Posted on 01/05/2012 4:49:15 AM PST by secret garden
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".
gasconade \gas-kuh-NEYD\ , noun
Extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
verb
To boast extravagantly; bluster.
Example sentences:
The British officers laugh, because they are well armed and many, and Kemal's men are pitifully few, but they enjoy and admire Kemal's swashbuckling gasconade, and they let his party pass.
-- Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings
The papers, barely days old, were full of boastful malarkey and gasconade, but of much more evident value when it came to information about the state of things in France, and in the local area.
-- Dewey Lambdin, Troubled Waters
Etymology:
Gasconade originally referred to people who were from the Gascony region of southwest France, bordering Spain. Gascons reputedly boast and exaggerate their success, and their toponym took on a life of its own. It became common in English in the early 1700s.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Rise and shine!
It would be nice if we could do this all over the forum.
Good morning to you. :-)
Rise and shine!
Good morning and welcome to WFTD!
Thank you. I’ve lurked for ages. Hope I can get free some time to jump in soon...you seem to have a lot of fun here.
(yeah, I know we're supposed to use it in a sentence, but I just couldn't resist posting an example)
Thank you for allowing my gasconitious outburst.
};^)
Free Republic, a family, liberty, constitution loving web forum, is famous for it’s “I’d hit it” Lazamataz gasconade.
The President immediately went out and played his 420th round of golf since assuming office.
I can't believe Obama put this guy in charge of the new finance czar thingy.
Primary Season Has Begun. Time to prepare for the usual gasconade that emanates from both sides of the aisle.
Lost amidst all the bluster about the efficiency and “green-ness” of hybrid vehicles is the fact that having your tank filled with gasconade in actually getting you where you need to go...
Let's see...Gasconade....lemonade? Naw....handgrenade?..Here we go.......
Mayor Everette Belcher Fillpotts III, Master of Eructation, became gasconade after drinking spiked lemonade, required medical aid for a case of colonnade.
There’s a Gasconade River in MO. Nice canoeing stream. One of the most crooked rivers in the world.
Perfect for a President that normally talks out his ass!
Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!
Barack, inept King of the Gasconade
Tosses himself every accolade
Of the leaders before
Says he’s in the top four
Sprained his wrist while self-dousing with Gatorade
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