Posted on 06/24/2015 4:37:25 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell
Word For The Day, Thursday, April 30, 2015-- surreptitious
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". sur·rep·ti·tious \ˌsər-əp-ˈti-shəs, ˌsə-rəp-, sə-ˌrep-\
surreptitious
Definition:
1: done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine 2: acting or doing something clandestinely : stealthy sur·rep·ti·tious·ly adverb
Part of Speech: adjective
Origin:
Middle English, from Latin surrepticius, from surreptus, past participle of surripere to snatch secretly, from sub- + rapere to seize
Related forms:
Synonyms backstairs, behind-the-scenes, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, private, privy, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, stealth, stealthy, secret, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded
That is disgusting - they should both be in trouble over treating a patient like that.
I’m sure he will do a good job but if he missed one, you would know it quickly! They stink to high heaven after a day or so!
I saw an article the other day about a trans boxer or fighter - beat the living crap out of the female. So really it was a man’s strength and muscle tone beating up a woman and folks are ok with that.
I called and the results are in, all he would do is pass on that I called for them to the appropriate people. RME
Divorced can receive now, you just need an annulment before remarriage. Boggles the mind why that is not good enough.
Hillary has tried everything
Trying to be surreptitious-
But each and every attempt
Causes us to be suspicious
Those e-mails keep leaking
Now from her private server-
Seeing that some worshippers
Might show a bit less fervor
She hasn’t got Bill’s talent
Of selling snake oil and such-
She could make plastic roses
Shrivel with only her touch...
Plumed Pen Award
I hope the exterminator gets rid of the mouse problem-they are all over out here, but I realize that is not the case in the burbs, and so it is icky. This dump had been vacant for a long time, so there were mice here-but my three cats got right to work, and the second day we moved in they had laid out several on the kitchen floor, and were very smug about it. They still murder one now and then, but it is few and far between.
Paying an exterminator for rodent control in BFE would be too expensive for just about anyone-and poison could harm pets and livestock-cats are cheaper, and they make good companions. We also use traps, but you have to set those away from kids, pets and livestock, too...
I get that some people are allergic to cats or dogs, but I don’t understand actually hating any pet animal-was someone attacked by a cat?
Looks like Southerners will have to display their culture in a surreptitious manner:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3303747/posts
You know the happiest guy on the dais is 3rd place. I mean I could have been left out. Thank you.
Everyone has a place on this dais. None are left out.
Thank you!
hate was probably too strong a word. my family growing up did not have cats, my mother didn’t like them, so I was not socialized to them. Have no antipathy, but basically they are completely foreign to me, so I guess you could say the same for my kids. I grew up with dogs and have always loved them, and so my kids are the same way. xshub was not socialized to dogs, and was bitten on several occasions as an adult, so he was not a fan, but he loves our dogs and has, on the whole, come around. he did have socialization to cats, but developed an allergy as an adult. It’s rather severe and he has had to go to the ER once for it. Even being in close proximity to someone who owns a cat, but the cat is not present, can have him wheezing and his eyes filling.
Not being socialized to a species of pet I do understand. I was brought up with both cats and dogs-neutered ones, mostly-that spent most of their time indoors, and there were a few feral cats living in the barn that we fed-they kept down rodents and snakes there, just like our pet cats did in the house.
We did not have small dogs-I think some are cute and sweet, but I’m not inclined to own one-our dogs were the large working/guard breeds-German Shepherd and Chow-to guard us kids, livestock, and accompany us wandering around the ranch, and they were very efficient at that.
My 1st husband also grew up in the country with cats and big dogs, too-so we had a German Shepherd for a companion/pet that guarded the cub from the time she was little. We had neutered indoor cats, but we never had a small dog-neither he nor I had much experience with them. MrT5 always had big dogs-but he and his 1st wife had a Poodle that he was very fond of.
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