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Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 28, 2015-- Baedeker

Posted on 01/28/2015 5:37:42 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree

Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 28, 2015-- Baedeker

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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".

Baedeker [bey-di-ker]or [bay-di-ker]

hear it pronounced

noun

1. Karl, 1801–59, German publisher, notably of guidebooks for travelers.
2. any of the series of guidebooks for travelers issued by the him or his successors.
3. any guidebook, pamphlet, or the like, containing information useful to travelers: a Baedeker to the restaurants of the region.

Origin: "travel guide," 1863, from German printer and bookseller Karl Baedeker (1801-1859) whose popular travel guides began the custom of rating places with one to four stars. The Baedeker raids by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1942 targeted British cultural and historical sites.

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.




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Obama needs a Baedeker on how to deal with Congress. He should try the Constitution instead of Das Kapital.
1 posted on 01/28/2015 5:37:42 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
I posted today's word after digging out from 3 feet 2 feet 12 inches 4 inches of snow. So, let's see some homework.
2 posted on 01/28/2015 5:40:03 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree ( When dems win, it's a mandate. When we win, we must compromise.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

The question of whether or not to close Gitmo has turned into yet another leftist-vs-American Baedeker.


3 posted on 01/28/2015 5:43:04 AM PST by SAJ
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Badacre? Yeah. And the worst of the badacres in town is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.


4 posted on 01/28/2015 5:43:20 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I remember Baedeker from the E.M. Forster novel A Room With a View, and the movie made from it back in 1985 with Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Helena Bonham Carter, and Daniel Day Lewis. Particularly, I remember Judi Dench as this intrepid old lady who's exploring Italy, dragging the much less intrepid Maggie Smith with her. They end up lost in Florence. Smith pulls out her Baedeker, and Dench snatches it away and pronounces, "You shall NOT use your Baedeker. We will simply drift." And goes sailing forth as the other follows fearfully behind her. It's a great movie.
5 posted on 01/28/2015 5:47:46 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: SAJ
A++

gold

I like your "leftist vs. American" wording.

6 posted on 01/28/2015 5:49:11 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree ( When dems win, it's a mandate. When we win, we must compromise.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
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silver

Bad acres for bad actors.

7 posted on 01/28/2015 5:49:53 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree ( When dems win, it's a mandate. When we win, we must compromise.)
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To: A_perfect_lady
A++++

bronze

Outstanding reference!

8 posted on 01/28/2015 5:50:58 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree ( When dems win, it's a mandate. When we win, we must compromise.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

I don’t care what you axe me.
I’m jus’ here so I don’ get fined.


9 posted on 01/28/2015 5:53:15 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

Who is Marshawn Lynch, Alex?


10 posted on 01/28/2015 5:56:12 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree ( When dems win, it's a mandate. When we win, we must compromise.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

It’s almost tagline worthy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlpaduqvBgs


11 posted on 01/28/2015 5:58:08 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Almost... almost...

“all your base” level...

“all your fine are belong to us”


12 posted on 01/28/2015 5:58:56 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

I happened to see the quote in the Journal today. But, I generally follow the formula: When the final whistle blows in the second conference championship game, thus deciding the SuperBowl opponents, I turn off the television and don’t turn it back on (nor read anything about it) until the SuperBowl kickoff. This year, with the Belichicks deflating (sic) the Colts by 5 1/2 touchdowns, I was able to miss most of the second half of that game, giving me more time to Freep, Tweet, and, occasionally, read a book.


13 posted on 01/28/2015 6:09:41 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree ( When dems win, it's a mandate. When we win, we must compromise.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

I don’t watch TV or follow sports - ever.

Just heard this guy on the morning radio talk show, and it cracked me up. Totally meme-worthy.


14 posted on 01/28/2015 6:22:50 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Obama’s Baedeker, Rules for Radicals
Bible of preference for those liberals
Killing and bombing is ok
And the radical liberal way.
Just ask Bill Ayers and his pals.


15 posted on 01/28/2015 7:13:47 AM PST by tioga
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Baedeker? But I hardly even Bae-know her!


16 posted on 01/28/2015 7:15:57 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I have used Rick Steves, not Baedeker.
17 posted on 01/28/2015 7:18:42 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave; TruthShallSetYouFree

heading to the Caymans next week, no snowstorm better get in my way!


18 posted on 01/28/2015 7:19:37 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I’m heading south next week, too! All the way south (and east) to York.


19 posted on 01/28/2015 7:24:06 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

pack sunscreen! ; )


20 posted on 01/28/2015 7:24:38 AM PST by xsmommy
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