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Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - audacious
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Word of the Day ^ | 01/14/2009

Posted on 01/14/2009 5:52:31 AM PST by VRWCmember



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".

audacious • \aw-DAY-shus\ • adjective
1. daring, bold
2. insolent
3. marked by originality and verve *

* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

Example sentence:

The band has been making original and creative music for well over ten years, but their latest album is by far their most audacious to date.

Did you know?
Shakespeare used "audacious" seven times in his plays. That in itself wasn't exactly an act of bold originality. The word, which comes from the Latin root "audac-" ("bold"), had been around for decades. But the Bard was the first to use "audacious" in its "insolent" sense ("Obey, audacious traitor; kneel for grace," Henry VI Part 2), and he may have been the first to use the adverb "audaciously." "Audacious" itself was something of an innovation in the 16th century: it was one of the earliest "-acious" words in English. Subsequently, we've added lots of "-acious" adjectives to our lexicon, including "pugnacious," "loquacious," "voracious," and even, in the 19th century, "bodacious" (which is most likely a combination of "bold" and "audacious").

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.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....


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
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)


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To: xsmommy
the obams mug is on the subway farecards also.

Too bad you lack the proper (male) equipment to pay that thing the tribute it deserves.

41 posted on 01/14/2009 6:26:54 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice
so i guess they are going to disconnect the 24 hour GWB channel in order to start this crap? oh that's right, there wasn't ever a 24 hour GWB channel was there? RME
42 posted on 01/14/2009 6:28:00 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

jagoffs.


43 posted on 01/14/2009 6:33:29 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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To: xsmommy
and they are now seeking to turn scalping of tickets for the coronation a federal crime.........RME

The Senate has passed legislation that would make it a federal crime to scalp tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration.

44 posted on 01/14/2009 6:36:22 AM PST by Gabz
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To: Gabz

there is absolutely NO END to this insanity.


45 posted on 01/14/2009 6:37:16 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I have no doubt it is far worse for you in such close proximity than for most of the rest of us.

OT, since my computer crash I no longer use IE as my browser. Firefox has a built in spellchecker that puts those little red squiggly line’s under mis-spelled words (or ones not in its’ dictionary) and while I have been adding words, such as screen names from here, I absolutely love seeing that red line under 0’s name anytime it appears in one of my posts!!!!


46 posted on 01/14/2009 6:46:32 AM PST by Gabz
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To: VRWCmember

47 posted on 01/14/2009 6:57:01 AM PST by mikrofon (That's racious't!)
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To: Gabz
I have no doubt it is far worse for you in such close proximity than for most of the rest of us.

xshub and i were talking about that the other day. i don't think anyone who hasn't spent any amount of time here can realize exactly what it is like. most people can go through their daily lives, even freepers, without being aware of who the president is and what party is in power. living here, there is no escape from it. it comes into play in untold different ways.

48 posted on 01/14/2009 6:57:55 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Travis T. OJustice
have another cup! ; )
49 posted on 01/14/2009 7:07:47 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

they only have days left before the obama team gets in their faces about it....great homework as usual.


50 posted on 01/14/2009 7:09:22 AM PST by tioga (Let us unite in prayer for our country.)
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To: xsmommy; VRWCmember

They’re selling suction cup signs for your car’s rear window that say “Obama on board” in the 7-11 by my apartment. Everywhere I look there are signs and stickers that blab, “we won we won we won.” Talk about unmitigated audacity, first we should raise the voting age to 40 and second, payback is a bitch.


51 posted on 01/14/2009 7:19:46 AM PST by sig226 (1/21/12 . . . He's not my president . . . Impeach Obama . . . whatever)
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To: sig226; VRWCmember; xsmommy; Gabz
lots of audacious sniffing going on....
52 posted on 01/14/2009 7:24:10 AM PST by tioga (Let us unite in prayer for our country.)
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To: sig226

OBAMA on board?? LOL! that’s a new one on me!!


53 posted on 01/14/2009 7:25:53 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: VRWCmember
Do you like my new york accent?

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Not sure. Lemme hear yer OLD York accent.
Then maybe I kin decide. :)

54 posted on 01/14/2009 7:42:43 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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To: VRWCmember

Me likee Audacity.

55 posted on 01/14/2009 7:47:14 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: VRWCmember

Lilah and Robbie are quite a pair.

What great friends you have there. :)


56 posted on 01/14/2009 7:48:09 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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To: VRWCmember

The Audacity of Hype.
1/20/09


57 posted on 01/14/2009 7:48:52 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Why did the GOP have to go and run Wilford Brimley against Will Smith?)
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To: sig226; devolve; PhilDragoo; potlatch; y'all
They’re selling suction cup signs for your car’s
rear window that say “Obama on board” ...

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They should sell ones that say:

"Obama on Coke"!

58 posted on 01/14/2009 7:51:43 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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To: NeoCaveman; tioga
wonder if Obams could smell the Peg's interest at dinner....
59 posted on 01/14/2009 8:12:29 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga

I’ve often told women that they were screwy because they wouldn’t talk to me when I stank. Science proves me correct.

No more deodorant for me, friends, I’m a Swinger!!! :)


60 posted on 01/14/2009 8:26:11 AM PST by sig226 (1/21/12 . . . He's not my president . . . Impeach Obama . . . whatever)
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