Posted on 09/12/2011 4:26:19 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 9/12/11
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".
beguile; verb
verb (used with object), -guiled, -guil·ing. 1. to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude. 2. to take away from by cheating or deceiving (usually followed by of ): to be beguiled of money. 3. to charm or divert: a multitude of attractions to beguile the tourist. 4. to pass (time) pleasantly: beguiling the long afternoon with a good book.
Etymology: [Word History/Etymology]
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
:D
one has to keep on keeping on until there is no more to keep on for.
Bachmann piling on with the Ponzi scheme criticism is a low for her. So sad.
One can recognize SS as the fraud that it is without necessarily being hostile to the elderly. She sees her campaign falling apart and decides to play the “they want to throw granny in the street” card.
And T-paw endorses Romney? What up with that?
Prez Puppet,who so charmingly beguiled his way into the top spot in politics, is beguiling his way out. Even his staunches supporters seem to realize that the “rock star” (his words, not mine)pup, errr, Prez has taken them for a ride. Beguiling, snobbish ways aside, he has not done what he said he would and then there is the double negative vice at his side...
w!tch.
I hate that Chase commercial ; )
Irish gypsies are travelers here in the states.
Like every other failed candidate, he can deny it, but he’s running for veep or cabinet position.
she has? that’s not good.
i have no idea what commercial you are referring to?
RRRROOOOOOOAAaaaaarrrrrr!
isn’t the VP supposed to be the attack dog? T-Paw is not even capable of a growl, let alone attacking. Marco Rubio is more the candidate for VP that I would want.
The two cupcakes created by executive pastry chef Tiffany MacIsaac are the “Dorris Dayngerous,” a pink chiffon cake with raspberry jam and lemon buttercream, and the “Whiskey Houston,” a Johnny Walker-brown sugar cake with an Buffalo Trace-apple butter and a Jameson-vanilla buttercream. The two tough cupcakes are $4 each. Get ‘em while their hot and support your gals on roller skates
we saw Mary Katherine Hamm at this bakery yesterday! i know it was her bc i tweeted her asking and she replied that i should've said hi : )
That's incredibly cool.
it WAS! xsgirls and i were sitting outside with our lattes and xsteen said to me, i KNOW that’s MKhamm! and i only saw her and her hub from the back, but i wanted to be sure it had been them so i tweeted asking if they had just been to Buzz bakery. she’s really cute.
OMG OMG OMG OMG, i just saw that OV and Slapshot are going to be doing a skills demo at ST james in Falls Church today! i have no remaining nexus to the school or i would be there for it! am wondering which present St James parent has the stroke to pull this off!
This insipid bit.
(song not commercial, it uses the refrain)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SkCpQzfzK0
never heard it in my life. eeks.
The difference is that the stock market has actually gone somewhere to begin with. Caruso had nowhere from which to plunge.
First you're channeling dire straits with "$ for nothing", and now its The Who?
Battle of the Blades is doing a tribute to Wade Belak.
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