Posted on 11/24/2004 4:49:42 AM PST by RikaStrom
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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....
gimcrack \JIM-krak\, noun, adjective:
gimcrackery; noun
1. A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty but useless or worthless object; a gewgaw.
2. Tastelessly showy; cheap; gaudy.
The pages in the campaign paper trail released thus far give details on what the Democrats' new category of $250,000 super-donors were explicitly promised for their largess, right down to the "exclusive lapel pin" -- a gimcrack Croix de Guerre from the Democratic National Committee.
--Francis X. Clines, "Donor Is Listed as 'Buddhist Temple' in Democratic Documents," New York Times, December 28, 1996.
Etymology: The origin of gimcrack is uncertain. It is perhaps an alteration of Middle English gibecrake, a slight or flimsy ornament.
Keep me out of this ----- unless you're planning on sending me venison.
Oh, the butchery takes days just like the gear maintenance.
Truly I'll be at least a week on the project and will have to take at
least that much time off from work.
Rika will just have to support me, mores the pity.
Somebody order pizza and wake me up at noon. ;-)
do not speak to me unless you are preparing a care package for this person without a hunting license in the household.
LOL
I'll see what I can do.
LOL!!!!!!
I was actually speaking to the so-called "hunter" that decided to keep me involved in what appeared to be a personal problem!!!!
LOLOLOL!
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