;Posted on 04/16/2012 4:40:14 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 4/16/12
;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".
1. of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount. 2. petty, carping, or prejudiced: I didn't want to seem picayune by criticizing. noun 3. (formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real. 4. any small coin, as a five-cent piece. 5. Informal . an insignificant person or thing.
Etymology: 1780–90; < Provençal picaioun small copper coin (compare French picaillons ), derivative of an onomatopoetic base *pikk- beat, here referring to the coining of coppers
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....
I suppose I could’ve, but I was intent on making the snooty comparison...
I don’t understand why people are upset bacause Hilklary partied-it is probably the most fun she has had in years. And I bet she is dsecretly laughing at the idiot in chief over the SS debacle, too-she will not forget being thrown under the bus by Obama and his operatives in 2008 anytime soon.
Swillary hates the SS and O, must have been a celebratory occasion on 2 fronts.
Yes
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