Posted on 06/15/2009 5:30:00 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday,6/15/09
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".
gobemouche; noun
Gobe`mouche"\, n. [F.] Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person; A highly credulous naif, a very gullible person who believes everything he or she hears no matter how absurd.
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Gobemouche: French for “Obama Supporter”.
A++++ that’s a great one!
A+++ exactly!
nothing is coming to mind. Moscas are flies, come moscas would be to eat flies. does that jog anything for ya?
Must have been a Cuban idiom, as my second Spanish teacher was a Cuban attorney who had fled Castro in 1959 and settled in Selma, Alabama. My first was a tough Puerto Rican guy who had clawed his way out of poverty in the South Bronx and became a teacher for the DOD schools in England. Then there was Lupe from South Zarzamora Street in San Antonio.
Is is any wonder that my Spanish is...um...colorful at best?
Dark-sided Flycatcher Gobemouche
The Mets could have used a gobemouche to swallow up this simple infield fly on Friday. As a Yankee fan for the last 56 of my 61 years, I turned the television off in disgust while A-Rod's pop up was still in the air. It wasn't until the next morning that I learned of Luis Castillo's drop, and that two Yankees had scored to win the game. Yogi was right, as usual: It ain't over 'til it's over.
Good news!
A+++ newsweak is an EXCE#LLENT example, as they are deifying the obams.
A++ Kirsten Powers actually was level headed about things and pointed out that the pubs time in the wilderness, searching for a leader is very similar to what the dems went through in 2000, no more, no less.
You will notice he has kept his eyes on the glove - as every one is taught all the way up from kindergarten through teeball.
he looks sorta pansyish trying to catch that doesn’t he? A+++ sorry bout your team.
A++ give it to algore, he’ll eat anything.
A+ cute birdy
No--you misunderstood. The Yankees won after the Mets' Castillo dropped the ball.
honest to God, i don’t know the slightest thing about baseball and for the life of me can’t tell the NY teams apart, i beg your indulgence! LOL! i figured i had screwed it up, but couldn’t get my mind around who is who and playing for which team! if i had a gun to my head i could’nt tell you who Arod plays for. i would have a 50% chance of being wrong!
Nice day for a parade.
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