Posted on 10/26/2009 5:54:36 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 10/26/09
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".
Sobriquet; noun
1.An affectionate or humorous nickname. 2.An assumed name.
Etymology: 1646, from Fr. sobriquet "nickname," from M.Fr. soubriquet, lit. "a chuck under the chin," of unknown origin (first element probably from L. sub "under").
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....
Here is my example with WFTD.
he who earned the sobriquet DIRTY DEEDS was out trolling for votes at black churches yesterday.
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
No pushing at the door please!
When one contemplates that Bush 43 bore the sobriquet “Dubya,” while the present occupant of the White House is called “Zero,” one begins to get a whiff of the trouble we’re in.
come have cupcakes
He’s a puppet therefor the sobriquet for what’s his name is puppet prez. He was a Kennedy puppet and I guess now he belongs to the Clintons.
A+++ scary bad trouble.
oh i’m thinking it’s George Soros pulling his strings. Hillary would kill to have won the election, she has no power over the bams.
After she spilled her beer on the barbecue grill, Gabz has a problem lighting them off ...
T’wasn’t a soberbriquette in site.
Yep, she sure would have, but for some reason, I believe the Kennedy’s struck a deal with Billy Boy that kept her from achieving it. As for Soros isn’t he a Kennedy wantabe and didn’t he work for Billy Boy?
Now Johnnie, lets be nice.
A+++ good one!
Oh yummo!!!! Tell xsboy Happy Birthday from me. I hope his future is full of laughter, love and adventure.
A+++ for the charcoal reference, i was waiting for that ; )
did you find all the herramientos you were needing?
Among many conservatives, the current President’s sobriquet is “Zippy”, but I’m not sure where that started. Could iy be short for “zip, zero, nada”?
No grade?
thanks so much, dixie! i asked where he’d like to go for his bday dinner, and he wants Boston market take out at home. I wasn’t aware they were still in business! today is also report card day and he just texted me that he has a 3.5 GPA, so it’s a good bday indeed.
Yum! Are those pucks edible? They look like thin mints.
A+++ sorry, i missed grading it!
A+++ i am thinking that’s the proper derivation!
i think they are mints. Xsteen turned 21 yesterday. she had a festive weekend, but is now stressing/preparing for her moot court competition which is this coming weekend.
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
What cool cupcakes!!!!
Happy Birthday to the XSboy(man)
Yes, I know who he is or should I say what he wants - to be crowned king of the world. Like Satan, he thinks a person (or country) will sell their soul. He’s been proven wrong before (Bush campaign)and undoubtedly more times prior to that and will be many more before he goes to join Satan.
Money doesn’t buy the thing that is important to most people and that is integrity and self respect. Which is why people like Soros are never really happy because they have neither.
i just googled them, didn’t make them! i will get him an icecream cake later today for this evening’s bday festivities. i figure i am less likely to eat a bunch of ice cream cake, so that’s what i will get.
Two more days and the Fa-hilladelphia Fa-hillies will find out that they are not playing the Tampa Bay Rays this time. Ought to be a good series.
oh, baseball? ; ) love your tagline!
LOL!!!!!!
I’m sure you’re a bit over baking as it is, anyway!!!! How’d you make out with the bake sale on Saturday?
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Goodness Girl, two birthdays in a row!!! Please tell xsteen Happy belated birthday and that I wish her laughter, love and adventure for her future. Oh yes, good luck on the moot court competition.
She’ll do fine, just look who her mom is!
Do official hockey pucks say “official hockey puck?”
Sobriquet: Well that word was totally unexpected choice. ;-)
I would like a white cupcake please. Happy birthday to our favorite hockey player, xsboy! Happy belated birthday to the xscollegegirl too!
I just gave xsteen a new sobriquet!
Well other than the gale force winds and typhoon squalls, and the dearth of fans in the stands...it was pretty miraculous that we made $90. we gave a crapload of stuff to the guys in the homeless shelter because we had to take the tent down before the game was even over. It kept lifting off, we had to station our hockey players to hold down the dang tent and joked that there would be a whole BUNCH of balloon boys going up at once if that tent lifted off and went over the US capitol!
"Il Douche" is One of the many sobriquets ascribed to He of the Perpetually Elevated Chin...
A+++ he became his own sobriquet— to be applied to all like him!
and btw, thanks for using the alternate spelling, which is equally proper, just so everyone knows.
A+++ second to use the charcoal reference!
A+++ that sounds good. i cannot use CO-ED, bc that is just too weird, xscollegegirl, albeit long, will do!
Wouldn’t they have been tent boys, not balloon boys? Glad to hear you made a little bit of money.
For what was supposed to have been a rain day on Saturday turned out to be absolutely gorgeous. We hit 83 degrees and the sun shone all day. It didn’t start raining until after 9, but when it did start it sure as heck rained and the wind was awful. Of course I wasn’t thinking about the chance of rain when I left the car windows open.........
anyone who leaves his chin exposed like that deserves a sharp uppercut once in awhile...
that is THE MOST PERFECT of his sobriquets. A+++
that pose is ludicrous and he strikes it constantly!
Are we supposed to pronounce this word like we’re French?
we had periods of sun and it was humid until the deluge started. it was sunny by the time xsfrosh and i got home though. BIZARRE day.
of course, how else do you tell if it’s official!
thanks, dixie!
what were you thinking it was gonna be? ; )
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