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Word For The Day: ILLATION
2000 MOST CHALLENGING AND OBSCURE WORDS | 8/9/17 | Norman Schur

Posted on 08/08/2017 6:38:43 PM PDT by 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".

illation [ih LAY shun]

hear it pronounced

noun

An illation is the act of inferring from data or the resulting inference or conclusion drawn.

Illation introduces a conclusion from what has gone before. Illation is an opinion based on observation.


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1 posted on 08/08/2017 6:38:43 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell
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To: Louis Foxwell; xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...

Sometimes the simplest words reveal the deepest truth. We are beset with illations widely perceived to be Fake. But are they really? If the purveyors of Fake News are basing their conclusions/opinions on what they perceive to be reasonable cause, their conclusions are valid, even if they are based on misunderstanding or distortion.
We are faced, not so much with deliberate lies as with viewpoints in fundamental conflict with our own. This is not an intellectual exercise. It is a conflict of world views.
Today’s exercise is to find illations among Democrats that are based on perceptions of reality incompatible with our own.


2 posted on 08/08/2017 6:46:11 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: Louis Foxwell
Illations are like butts.

Everyone has one and they all stink.

3 posted on 08/08/2017 7:25:37 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Louis Foxwell

ILLATION: That loving feeling you get when you’re afflicted with Munchausen syndrome.


4 posted on 08/08/2017 8:14:05 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Louis Foxwell

My illation of Illinois is that they are inundated by the illusion that they are somehow going to improve their instability.


5 posted on 08/08/2017 8:28:34 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Louis Foxwell

HA I believe they just used that same word in the unabomber series on TV tonight- they were drawing a conclusion based on his consistent use of old spelling such as ‘fulness’ instead of ‘fullness’


6 posted on 08/08/2017 9:01:37 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Louis Foxwell

Today’s democrats-socialists-communist-racist have given us an illnation illuminated only by their bias and propaganda.


7 posted on 08/08/2017 9:35:05 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

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8 posted on 08/08/2017 9:35:26 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Louis Foxwell

I usually get my illations after my libations.


9 posted on 08/08/2017 9:39:09 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

I once dated Illation’s cousin, Titillation. Chris Matthew’s thrill up his leg was nothing compared to her.


10 posted on 08/08/2017 10:30:30 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Louis Foxwell

Kim Jong Un got his job by relation
First Grandpa, then Dad, led his nation
They blackmailed the West
And learned it worked best
So he’s using that same old illation


11 posted on 08/09/2017 5:53:18 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Be careful, Kimmy. Our President is Trump, not Obama!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

How noisily graphic of you. Yes, indeed they do, all of them.


12 posted on 08/09/2017 7:02:36 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: catnipman

Rather the obverse, I perceive. A behavior based on consequences, not causes.


13 posted on 08/09/2017 7:09:53 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Quite so. They will get more of what they seek to avoid because they deny the cause of their malignancy.


14 posted on 08/09/2017 7:11:47 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: Bob434

I have noticed numerous instances of widely diverse use of our WFTD following posting. A perfect illustration of “illation.”


15 posted on 08/09/2017 7:14:08 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
It is in the nature of weltanschauungs to replicate themselves.
16 posted on 08/09/2017 7:16:35 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: left that other site

Well libate away, my precious. Your illations always create sensations.


17 posted on 08/09/2017 7:17:48 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

No doubt the addition of a tit increases sensation.


18 posted on 08/09/2017 7:18:50 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Yes. Perfect.
The wild card is the wild man, DJT. That changes everything. The fat boy will not get what his fore-bearers got from men of greater restraint and a penchant for cowardice. This time the madness will end. FREE THE NORKS.


19 posted on 08/09/2017 7:23:50 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

And i thank you for you affirmations! ;-)


20 posted on 08/09/2017 7:26:58 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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