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WORD FOR THE DAY: WASTREL
Posted on 06/05/2015 4:54:50 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell
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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
hear it pronounced
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
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Poetry; Reference
KEYWORDS: wastrel; word; wordfortheday
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OK. So WORD did not show up on my list of TOPICS today. I have been too clever by half and included some topics that seemed on target. Maybe it will get fixed.
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.
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
This should get the (sardonic) juices dripping. Have at it.
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posted on
06/05/2015 5:00:25 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: Louis Foxwell
Wastrel’s delight is to waste other people’s resources.
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posted on
06/05/2015 5:01:03 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Louis Foxwell
Checkbook in sight, wastrel’s delight.
Bills in the mail, wastrel’s wail.
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posted on
06/05/2015 5:02:32 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: Old Sarge
That’s wastrist, you niggard!
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posted on
06/05/2015 5:06:51 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Genoa
Okay, stop that, I LOL’ed so loud the cube-mates looked around.
“Prairie-dogging” is the popular sport around here...
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posted on
06/05/2015 5:08:04 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: Louis Foxwell
Dude, I'm so wastrel.
To: Louis Foxwell
Wastrel: A synonym for Democrat.
To: WorkingClassFilth
Except they are only wastrels with OPM.
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posted on
06/05/2015 5:19:54 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Louis Foxwell
“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.”
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posted on
06/05/2015 5:22:35 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Louis Foxwell
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.
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posted on
06/05/2015 5:32:36 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: Louis Foxwell
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
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posted on
06/05/2015 6:22:01 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Today's Civil Rights movement: Black Lives Matter--unless they are cops.)
To: Louis Foxwell
You, sir, are cruzing for a bruising. How dare you criticize JoeyB when his son just died? /s
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posted on
06/05/2015 6:42:44 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: Louis Foxwell
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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posted on
06/05/2015 7:00:22 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: Genoa
Way too much fun today. Just cleared the decks a bit to make some awards.
First Place
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:35:22 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
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To: Old Sarge
Really nice.
Second place
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:36:02 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
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To: Genoa
obtuse and ribald. Magnificent!
Pearls of Wisdom Award:
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:38:33 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
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To: SoothingDave
Captain Obvious Award
and
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:39:19 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
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To: WorkingClassFilth
Yep. Another Capt Obvious. You get an honorable mention
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:40:38 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
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To: left that other site
Outstanding, as usual.
Plumed Pen Award
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posted on
06/05/2015 7:42:35 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
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