Posted on 10/30/2015 6:01:48 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 Dayâ€.
Meretricious
Adjective
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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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
Roll Call.
>> Plausible but false or insincere; specious: made a meretricious argument. <<
That is a strange explanation. “Meretricious” has its base in “Merit.” In normal parlance, “meretricious” boils down to “having merit.”
Most peculiar.
>>If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is the value of this?<<
Buck and a half.
It is indeed meretricious. A+++
You just described every reporterette on television.
True. A++
That image Merelytricious your eyes into spasms of agony..
But seriously, look at the just absolute extreme “joy” across the faces of everybody there! They truly so hate “America” and all that it (used to) stands for that they cannot see their own haterd and failure of their policies.
They are inside Stalin’s house. And do not fear what that future represents.
We wish you a meretricious
We wish you a meretricious
We wish you a meretricious
And a Happy New Year
LOL A++++
Like a vision of hell.
The Democrat debate was a meritricious display of freebies offered the lofos by the candidates. The Republican debate was a meritricious display of bias towards the candidates by the “moderators”.
To put a smile on your faces this morning!
http://www.wimp.com/you-raise-me-up-talent-show/
Are these kids Chinese? The calligraphy does not look Korean (and neither do the faces) and there are very few Christians in Japan. They are adorable, no matter where they are from. Their performance is not meritricious — it truly has high merit.
Origin of meretricious
Latin meretrīcius, of prostitutes, from meretrīx, meretrīc-, prostitute, from merēre, to earn money; see (s)mer-2 in Indo-European roots.
Read more at http://www.yourdictionary.com/meretricious#h5aJHyQO6P0TXUkf.99
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seems to derive from prostitutes!
i loved your tweet to Ron Fournier! LOL!
Thanks. I’ll share it here:
Maybe someone will set you free. @ron_fournier: @hughhewitt I’m dressing as the Truth. Nobody will recognize me.
A++ They should let Brietbart host a debate.
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