Word for the Day, Monday, June 11, 2012--faineant

6/11/12 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Monday, 6/11/12

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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".

faineant; adj.Howjoosaythat?

idle; indolent.

Etymology:1610s (n.), from Fr. fainéant (16c.) do-nothing, from fait, third person singular present tense of faire + néant nothing (cf. dolce far niente). As an adj., from 1855.

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....

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[xsmommy]

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

Are the Dems waking up to the incompetence of the faineant community organizer they put in office 4 years ago?

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

[xsmommy]

Morning to yinz all.

[left that other site]

Considering the damage that obama has done already, it would probably have been better if he had been merely a faineant occupier of the oval office for his first (and only!) term.

[xsmommy]

yes, he did manage to inflict a lot of damage, sandwiched in around his golf games and various vacations. A+++

[NicknamedBob]

"Considering the damage that obama has done already, it would probably have been better if he had been merely a faineant occupier of the oval office for his first (and only!) term."

It sounds as though he is, suitably, being damned with faineant praise.

[xsmommy]

I think it’s feigned. A+++

[left that other site]

LOL! I love puns.

[left that other site]

LOL!

[SoothingDave]

My favorite bargain brand pop is Faigeaut.

[SoothingDave]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57450140/john-bryson-u.s-commerce-secretary-investigated-in-felony-hit-and-run-in-calif/

Commerce secretary in hit-and-run! Focused on jobs, I’m sure.

[MrB]

I believe it was Peggy Noonan, of all people, who said

“why is 0bama running for president when he could be president right now?”

[left that other site]

I love it when they eat their own. hahaha

[ConorMacNessa]

The Narcissist-in-Chief is:

1. Un homme faineant,
2. A Toom Tabard,
3. An Emperor with no clothes, or
4. All of the above.



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

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)

[xsmommy]

4! A+++ good job!

[blueunicorn6]

My car was running rough at stop lights, so I had the mechanic adjust the faineant.

[mikrofon]

Etymology:1610s (n.), from Fr. fainéant (16c.) do-nothing, from fait, third person singular present tense of faire + néant nothing

The word seems to imply more than just being lazy...

[xsmommy]

LMAO!!! A++++

[hobbes1]

There seems to be an Echo on the Interwebz

[afraidfortherepublic]

Once xsmommy linked faineant with obama, I can think of no other use for the word. Faineant is the perfect description for the poseur. Nicolas and Carla probably called him faineant behind his back.

[afraidfortherepublic]

So friendless are the Obamas that they can't even get a decent, reliable surrogate out on the stump, and are reduced to ineffective third-raters like David Axelrod, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Joe Biden.