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Word for the Day, FRiday, December 26, 2014 - Tatterdemalion
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Posted on 12/26/2014 8:20:29 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”.

Tatterdemalion

Noun

    A person wearing ragged or tattered clothing; a ragamuffin.

Adjective

    Ragged; tattered.


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


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I went shopping for bargains early this morning, just getting home. The Christmas departments with their 50 percent off sales looked a bit tatterdemalion.
1 posted on 12/26/2014 8:20:29 AM PST by tioga
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To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Gabz; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...

Rise and shine! Time for class, we are starting late for those with hangovers or those who shopped the after Christmas sales early this morning.

Home work on the blackboard, apples and Christmas cookies on my desk.


2 posted on 12/26/2014 8:22:00 AM PST by tioga
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As well dressed as he may appear on the outside, Obama is simply a moral and ethical tatterdemalion.


3 posted on 12/26/2014 8:24:30 AM PST by RobinOfKingston (Straight ahead, and don't bunch up.)
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To: RobinOfKingston

That he is. A++


4 posted on 12/26/2014 8:30:10 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

Tatterdemalion and a junketer
There’s a thief and a dragonfly trumpeter
(He’s my hero)
-Queen, from A Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke

Fabulous frenetic song based on an equally fabulous painting of the same name. If you’re a Queen fan and don’t know this piece from Queen II, shame on you. If you’re only a casual Queen fan, check it out (with lyrics at the ready) and then dig deeper into such class as “My Fairy King” and “Great King Rat”, not to mention “March of the Black Queen”.


5 posted on 12/26/2014 8:42:04 AM PST by gnickgnack2 (QUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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To: tioga

Good morning - I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!


6 posted on 12/26/2014 8:48:42 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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To: tioga
People with little sense of fashion often end up looking like a tatterdemalion.


7 posted on 12/26/2014 8:49:04 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: tioga

In the George Bernard Shaw play- Pygmalion,
This man took a tatterdemalion;
A Cockney once shady
Became ‘My Fair Lady’
With diction & manners quite alien...


8 posted on 12/26/2014 9:49:54 AM PST by mikrofon (Blessed Christmas BUMP)
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To: tioga
The Christmas departments with their 50 percent off sales looked a bit tatterdemalion. I'm an optimist. I like to think of them as 50 percent on. ;-)
9 posted on 12/26/2014 9:53:20 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: gnickgnack2

You metion “March of the Black Queen” and a photo of Michele Obama is posted. LOL


10 posted on 12/26/2014 9:54:42 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: gnickgnack2

One of our favorite bands! They really were rocket scientists, too.


11 posted on 12/26/2014 10:06:20 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

Did you see Doctor Who last night? I think it was a good story.


12 posted on 12/26/2014 10:24:32 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

I loved it. Those elves cracked me. How do you fit all those toys in the sleigh? Yes, I’ll be watching it again later if it’s on In Demand. My kids were rolling their eyes and saying Inception, here we go...


13 posted on 12/26/2014 10:30:21 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: gnickgnack2

A+++ Interesting trivia.


14 posted on 12/26/2014 10:30:33 AM PST by tioga
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To: secret garden

Elves cracked me UP! Sheesh, learn to proof your own writing, will you?


15 posted on 12/26/2014 10:31:10 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Christmas was peaceful.


16 posted on 12/26/2014 10:31:18 AM PST by tioga
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To: LostInBayport

LMAO A+++


17 posted on 12/26/2014 10:32:15 AM PST by tioga
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To: mikrofon

Awesome. A++


18 posted on 12/26/2014 10:32:56 AM PST by tioga
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To: secret garden

Don’t really like being jerked around with Clara being gone and now not, but that’s another issue entirely.

Yes, the episode was good. I, too, loved the crack about Santa’s sleigh being bigger on the inside.


19 posted on 12/26/2014 10:55:20 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: tioga

Well that is a good thing! We you on call?


20 posted on 12/26/2014 11:43:03 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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