Posted on 01/30/2015 4:49:23 AM PST by tioga
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”.
Poltroon
Noun, Adjective
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.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Rise and Shine. Homework on the blackboard, apples on my desk. Have at it.
Well, double dang, car already covered with snow again. I hate winter.
The leftist poltroons are attacking
the very ones who protect by risking
their lives every day
in a hero’s brave way.
Those lefty ingrates need a good spanking.
Is a coward chicken a poultry poltroon?
Bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk!
i feel like a poltroon when it comes to driving in freezing rain.
A wonderful word. Poltroon describes the current HOR leadership to a T.
Needs bbq sauce.
Bill O’Reilly had “poltroon” as his word of the day yesterday.
I don’t like cold weather, period, but it gives me an excuse to buy wool.
Bowe Bergdahl, a pompous poltroon
Deserted his wartime platoon
But then President Zero
Who called him a hero
Swapped 5 Taliban for this loon
We got 2 inches of snow overnight. 2 hour delay for the kiddos.
At least yesterday’s horrible-sounding prediction of freezing rain turned out to be mostly just rain. I was out there breaking up the smushed previous snow in the driveway that was starting to melt.
Now, today is a day of dropping temperatures. From 27 at midnight going down to single digits tonight.
A+++ Loon is too kind a word.
A+++ Send in the Clowns is their swan song.
Snowing heavy here. ((Sigh)) A+
A+ Describes a lot these days.
I only know this word from Looney Tunes when Bug Bunny or Daffy Duck uses it.
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