Posted on 06/05/2015 4:54:50 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell
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".
wastrel - wey-struh l
noun
Definition:
1: a wasteful person; spendthrift; prodigal
2. an idler or vagabond
3: one who expends resources foolishly and self-indulgently : profligate
Origin of WASTREL
"spendthrift, idler," 1847, from waste (v.) + pejorative suffix -rel.
First Known Use: circa 1841
Synonyms:
fritterer, high roller, profligate, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, prodigal
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.
Wastrel is such a fine word with loads of application, especially, wasteful of valuable resources, like intelligence.
one cannot say Biden is a wastrel. He parlays imbecility into toad to the president.
This should get the (sardonic) juices dripping. Have at it.
Wastrel’s delight is to waste other people’s resources.
Checkbook in sight, wastrel’s delight.
Bills in the mail, wastrel’s wail.
That’s wastrist, you niggard!
Okay, stop that, I LOL’ed so loud the cube-mates looked around.
“Prairie-dogging” is the popular sport around here...
Dude, I'm so wastrel.
Except they are only wastrels with OPM.
“Such a wastrel!” exclaimed the Good Son.
“He used up your money, and when he was done,
He came crawling back, and probably wants more,
To throw away on gambling, or dope, or some whore!”
“Not so”, said the Father. “You have always been,
Among us, and with us, and safely within.
What is mine has been yours, and with all, you abound.
But your brother was LOST. And now he’s been found.”
The term wastrel applies to far too many Reps and Senators of either Party. And then there are the various glitterati whose fame depends upon it.
Obama’s ventures to Hollywood to collect wastrel’s spare coins and platitudes is a fine definition of life in the 21st century.
Henry Waxman gained fame as The Nostril
He's progressive, so therefore, a wastrel
But the media sings
Of the goodies he brings
A tale better left to a minstrel
You, sir, are cruzing for a bruising. How dare you criticize JoeyB when his son just died? /s
Along came the wife of a commie
A caviar chomping, champagne swigging homie
The money she spends on designer rags
Could support a colony of queen drags
She’s a wastrel who spends like a tsunami.
Guess who?
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