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Word For The Day, Wednesday, July 23, 2014-- potentate
Posted on 07/23/2014 5:23:13 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, July 23, 2014-- potentate
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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".
potentate [poht-n-teyt]
hear it pronounced
noun
a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.
Origin: [1350-1400: from Late Latin potentātus ruler, from Latin: rule, command, from potens powerful, from posse to be able]
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Powerful potentate Putin puts pouting, pusillanimous President in precarious position.
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
Good morning everybody. Let’s see some homework, please.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:24:02 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Obama considers himself to be the POTUS potentate of the people.
All too easy and all too much spitting in that sentence.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:28:14 AM PDT
by
HammerT
(The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
If you spike a spud with vodka, you’ll get a potentater.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:29:41 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Can anyone tell me who the head of the Muslim peace movement is?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I don’t really care what the potentate; I want to know how it was cooked.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:32:18 AM PDT
by
SAJ
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Powerful potentate Putin puts pouting, pusillanimous President in precarious position.
A prescient preeminent prediction.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:33:28 AM PDT
by
HammerT
(The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
To: HammerT
A++
When it comes to running a working economy or solving any conflicts in the world, Obama is more of an impotentate.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:33:49 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
A+
If you spike a spud with vodka, you’ll get a potentater.
Especially if the Vodka was distilled from a potato.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:35:14 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
spike a spud with vodka, you’ll get a potentater Buy a bag of spuds, a half gallon of Stoli and go on a potentoot!
To: SoothingDave
Some cute ones in there.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:38:37 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: SAJ
A+
Obama,the wannabee potentate, ate chips when Moochelle wasn’t looking.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:40:41 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: HammerT
The past predicts the future.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:41:31 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: SoothingDave; Mrs. B.S. Roberts
I don't see a problem with Richard Howard being a scuba diva.
He's probably from Chelsea or Revere Massachusetts. They do scuba divin' all da time. In fact, I seen a scuba diva in the riva lookin' fa some sunkin treazha.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:44:19 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Can anyone tell me who the head of the Muslim peace movement is?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I don't eat lemons straight,
because they have such a poten tate.
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posted on
07/23/2014 6:00:02 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Ok, I’ll bite.
nobama, in his arrogance and narcissism, thinks he is a potentate. We know much better.
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posted on
07/23/2014 6:06:43 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
To: MrB
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posted on
07/23/2014 6:24:21 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: upchuck
A++
Yes, Obama thinks he is what Putin actually is.
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posted on
07/23/2014 6:25:08 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Our
potentate is sending Pentagon "advisors" to the Ukraine. This has international incident written all over it.
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posted on
07/23/2014 7:26:51 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
To be a leader of this magnitude, one must be a potent, potent, potent, potent, potent, potent, potent, potent individual ....
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posted on
07/23/2014 7:43:04 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Con ocho Basta)
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