Word of the Day, FRiday, November 23, 2012 - Sang-froid

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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”.

Sang-froid

Noun

Coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances.

[French : sang, blood (from Old French, from Latin sanguis) + froid, cold (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *frigidus, alteration of Latin frgidus; see frigid).]

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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]

While the media raged about a massive walkout on Black Friday, one lone worker walked out of one Walmart, crushing the MSM's dreams of a huge story. My sang-froid is validated on the subject.

[tioga]

Rise and shine, the new regime demands you spend money today to boost the economy and make them look good. Dear Leader is watching.

[tioga]

Loophole? ...wouldn't THIS be a constitutional crisis....wow. Never happen, Boehner would tear up and demand a vote for Obama. I can dream, though.

[ClearCase_guy]

The young lady hoped to eventually perform in plush nightclubs, but she accepted the fact that she needed to start at the bottom, so that winter she went to a train station and simply sang froid with an open guitar case for tips.

[tioga]

groooooaaaaaannn........A++

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I’ve attempted to act with sang-froid
Though election results left me blah
I still don’t understand
What makes Barry so grand
For the morons, it’s “je ne sais quoi”

[Tucker39]

While some of his own countrymen revile him, and the heathen enemy shouts a faux victory, Bibi Netanyahu, dripping with sang froid and strong as titanium, bides his time, encourages his troops, and awaits the signal from The Lord Jehovah that it is time to destroy that enemy and avenge the blood of the Israelis who have died in the many cowardly bomb and rocket attacks upon his Nation.

[NeoCaveman]

Can’t access link from work. Odd.

[Tanniker Smith]

The suspect in Brooklyn's .22-caliber serial killer displayed his sang-froid when he took his girlfriend dancing after his last murder.

Note: Autocorrect prefers sang-forbid.

[tioga]

Awesome rhyming. A+++

[tioga]

it’s www.reagancoalition.com ...wonder why?

[tioga]

Bibi is the man! A++

[NeoCaveman]

My work firewall must be getting more strict?

[tioga]

I hadn’t seen they caught him. Good. A++

[Nuc 1.1]

Ambassador Rice was sang-froid as she told the media that her remarks about Benghazi were edited and approved by the intelligence community.

[left that other site]

I tried to eat my turkey with sang-froid in a room full of liberals.

[secret garden]

I have to shop for birthday items today since it’s the spouse’s day tomorrow and it’s been crazy busy here. We had a nice Thanksgiving here at home and off with other family, as I hope everyone else did too. Staying above the fray, keeping sang-froid about the parking situation around the mall, will be the big job today. Plus, it’s raining.

[Tanniker Smith]

I missed yesterday’s paper. I saw a headline this morning when I bought coffee.

[tioga]

Rice might have tried, but she sounded bitchy to my tin ear. A++

[tioga]

Conservatives outnumber the libs at our family gathering. And it’s always the libs who bring up the subject. They avoided it yesterday.