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Word for the Day, Tuesday January 27, 2015

Posted on 01/27/2015 5:22:53 AM PST by SoothingDave

Word For The Day, Tuesday January 27, 2015



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".

hypocorism [hahy-pok-uh-riz-uh m, hi-]

-n
1. a pet name.
2. the practice of using a pet name.
3.the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, especially by an adult.

[1840-50; < Greek hypokórisma pet name. See hypocoristic, -ism]


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1 posted on 01/27/2015 5:22:53 AM PST by SoothingDave
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2 posted on 01/27/2015 5:23:07 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Aw, didums forget to posty-wosty the thread, the cute-itty-wee-singie....


3 posted on 01/27/2015 5:25:14 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: SoothingDave

I don’t if I’d name my pet that.


4 posted on 01/27/2015 5:25:48 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife

*I don’t know if I’d name my pet that.


5 posted on 01/27/2015 5:26:08 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: SoothingDave

The trailer for American Sniper was grating, with all the Baby Baby Baby hypocorisms. If I didn’t know the story, I wouldn’t want to go see it based on that.


6 posted on 01/27/2015 5:34:57 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: SoothingDave
As a jogger who isn't afraid of anything but ice, this cracked me up.
7 posted on 01/27/2015 5:36:04 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: SoothingDave

Barack Obama: Michelle’s hypocorism for Barry Soetoro Marshall-Davis.


8 posted on 01/27/2015 5:44:05 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: secret garden

Cracked her butt up, too.


9 posted on 01/27/2015 5:47:05 AM PST by tioga
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To: SoothingDave

‘Hypo’, a prefix that in Greek means ‘under’, would mean that hypocorism, used by a public speaker presumably, indicates hypocharisma in the speaker, right?


10 posted on 01/27/2015 5:47:10 AM PST by SAJ
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To: secret garden

No, you're schmoopie.

11 posted on 01/27/2015 5:48:13 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Useless as a word but excrutiating when used to berate the haughty, as in Shakespearean wit:
Lord Charming, thy name is Pipsqueak Scoundrel. Thy mother is Strumpet. Thy father is Monger. Thou art the spawn of loose bowels and flacid member.
How is the snow drifting? And mine?


12 posted on 01/27/2015 5:49:13 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: SoothingDave

The hypocoristic Choommmobile was a sign
Of a president who would cross the line
Whether with Reggie in tow
Or with our country’s foe
Hope and change was a warning he did opine.


13 posted on 01/27/2015 6:02:02 AM PST by tioga
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To: secret garden

Looks like she hit her head.

Now, the reason she slipped was that she stepped on that painted line. Something someone needs to explain to her -

that line will be slicker than the sidewalk.


14 posted on 01/27/2015 6:04:44 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: SoothingDave

One of the most annoying episodes. Give yourself an A+.


15 posted on 01/27/2015 6:06:55 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: SoothingDave

Most of the free world uses the hypocorism “Bibi” for Benjamin Netanyahu, but Barack Obama calls him something else.


16 posted on 01/27/2015 6:08:20 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree ( When dems win, it's a mandate. When we win, we must compromise.)
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To: SoothingDave
The most expensive hypocorism of all time is Obamacare.
17 posted on 01/27/2015 6:31:17 AM PST by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: NeoCaveman

Does that count the $1 trillion spent on the website(s) development?


18 posted on 01/27/2015 6:39:02 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

A trill on a website? I think you probably have too many zeroes there.


19 posted on 01/27/2015 6:40:17 AM PST by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: NeoCaveman

Well, something like that. ;-)

Still want to know if that figure includes the money blown on websites, or if it’s just “operating costs” of the insurance program.


20 posted on 01/27/2015 6:47:14 AM PST by SoothingDave
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