WORD FOR THE DAY: BALLYRAG

2000 Most Challenging and Obscure Words

[Louis Foxwell]

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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".

ballyrag [BAL ee rag]

hear it pronounced

verb

To tease or bully with crude practical jokes. As a noun denotes tormenting behavior. Ballyragging is reprehensible abusive horseplay and badgering.

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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[Louis Foxwell]

Hillary japes Bill for his wandering member purely for show. He is nore than aware of her proclivity for ....

Third Place

[Louis Foxwell]

They but out themselves are the derivative of slime they are.

[Louis Foxwell]

Sometimes a fool goes in where angels fear to tread. Ben is fearless. He goes where none have gone before, or very few anyway.

Honorable Mention Award:

[Louis Foxwell]

Yes. It is true. She was and she did.

A special award for EXCELLENCE.

[Louis Foxwell]

Great site, GIPHY. Will investigate for future awards. Perfect illustration of the word's most base use, or most base word's use, whatever.

[Louis Foxwell]

The SCJ most certainly was ballyragging. That (s)he has the votes to shut us down is not, however, in dispute. Media magnates will take great joy shutting down Drudge, FR, FP and more. We need a court dominated by constitutionalists.

[Louis Foxwell]

Apropos, Sale of Two Titties was a favored tome. Nice.

[left that other site]

Watch out for scalawags
Who ballyrag.

[Louis Foxwell]

Make a gally rag bow out of that malapropism.

[Louis Foxwell]

A mighty swing that blew the hats off the crowd. But no miss this hit, a home run.

limerick award

[Louis Foxwell]

Don't all scallywags ballyrag?

Pearls of Wisdom Award:

[xsmommy]

It's not all about us, who knew? excellent column.

[SoothingDave]

God wants what is best for us.

I saw this on a church sign recently, paraphasing:

“Some people only want to work with God as an advisor.”

[xsmommy]

very true.

[xsmommy]

don't be jealous.

[tioga]

Huh. He wants us to be happy and joyful in our daily lives... in hardship, mourning...really anything. He doesn’t want us dumping our spouses to find happiness....we are to find it in being WITH the Lord.

[xsmommy]

anyone who knows anything about the saints/martyrs has reason to know that God’s objective is not our happiness. I think the various happyslap pastors need to reflect on that. perhaps even the Pope.

[tioga]

Pope Frank's Synod about to go off the rails? ...

[tioga]

Archbishop of Paris: "If You're Here Expecting Some Radical Change in Doctrine, You'll Be Disappointed"

[xsmommy]

Father Z is good.