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Word for the Day, FRiday, August 14, 2015 - Jactance
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| tioga
Posted on 08/14/2015 4:05:44 AM PDT by tioga
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”.
Jactance
Noun
Vainglorious boasting.
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
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Class is on...
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posted on
08/14/2015 4:05:44 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Gabz; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
Homework on the board, apples on my desk...Class is in session.
2
posted on
08/14/2015 4:08:00 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: All
My California clan in in house and sleeping. Tomorrow is the Family Reunion and it’s HERE. Don’t know how much I will be online today, as 50+ people will be here tomorrow. If I miss grading your homework, give yourself a grade, we’ll call it the honor system. The grade book is open.
3
posted on
08/14/2015 4:11:07 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga
Trump (D-NY) isn’t correct. It should be Trump (D-Jactance).
4
posted on
08/14/2015 4:11:42 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: tioga
The regular jactance from the likes of John Kerry about the Iran nuclear deal gives me serious pause and evokes visions of Nikita Kruschev pounding a podium in defense of soviet Russia.
5
posted on
08/14/2015 4:20:24 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: tioga
FR is a mix of jactance and sense.
6
posted on
08/14/2015 4:29:34 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: 1010RD
7
posted on
08/14/2015 4:35:22 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: rarestia
A++ sKerry has made a career out of it.
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posted on
08/14/2015 4:36:23 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: HiTech RedNeck
Obama, addressing a partisan crowd, is full of jactance.
9
posted on
08/14/2015 4:36:27 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
To: HiTech RedNeck
10
posted on
08/14/2015 4:36:48 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: nikos1121
11
posted on
08/14/2015 4:37:44 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga
President Obama’s claim to be a shoe-in for a 3rd term, if he could run, is the very epitome of jactance!
12
posted on
08/14/2015 4:43:22 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: tioga
Her server was not in compliance
Left Hillary alone with her jackstance
“They’ll never catch me
Once again, I’m scot free”
Pure hubris fermented in ignorance
13
posted on
08/14/2015 4:51:27 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Today's Civil Rights movement: Black Lives Matter--unless they are cops.)
To: nikos1121
Obama is a jantance spewing jackass.
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posted on
08/14/2015 4:52:26 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
08/14/2015 4:53:06 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: dirtboy
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posted on
08/14/2015 4:53:53 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: SES1066
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posted on
08/14/2015 4:54:21 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga
18
posted on
08/14/2015 5:54:46 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: tioga
Bill O’Reilly will invariably resort to jactance when his accomplishments go unnoticed.
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posted on
08/14/2015 5:55:31 AM PDT
by
scottiemom
(As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school)
To: tioga
Historians looking back from a distance
At our current political circumstance
Will surely see
We weren’t free
From leaders engaging in jacstance.
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posted on
08/14/2015 5:59:20 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(I am John Galt.)
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