Word for the Day, FRiday, April 27, 2012 - Aperçu

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[tioga]

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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”.

Aperçu

1 : a brief survey or sketch : outline
2 : an immediate impression; especially : insight

Origin of APERÇU
French, from aperçu, past participle of apercevoir to perceive, from Old French aperceivre, from a- (from Latin ad-) + perceivre to perceive — more at perceive First Known Use: 1828

Rhymes with APERÇU
avenue, babassu, baby blue, ballyhoo, barbecue, billet-doux, bird's-eye view, black-and-blue, buckaroo, bugaboo, callaloo, caribou, catech... [+]more

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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.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)

Practice makes perfect.....post on....

Review Threads:

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

[tioga]

Oooohh. ((shudder)) A+++

[tioga]

Very interesting to see judges question him like this. Love it. A+++

[tioga]

Love it. Great ad. Make him look like a light weight celebrity punk...that beer OMG...hilarious.

[tioga]

A+++

[tioga]

DH was devastated. Jon Bones Jones brother from Syracuse University, Chandler Jones, was the first round pick of the Patriots, his arch enemy team, and our SIL’s team. I texted her last night and she had no idea who he was. The shame of it. The Jones brothers grew up near me, the Champ Jonny Bones lives in Ithaca now. Love the Jones Brothers.

And you are right, this added major jobs to O’s record. LOL

[tioga]

Meant to ping you too.....did you see the SU player who was a first round draft pick? Exciting.

[NeoCaveman]

This congressman's apercu is that the moochers will keep the O in office, and he approves.

[tioga]

A+++ We need a great economy, not more wealth redistribution.

[SoothingDave]

Apercu .. or just "Apu" for short.

[tioga]

The pop culture king strikes again. A+++

[count-your-change]

Another enlightened discussion from the book “Look Young Forever With Taxidermy”.

Apercu

In this survery of briefs and summeries apercu is just the French misspelling of PapercuT. What can you do with people who just won't learn English after all this time?
Course it might be TapercuP or the past pucker of the additive of aper something or................I don't know French too good.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Thanks, my dear.

[tioga]

Always entertaining. A+++

[ConorMacNessa]

And now for a pedantic interlude.

My aperçu of today's offering is that it contains a cedilla and is accordingly pronounced with a soft "c" rather than a hard one: IPA pronunciation "apɛrˈsü"



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[tioga]

A+++

[tioga]

OK, the link to the dictionary is gone and so are my two dog pics.....what the heck is wrong this morning? Aperçu

[Explorer89]

Mentioned it to you this morning, but Rep Trey Gowdy gave Ms. Sebelius (Say Bilious?) a brief aperçu of the difference between compelling interest and constitutionality. Swoonalicious. I’m sorry, Allen West, I feel like I am cheating on you....

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2012/04/26/congress-makes-fool-of-clueless-sebelius-over-free-birth-control-rule/

[SoothingDave]

And, after they see their first paychecks, hundreds of economic conservatives are born!

[SoothingDave]

So it’s an all Patrick Division semifinal in the East.

[mikrofon]

To turn that old French phrase-

Aperçu, le deludé! *