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Word for the Day, Tuesday August 28, 2012

Posted on 08/28/2012 5:08:05 AM PDT by SoothingDave

Word For The Day, August 28, 2012



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".

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-adj

1. presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud
2. exaggerated, excessive, or arrogant


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To: xsmommy

Just read the paper. Penn State says “Oh, it’s not cause of the lyrics. It’s just not something that originated here, etc.”

And, to close the circle, “Sweet Caroline” was inspired by a photo of Caroline Kennedy.


61 posted on 08/28/2012 9:31:32 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

http://triblive.com/home/2487520-74/yorty-daughter-parents-district-elementary-received-amanda-date-dates-didn#axzz24rKbE3rq

Monessen changed the start of school from yesterday to today and didn’t tell everyone. So you had parents taking their kids for their first day of school and no one was there.


62 posted on 08/28/2012 9:33:51 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

I doubt she was ever sweet. I bumped into her when we were both teenagers at a tennis tournament in Forest Hills and fat and sloppy was how I would have described her.


63 posted on 08/28/2012 9:34:02 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: SoothingDave; secret garden

Thank you, SG-I’ve never thought of Caroline Kennedy as “sweet”-maybe she was as a very small child, but what bits I’ve read/heard about her makes her seem a rude, boorish snob.


64 posted on 08/28/2012 9:40:25 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: secret garden

OK, I’m through to “Let’s kill Hitler” now. So, was there a reason why Melody/River would have been Amy’s childhood friend other than just to surprise the viewer?


65 posted on 08/28/2012 9:50:58 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: Texan5

It was written about a little girl with a pony in a photograph.


66 posted on 08/28/2012 9:53:08 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

I’m blanking on it, mainly because I did not like the River Song character at all. I can’t remember them being childhood friends. That “Hello Sweetie” was so grating.


67 posted on 08/28/2012 9:55:24 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

You could have just said “Spoilers!” ;-)


68 posted on 08/28/2012 10:01:27 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

You’re right. There was no end to how she annoyed.


69 posted on 08/28/2012 10:02:36 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

Rush would be awesome. Not sure Romney would pick him though.


70 posted on 08/28/2012 10:47:55 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

Maybe it’s Snooki with her new baby.


71 posted on 08/28/2012 10:52:38 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

So much for a masters education for the administrators. One would think they could coordinate ONE date for the start of school and make it known. Seems like the parents tried to get it right.


72 posted on 08/28/2012 10:57:11 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

With the whole war on women meme they’d be wise to have the surprise speaker be Juanita Broaddrick.


73 posted on 08/28/2012 11:22:40 AM PDT by NeoCaveman ("If I had a son he'd look like B.O.'s lunch" - Rin Tin Tin)
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To: SoothingDave

“Snooki with her new baby.”

Not likely-she’d be a better fit for the ‘rat convention-an affluent, obnoxious Julia, complete with the kid-born-out-of-wedlock...


74 posted on 08/28/2012 11:31:29 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: secret garden; SoothingDave

The River Song character was one reason I quit watching the series, but I’m not a great scifi fan-what happened to her, anyway?

I do like “Battlestar Galactica” and “Star Trek” in all its incarnations, but that is pretty much it for the scifi...


75 posted on 08/28/2012 11:40:05 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: tioga

A masters degree in education is a joke. I remember working on organic chemistry labs while my education major friends were working on bulletin boards. In fairness, I did take some graduate level education courses in grad school and trust me, they are a joke.


76 posted on 08/28/2012 11:43:29 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: Texan5; secret garden
The River Song character was one reason I quit watching the series, but I’m not a great scifi fan-what happened to her, anyway?

I don't know. I've got 6 more episodes to watch before Saturday. The penultimate one is called "the wedding of River Song."

77 posted on 08/28/2012 11:51:36 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: secret garden

LOL

Yesterday, while wine tasting, I met a NJ school administrator. I said how much I liked Chris Christie and said “this is where NY residents back away from me in fear”...LOL She said she lost her job with Christie’s changes, then got rehired. She is OK with all he has done as her state is making a comeback. Basically, she supports him. What a pleasant surprise.


78 posted on 08/28/2012 12:13:52 PM PDT by tioga
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To: SoothingDave; Hegewisch Dupa
surprised you aren't on this one, along with HD?
79 posted on 08/28/2012 1:17:47 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

well you know - giant hoo-ha’s are scary for the same basic reason babes with tiny hands are awesome


80 posted on 08/28/2012 1:31:01 PM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa (Vote for Goode, end up with evil, pat self on back repeatedly)
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