;Posted on 07/30/2012 4:42:12 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 7/30/12
;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".
footle; noun/verb
1. nonsense; foolishness; silliness. 2. to act or talk in a foolish or silly way.
Etymology: "to trifle," 1892, from dial. footer "to trifle," footy "mean, paltry" (1752), probably from Fr. se foutre "to care nothing," from O.Fr. foutre "to fuck," from L. futuere, originally "to strike, thrust" (cf. confute). But O.E.D. derives the Eng. dial. words from foughty (1600), from Du. vochtig or Dan
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Joe Biden speaks nonsense and footle
Fails every attempt to be subtle
Obnoxious and crass
He’s the world’s biggest ass
No denying nor grounds for re-buttal
The London Olympics Opening Ceremony was mainly a whole bunch of footle, laced with leftist propaganda. Even communist China put less leftist propaganda in their Olympics Opening Ceremony than did the U.K.!!!!
Where I come from, we call “footle” foofarar or foofaraw, which are two variants of a good Cowboy word!!!!
What about the Diet Dew?
Supposedly that is relevant because the University of Colorado mail service failed to deliver a package to their psychiatrist in a timely manner (IOW, before the shootings) and they are trying to cover their behinds to avoid being sued for negligence.
I have found the TSA agents to be efficient and courteous in Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Fresno — although they confiscated my husband’s favorite pocket knife in Fresno last year. She did take a second whack at the back of my leg (for no reason except that I had a wrinkle in my jeans) in San Francisco. And Milwaukee made me remove my cross, or turn it around to hang down my back.
A++++ excellent!
A+++ didn’t see more than a minute of Olympic coverage and the minute i did see was the end of the USA=France men’s basketball game yesterday AM and the attendant HUGS of the entire team by Michelle the OBams. made me HURL.
That’s fine, as is Fresca, but i will always opt for iced tea with splenda, iced water, or the flavored club soda instead of diet soda.
so inflating her own boobs and prescibing herself meds excuses their negligence? hahaha!
I noticed the women’s volleyball teams hug after every play. Men don’t do that.
SG, i wanted to ask if during your visit you saw any Obama propaganda? xsteen had occasion to ride the subway this past weekend and said they had obamabots out registering voters at the Ballston metro stop wearing their Obamabot tshirts, and that there were billboards/signs in all the subway stations declaring Mitt Romney TOO EXTREME for VIRGINIA, bc he advocated overturing Roe v. Wade. She said the signs were everywhere, and that was the only issue that was featured.
SG, i wanted to ask if during your visit you saw any Obama propaganda? xsteen had occasion to ride the subway this past weekend and said they had obamabots out registering voters at the Ballston metro stop wearing their Obamabot tshirts, and that there were billboards/signs in all the subway stations declaring Mitt Romney TOO EXTREME for VIRGINIA, bc he advocated overturing Roe v. Wade. She said the signs were everywhere, and that was the only issue that was featured.
We parked right in front of the Republican HQ of Nassau Co. in Ferdandina Beatch one day, and xsbaby was all set to go in and tell them she was one of their counterparts from Fairfax CO VA, but they had moved and there were only workman inside.
I did twice last week. The grilled chicken sandwich there is quite tasty.
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[xs]momma said there’d be days like this, there’d be days like this, [xs]momma said...
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u r so cute/clever ; ) A+++
We didn’t see a single political sign or person soliciting anywhere on or near Metro. We did see some anti-frackers, complete with signs, frizzy, unkempt hair, and Birks on Sat. pm, coming back from a protest somewhere. We were pleasantly surprised at how clean it was and how helpful everyone was.
Ew, yeccchhh!!!!
Wait, you missed Jordan Larson, and Destiny Hooker putting the beat down on South Korea?
Footle
I think it means something you step on like handle means something you pick up or hold. Makes sense, those French mushrooms called trifles being under foot in the ground.
not interested. not watching.
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