Posted on 09/07/2010 4:16:05 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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".
animadversion [an-uh-mad-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn]
-n
1. an unfavorable or censorious comment
2. the act of criticizing
[1590–1600; < L animadversiōn- (s. of animadversiō ) a heeding, censure, equiv. to animadvers ( us ) (ptp. of animadvertere to heed, censure; see animadvert) + -iōn- -ion]
Go.
go where?
Just consider it a "tramp stamp" of sorts. It leaves a mark.
Geez, about time you people woke up.
Seconding xsmommy’s comment on Obama’s aversion to animadversion, on CNN today, he was quoted as saying:
“Some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time and they’re not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dog. That’s not in my prepared remarks, but it’s true,” he told a crowd largely consisting of union members.
Soooooo, I guess it was always sweetness and light anytime anyone said anything about Bush?
That will teach me to click every link!! SNAP!
funny being 6 hours off huh?? LOL! hope last week went well for your kids. it has to be tough trying to break into a new, let alone foreign crowd like that. Do you have 3 kids?
and about his quote: everyone is acting like it’s an odd saying, to talk about someone like a dog. it’s definitely in the black vernacular, though i wouldn’t have thought exclusively so. i am very familiar with the term but they are acting like it was something weird to say on F&F.
I think his reference to being treated like a dog is fairly mainstream.
Mostly I’m surprised because he has gotten so much of a pass thus far. Like I said, you want abuse? I used to feel sorry for W, because it was 24/7 abuse, non-stop.
the double standard is HUGE, and NEVER acknowledged by the dems. W was demonized, openly mocked, and assassination was commonly joked about. This one bawls like an infant if someone frowns at him.
I'll know 0bama's had a sufficient amount of criticism when I start feeling sorry for him.
That might take a while yet.
i don’t envision ever reaching that point in the next 2 years. no way the media is capable of turning on him to the extent that he would take even one iota of the abuse W took.
I've not even finished talking about his ears.
So, do you suffer from aminoadversion if you don’t like new-wave Japanese cartoons?
that would be ANIMEadversion!
AMINOadversion would be allergic reaction to amino acids.
Basically, I think you're right.
Sounds like little Barry missed his nap and is all cranky.
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