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Word for the Day, FRiday, May 28, 2010 - Brobdingnagian
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Posted on 05/28/2010 5:45:53 AM PDT by tioga


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”.

Brobdingnagian

Adjective

    Immense; enormous.

[After Brobdingnag, a country in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where everything was enormous.]


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


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To: hobbes1; xsmommy

major garret just broke the story of clinton being the one to go to sestak.....and we all know how trustworthy clinton is right? this story reeks.


41 posted on 05/28/2010 7:48:56 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: tioga

The band named Brobdingnagian Bards had a tour stop at an Irish Pub in Killeen, Texas back in 2003 by the name of the Irish Dragoon.

http://www.thebards.net/shows/venues/Irish_Dragoon_Pub.shtml

Unfortunately, the pub closed in 2006.


42 posted on 05/28/2010 7:50:06 AM PDT by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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To: hobbes1

martha mccallum loves the guv too apparentlY! LOL!


43 posted on 05/28/2010 7:50:17 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Ro_Thunder

sounds like a great place!


44 posted on 05/28/2010 7:51:13 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Ro_Thunder

sounds cool. A+


45 posted on 05/28/2010 7:52:07 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: xsmommy

I saw him first! remember that.


46 posted on 05/28/2010 7:52:51 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: tioga
i think there's plenty of guv to go around! LOL!

now, any thought of Rahm in a speedo is enough to give me nightmares for a week.

47 posted on 05/28/2010 7:55:29 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NeoCaveman
"Passing The Buck Doesn’t “Plug the D#*! Hole” Sarah Palin quote of the day.
48 posted on 05/28/2010 8:00:49 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: tioga; xsmommy

Ha! the White House is throwing Slick Willy under the bus on the Sestak issue


49 posted on 05/28/2010 8:01:09 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I'd rather drink Tea than Koolaid)
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To: xsmommy

just imagine him with tickle me massa in the shower.......yikes! the mental images of this midget maniac are nightmare material. did you see the pic of him wiping a tear at the wall? and the two poor guys who got arrested for heckling him? yeah, the guy leaves them panting in his wake. LOL


50 posted on 05/28/2010 8:03:23 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I wondered why O had lunch with slick yesterday. they were getting their stories straight.


51 posted on 05/28/2010 8:06:08 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: All; y'all

Hi kids! Hope you all have a great weekend.


52 posted on 05/28/2010 8:10:59 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: hobbes1; xsmommy
the luvGuv is getting great press here...Chris Christie totally owns public school teacher
53 posted on 05/28/2010 8:13:57 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Hey, stranger!


54 posted on 05/28/2010 8:14:20 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

You are alive?


55 posted on 05/28/2010 8:15:02 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I'd rather drink Tea than Koolaid)
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To: tioga

Hi there! :D


56 posted on 05/28/2010 8:17:15 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: xsmommy

You gotta admit, that’s pretty darn good!


57 posted on 05/28/2010 8:18:12 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to...." ;)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Alive and kickin it, w00t!

Work, kids, fishing, they all suck up so much time.


58 posted on 05/28/2010 8:18:16 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

tis a brobdingnagian highlight to our day to see your smiling face in class!


59 posted on 05/28/2010 8:19:15 AM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

I’ll call the Milk company and tell them they can take your face off the side of the carton.....oh, and cancel the Amber Alert too. ;^) Nice to see ya


60 posted on 05/28/2010 8:22:04 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I'd rather drink Tea than Koolaid)
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