Word for the Day, Tuesday September 14, 2010

[SoothingDave]

Word For The Day, Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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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".

irk [urk]

-vt

to irritate, annoy, or exasperate

[1300–50; ME irken to grow tired, tire < ON yrkja to work, c. OE wyrcan; see work]

[SoothingDave]

Note the derivation.

[ConorMacNessa]

I get rather irked over the work that jerk Obama is doing to disassemble our great nation.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[theDentist]

Note the derivation.

Is that akin to "Release the Kraken"?

I bet tat Liam Neeson was irked as all hell saying that line.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Perhaps it’s a personal quirk
But Our Great Leader really does irk
Me so I want to curse
He makes everything worse
His Hope and his Change just don’t work

[NicknamedBob]

Good Morning!

"Note the derivation."

Yeah. Well, if you take the smug out of smirk, you get an ug and an irk.

(No, I don't know what it means. I'm still caffeining up.)

[NeoCaveman]

This little known provision of the health care bill will more than just irk small business.

[xsmommy]

Thank God it’s finally election day in DC, they literally have set up camp across the street from my ofc and have been haranguing/IRKING passers by for close to two weeks.

[NeoCaveman]

I’m glad all the primaries are finally over.

Got to wonder about September primaries, when do you have time for a general election? We are just a couple weeks away from absentee voting starting.

[xsmommy]

[mikrofon]

Irkel

[SoothingDave]

I imagine the primary is the real deal there in DC, and the general a foregone conclusion.

[VRWCmember]

I am irked by Stupid laws that are designed to protect criminals and punish their victims and by self-neutering wimps in the GOP who assume that the liberal democrat-lite candidate is always more electable in November than a principled conservative and by overly sensitive pansies who worry about whether humor that offends their sensibilities "crosses the line".

Did you pick a word that is pretty much impossible to anagram just to irk Mik and TSSYF?

[SoothingDave]

Did you pick a word that is pretty much impossible to anagram just to irk Mik and TSSYF?

What do you mean, Rik?

[secret garden]

This administration is irking my last nerve.

[xsmommy]

Pretty much. I guess Adrian fenty is not well liked and I think they say Gray is favored for mayor.

[martin_fierro]

Aw, jeez -- Not this graphic again!

[SoothingDave]

I heard the old Gray Mayor just ain’t what she used to be.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Did you pick a word that is pretty much impossible to anagram just to irk Mik and TSSYF?

It did irk me a great deal. I was so angry, I almost choked on my morning Kir Royal.

[SoothingDave]

In France, they call it a Kir Royale with cheese.