Word for the Day, FRiday, May 25, 2012 - Afflatus

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[tioga]

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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”.

Afflatus

Noun

A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration.

[Latin affltus, from past participle of afflre, to breathe on : ad-, ad- + flre, to blow; see bhl- in Indo-European roots.]

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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

[tioga]

The Obama team's afflatus about their candidate's dwindling popularity is racism. A smoke screen of self-delusion

[tioga]

Get to work, 164 days until we vote Obama out of office. Get busy!

[hobbes1]

See Daddy THERE IT IS!!! 666!

From Lucianne.com this morning.

[tioga]

Kid will go far. A+++

[MrB]

If you don’t want to experience afflatus,
don’t pass gas near an open flame...

[MrB]

Mine is a bit more subtle...

“Mister President? What does 9... 9... 9... mean?”

[ConorMacNessa]

The afflatus of a great statesman like the late President Ronald W. Reagan stands in stark contrast to the efflatus of a hack politician like the Narcissist-in-Chief!





Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[tioga]

Ha, ha. A++

[luvbach1]

I prefer afflatus to flatulence.

[tioga]

Yeah, they follow different leaders. A++

[NeoCaveman]

Fat Pantload wants us to quit mocking the afflatus he had over the One's speech.

[SoothingDave]

http://www.lyricstime.com/team-america-world-police-soundtrack-pearl-harbor-sucked-lyrics.html

“I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school”

[Cowman]

Afflatus: What every dictator, Communist and genocidal mass murderer has wanted since 1776

[mikrofon]

Barry thought that he had an afflatus:
“I’ll apologize, then they won’t hate us!”
So before every king
He would bow, kiss their ring,
But that simply served just to degrade us...

[NeoCaveman]

Frank: It’s the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day.
Jane: Goodyear?
Frank: No, the worst.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095705/quotes

[tioga]

Then the FPL shouldn’t have said it. A+++

[tioga]

A++ We are not so easily defeated.

[NeoCaveman]

And it is something he’ll never live down.

[tioga]

The clueless wonder will be a one-term wonder soon. A+++

[Cowman]

Then the FPL shouldn’t have said it

At least I'm not the only one who hears the voice of my Flexor pollicis longus.