Posted on 08/01/2012 6:11:29 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Wednesday, 8/1/12
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".
gormless; adj.
lacking intelligence : stupid
Etymology: alteration of English dialect gaumless, from gaum attention, understanding (from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr) + -less First Known Use: 1883
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....
Here is my example with WFTD.
The gormless had the Tea Party dead and buried, . To quote Gomer Pyle, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE : )
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
No pushing at the door please!
hoping that Ti is getting a well deserved sleep in, for a change.
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The gormless response of the left to the Tea Party’s Victories is always amusing.
Obambi is gormless....and the GOPe are gruntled.
Barack’s foreign policy’s formless
“I’ll just talk” and the world will be stormless
No war and no threat
“I’m so cool; there’s no sweat”
So naïve, so corrupt, and so gormless
I read that as gorEless. Ok, same thing.
no, sweetums, but you tried ; )
A+++ they are so clueless.
Pelosis New Archbishop Warns: America Could Be Moving Toward Despotism
that they are! A+++
The new archbishop is a Prop 8 proponent, and that is a very big deal in SF! A+++
love it! A++++
gormless Gore? totally! A+++
i am full o gorm ; )
already had my chickfila today. i googled to make sure of what time they opened since breakfast was going to be my only opportunity today, and was able to go thru the drive thru at 6 am. my entire family will each be eating at least one meal there today.
I’m told that the new Archbishop is stepping into a den of lions (San Fran) and needs our prayers in support for the job ahead.
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