflate the pucks?
No, the stupidest penalty in all of sports: too many men on the ice.
In OT.
At least they got one point.
Useless. Obsolete words having to do with guillotines or hauling manure. It serves no purpose to post words that 2 individuals in the entire English-speaking world understand and use.
Ask for your money back.
Have you ever watched “Episodes” on Showtime?
It’s about the funniest series out there right now. Two British writers come to Hollywood to do a TV series and the network totally changes everything.
Starring Matt LeBlanc as a messed up version of himself.
They’re on season 4 now and more people really should be watching this.
Sounds funny but showtime is just about the only premium channel we don’t subscribe to.
She is pure evil but what the hell kind of name is Hyphernkemberly?
Glad the weather was nice for you
And you win the snark prize today. Perfect
If you ever see it out there, check it out. The British writer are a husband/wife team. The Hollywood people all claim to love their British show (but it later turns out to all be blowing smoke) which was about a learned headmaster of a private school.
“Joey” from Friends was not their choice for this learned headmaster. It all morphs into them doing a show about a hockey coach, called “Pucks!”
All quite horrifying. Now they are facing the dilemma of staying in Hollywood and doing another show, or fleeing for their sanity.
Those who think that the public is dumber’ll
Be the ones fooled by the “penumbral”
The Left will hold sway
Right up through that day
When THEY’RE carted away in a tumbrel…
Sounds funny, thanks. Have you been watching “Blackish” on ABC? I thought it was going to be a bash whitey show, but instead it is perfect - the wife is a medical doctor, the husband is an advertising exec - the kids are funny and nice and don’t really see any issues with being black in America, which drives the dad crazy. He keeps trying to push an agenda only to have it backfire when he realizes there really isn’t this huge problem with race.
I can only assume that someone had a gun pointed to your head and made you click on this thread in order to elicit such an unpleasant response.
No, but I see it is on around “The Middle,” which I do watch. I’ll give it a try.
i applaud your pith ; )
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