Word For The Day: egregious

[Louis Foxwell]

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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".

egregious

hear it pronounced

adjective: egre·gious \i-ˈgrē-jəs\

Definition of EGREGIOUS 1 archaic : distinguished 2 : conspicuous; especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant — egre·gious·ly adverb — egre·gious·ness noun

Origin of EGREGIOUS Latin egregius, from e- + greg-, grex herd — more at gregarious
First Known Use: circa 1534
Related to EGREGIOUS

Synonyms: blatant, conspicuous, flagrant, glaring, gross, obvious, patent, pronounced, rank, striking

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.

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[Louis Foxwell]

The entire Obama presidency has been an egregious violation of intelligence and decency.

<Kagan, Obama, and the Harvard Legacy of Literary Fraud, "http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/egregious/index?tab=articles">

[Louis Foxwell]

There must be 100 details in the markup for these posts. I missed a few.
I trust today’s word will inspire raucous palavering.
Awards for everyone.
Enjoy.

[BBB333]

When Obama speaks to the Marines he egregiously calls them ‘corpse-men.’

[rarestia]

Obama himself is an egregious stain on the fabric of the American republic.

[Louis Foxwell]

The functionally illiterate Obama has routinely soiled himself with egregious malapropisms.

[Louis Foxwell]

Lest we ever forget.

[tioga]

Born a Clinton is egregious enough,
To marry the son of a crook, rough.
So run the Clinton money pool,
$65,000 for a speech, so cool.
The money train life for this cream puff.

Who is she? Please, no pictures.

[tioga]

Follow up. The egregious SIL of Hillary just lost his shirt betting his hedgefund on Greece. Heavily invested in Puerto Rico, too.

[tioga]

Off to the urologist this morning. Fun times. RME

[SoothingDave]

It's egregious, salacious and supercilious!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

[Louis Foxwell]

It's no fun without pics.

A president's daughter

[Louis Foxwell]

I trust you will have a happy issue of your affliction.

[Honorary Serb]

The outrageous Supreme Court decision last Friday represents an egregious takeover of the United States of America by the Queers—led by Kagan and Ginsburg, two “judges” who had presided over same-sex “weddings” prior to rendering this “decision”!!!!

Time to bring back the Confederacy!!!!

[Louis Foxwell]

SoothingDave; TruthShallSetYouFree - Obviously great minds find great modalities for their expression. For the both of you a twin award.

[TheGrimReaper]

I love the smell of secession in the morning.

[Louis Foxwell]

Well, citizen. This is worthy of a major award:

[Louis Foxwell]

Wrong word, right sentiment.

[tumblindice]

Eugene an’ me egregious one more case an’ we play rattlesnake catch.

[Louis Foxwell]

obtuse at best.