Posted on 04/18/2017 4:21:11 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday April 18, 2017
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".
sententious [sen-ten-shuh s]
-adj
1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims:
2. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
3. given to or using pithy sayings or maxims:
4. of the nature of a maxim; pithy.
[1400-50; late Middle English < Latin sententiōsus meaningful. See sentence, -ous]
Back to the grind, people.
Someone needs to tell the sententious “Doc” and Eddie that their beloved team is getting edged out of these play-offs. They completely ignored the Predators and their level of play in the game they called. You’d have thought there was only one team out on the ice. Chicago this, Blackhawk that. How is that crow tasting, I wonder.
Watching my (formerly?) beloved Rangers, it seems that their nickname, the Blueshirts (uniform color) is missing the “R.”
Barack, arrogant and pretentious
Occasionally waxes sententious
Spouting liberal pap
His Alinsky-ite crap
Made the left and the right more dissentious
At least you’re not bitter. ;-)
Did anyone see the Penguins game Sunday night? That was an incredible hockey game. They were down 3-1 five minutes into game. Clawed back to tie it after 2. Took the lead in the 3rd, but Columbus dug deep and tied the score with 5 mins left.
In OT, it was just ferocious. Fleury saved the game using his face. finally, a rookie got his hat trick to win the game.
Those who attempt the first definition;
By impressing us all with their erudition,
Oft, in being sententious,
End up being pretentious,
And never seem to feel any contrition! :-)
I’m watching every game I can. I love this time of year, especially when my team is still involved. Being on short term disability helps, since I can stay up late.
Because I am partial to the Caps, I was hoping Shea Weber’s team would get rid of their kryptonite, which is the Rangers team. But they are imploding on their own. C’mon Caps! Also MSG needs to go back to being the Wall of Sound and have some effect.
Our sententious Congress
Vacationing again, they egress
Better get in the game
Their excuses are lame
We want our taxes to be less.
Are you sentencingus to to the daily grind?
Why does Dan Rather,
disgraced sententious liar,
still spread his blather?
Thank you, lying Dan, for opening your yap on Sunday, just in time to support a current-events haiku using the WFTD that truly defines you.
Will the pathetic snowflakes
Be getting a job after college?
They aren’t in the real world
And have no useful knowledge
Dare to just show them reality
And they howl you are so cruel
And repeat words from Bernie
Or some other sententious fool
Cowering in their safe spaces
They all need a healthy slap-
Only a masochist will hire one
And put up with all that crap...
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