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Word of the Day, Thursday, October 19, 2017 - Pestiferous
Dictionary.com ^ | Thursday | tioga

Posted on 10/19/2017 5:35:28 AM PDT 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".

Pestiferous

Adjective,[pe-stif-er-uh s]

1. Bringing or bearing disease.
2. Pestilential.
3. Pernicious; evil.
4. Informal: mischievous; troublesome or annoying.


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. Amuse me or enlighten me to earn extra credit.


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To: tioga

My pestiferous cable service has had my phone, TV, and Internet out for the last 5 hours. I had to choose between cleaning the house , or reading a book. I read the book. Back up now.


21 posted on 10/19/2017 11:46:20 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: tioga

I guess that Nov 6 (New Calendar) is the real date of the Bolshevik Revolution.

But Antifa has changed that date (for some reason) to Nov 4 (New Calendar), which I call “Bad Luck Day”. (For example, the Iranian takeover of the US Embassy happened on that date, as well as the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian Revolution). I’ve had several personal instances of bad luck on that day, too.


22 posted on 10/19/2017 12:22:44 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: tioga

Been busy getting all the bids/jobs I can to make some money before the winter slowdown...

Hillary’s What Happened tour
Just shows she is a hot mess
Who inspires other lunatics
To howl about their distress

The more public the venue is
The more they seem deranged-
And Wilson in her cowboy hat
Proves very little has changed

Liberals are just what they are-
Having tantrums and screaming
And showing very little that
You’d call socially redeeming


23 posted on 10/19/2017 12:52:36 PM PDT by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: tioga

Pestiferous words and gestures
And lots of childish acting out-
Pres Trump has them in overdrive
And of that there is no doubt...


24 posted on 10/19/2017 12:56:36 PM PDT by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

Check out Gen Kelly’s remarks. He would agree with you there. A++++ Excellent poem.


25 posted on 10/19/2017 1:54:23 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Texan5

Hey, where’s the word of the day?


26 posted on 10/19/2017 1:55:03 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Texan5

OK, there it is! LOL Your A++++ stands.


27 posted on 10/19/2017 1:55:42 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Honorary Serb

Hoping they have really bad luck.


28 posted on 10/19/2017 1:56:37 PM PDT by tioga
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I can finally read books again. After the surgery, I just couldn’t concentrate long enough to read a book. Been going to the gym and reading while doing cardio. The elliptical, the treadmill and the exercise bike. My trifecta reading time. 40 minutes, three times a week. Then I hit the machines to tone up a bit. Then home to the showers. It’s working for me.


29 posted on 10/19/2017 1:59:10 PM PDT by tioga
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Almost forgot. A++


30 posted on 10/19/2017 2:00:16 PM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

That would mean that Bad Luck Day will have backfired! GOOD!!!!


31 posted on 10/19/2017 2:09:04 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: tioga

Thank you!


32 posted on 10/19/2017 2:55:47 PM PDT by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: tioga

It’s not just the whole media establishment that has grown pestiferous. It’s the number of women now jumping on the bandwagon:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3596629/posts

Hard to feel sorry for someone who consciously made her choices. Not that I condone this behavior, but now every actress or model will be sanctioned as glorified prostitutes.


33 posted on 10/19/2017 4:45:01 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: tioga

I’m reading “Drain the Swamp” by Congressman Ken Buck of CO. He seems to be a member of the “Tuesday Group” (conservative) and he names names in Congress causing corruption and gridlock. Shocking! There are 2 books out there of the same name by different people.


34 posted on 10/19/2017 5:00:07 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: MoochPooch

More than one swamp needs draining. A++++


35 posted on 10/19/2017 8:54:03 PM PDT by tioga
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I am reading The Shadow Land, by Elizabeth Kostova. Beautiful book. Enjoying it so much.


36 posted on 10/19/2017 8:55:30 PM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

Did they make a movie about that?


37 posted on 10/20/2017 7:01:34 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: tioga

I looked up your book on line. Not the same as the movie. Several books named Shadowlands, or similar name. Yours sounds very interesting.


38 posted on 10/20/2017 7:05:03 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I think the book just came out this year. It’s only her third book and they are all awesome.


39 posted on 10/20/2017 9:17:23 AM PDT by tioga
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