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Word for the Day, Monday, March 8, 2010-- feckless
3/8/10 | xs

Posted on 03/08/2010 5:08:26 AM PST by xsmommy

Word For The Day, Monday, 3/8/10



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".

feckless; adj.

1. ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing. 2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

Careless and irresponsible.

Etymology: 1590s, from feck, "effect, value, vigor" (late 15c.), Scottish shortened form of effect; popularized by Carlyle, who left its opposite, feckful, in dialectal obscurity.

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....




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ood Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

OMG, will these feckless whistle stop Obam appearances EVER STOP??????

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!

1 posted on 03/08/2010 5:08:26 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I love that word “Feckless”! It’s the best word to describe 0bami.


2 posted on 03/08/2010 5:10:26 AM PST by FrdmLvr ("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
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To: xsmommy

I’m feckful.


3 posted on 03/08/2010 5:10:26 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: mikrofon; Dutchgirl; cardinal4; MoochPooch; sig226; IAGreywolf; Conspiracy Guy; Laura Earl; ...
the paddle is on standby for any miscreants, because i know this word will tempt naughty usages!
4 posted on 03/08/2010 5:12:10 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: FrdmLvr

i know, but it’s hard to tell if he’s feckless or a purposeful commie!


5 posted on 03/08/2010 5:12:52 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

rather rantallion of you.... ; )


6 posted on 03/08/2010 5:16:04 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Mornin!


7 posted on 03/08/2010 5:20:24 AM PST by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to...." ;)
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To: xsmommy; tioga; SoothingDave; VRWCmember; NeoCaveman; hobbes1; Gabz; secret garden; Texan5; ...

(Robt has been feckless the past 3 weeks since St Ronnie is on the wrong side of the Atlantic Ocean....

(WhyisatexasgirlfeckfulinPA?)


8 posted on 03/08/2010 5:20:28 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: hobbes1; Robert A. Cook, PE

nice to see our luciferous logoleptics there this AM : )


9 posted on 03/08/2010 5:21:33 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Good Morning!

My usage in a sentence, see below: (A poem I wrote for my daughter)

My Shadow Grown

You stand with me, my shadow grown.
With patience that is not my own.
Your quiet smile of knowing glance ...
Some feckless boy won’t stand a chance.

Could I start over, young and free,
I fear what might become of me,
But you are fearless, confident,
You’ve not your father’s malcontent.

You have your own sweet reverie,
That Life rewards one cleverly,
With hidden treasures one must find,
By opening up a growing mind.

You understand that patience brings,
Appreciation in small things.
The storm dumps down on joyless days.
You find the iridescent glaze.

A parking lot, whose oily sheen,
Takes many passes to wash clean,
You find the beauty. Inside you,
There is a sunny point of view.

There is bad weather for each life,
Each of us must handle strife.
The path I’ve followed will not show,
When your turn comes, which way to go.

When storms have come and they have passed,
That is the time for you at last,
As droplets wane and brightness grows,
To lift your head and find rainbows.

NicknamedBob . . . . . March 5, 2005

She hasn't outgrown it yet.

10 posted on 03/08/2010 5:23:48 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If we did not believe we could not die, we would never do the things that make us immortal.)
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To: NicknamedBob

very sweet! A+++


11 posted on 03/08/2010 5:25:15 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: hobbes1
feckless or fagful?
12 posted on 03/08/2010 5:26:38 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

whilst the feckless doctors were recommending ending life support for the coquette, on saturday she showed definite signes of recognition. there is now a better then ecven chance of recovery.

she also signals that she’s glad I didn’t ok pulling the plug.;-)


13 posted on 03/08/2010 5:29:02 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: camle

oh that’s so good to hear! A+++


14 posted on 03/08/2010 5:30:43 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Since your paddle looms, I won’t get reckless
I agree that Obama is feckless
Yes, he’s so full of sh*t
That I wish he would quit
Though Joe Biden, like Barry, ain’t dreck-less


15 posted on 03/08/2010 5:31:02 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Kenya tell me where Obama was born?)
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To: xsmommy

Weekend news analysis programs continue to revere and bow down to the feckless, effete policy wonk they helped elevate to Office, feigning ignorance of his weakness, his ivory tower beliefs, his complete lack of real knowledge regarding economic survival and proven failed theories of Marx and Lenin.


16 posted on 03/08/2010 5:31:04 AM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

A+++ it’s a tossup as to who would be more dangerous, barry or joe, isn’t it?


17 posted on 03/08/2010 5:33:00 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: theDentist

A+++ will the day ever come when they will be forced to unmask him?


18 posted on 03/08/2010 5:33:31 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

she can open her eyes and stare, but they have to lubricate them for her. she can hear and move her head in response. she cannot move her hands yet, or squeeeze my hand. she seems to be aware of where she is, and who I am.

that’s infinitly more than two weeks ago when the doc gave me one of those middle of the night “you’s better get down here fast” calls.


19 posted on 03/08/2010 5:37:18 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: xsmommy

Someone feed you Alpha-bits this morning?


20 posted on 03/08/2010 5:38:00 AM PST by SoothingDave
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