;Posted on 11/07/2016 5:33:24 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 11/7/16
;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".
bathos; noun
1.
a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax.
2.
insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness.
3.
triteness or triviality in style
Etymology: 1630-40; < Greek: depth
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.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
I think there will be lots of people, me included, who are very quiet about who they are voting for or actually lying about who they are voting for until they get to the voting booth. I think both sides will have secret voters,but I would bet Trump’s will be many more. And in the end I completely distrust the electronic voting machines. I bet a smart 15 year old computer genius could hack them w/ no problem. At least Stein, Johnson & even write in Bernie’s will go against her & not Trump.
I’m not sure Obama cares how he looks as long as he gets to carry off enough plunder to finance a lavish private life-I’ve read he has already secured an estate in Hawaii-those are not the cheap seats...
Hillary and Bill have always been willing to either buy off-or really off-anyone they think made them look bad-we Latinos-and Italians, too-are gentle and forgiving angels compared to the Clintons...
When it comes to Hillary, I’m reminded of a line from Barnacle Bill the Sailor that we learned as little kids from our wild uncle-
“We’ll just dig a ditch and bury the bitch, said Barnacle Bill the sailor”...
When it comes to Hillary, I’m reminded of a line from Barnacle Bill the Sailor that we learned as little kids from our wild uncle-
“We’ll just dig a ditch and bury the bitch, said Barnacle Bill the sailor”...
No apostrophe on Bernie
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