Word For The Day, Wednesday, March 20, 2013-- exogamy

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Word For The Day, Wednesday, March 20, 2013-- exogamy  

   

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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".  

exogamy [ek-sog-uh-mee]

hear it pronounced  

noun

1. marriage outside a specific tribe or similar social unit. Compare endogamy (marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit).
2. Biology . the union of gametes of unrelated parents.

 

Origin: 1860–65; exo- + -gamy

Related forms

ex·og·a·mous [ek-sog-uh-muhs]  adjective

ex·o·gam·ic  [ek-suh-gam-ik] adjective

 

   

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.

  Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Blacks who did not vote for Obama were accused of everything from blasphemy and exogamy to Uncle Tommery.  

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Let’s go, early birds. I’m making the return trip from Texas to New Jersey this afternoon. I’ll be losing one hour and about 30 degrees.

[tioga]

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[TruthShallSetYouFree]

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

Exogamous relationships engender anthropogenic gene flow.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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Good information!

[afraidfortherepublic]

All (normal) marriages are exogamous — a man leaves his tribe and marriages a woman who is from a different tribe.
Now a 1% group of perverts want to make marriages endogomous.

[afraidfortherepublic]

marriages=marries

[secret garden]

Exogamy was one of the things that Esau did to displease the Lord. That and vowing to kill his brother. Yes, I’m knee-deep in Genesis lately.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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Interesting perspective, equating gender with tribe.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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I’m learning enough today to be on Jeopardy.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I woke up in the middle of the night to a hail storm - hope you didn’t get storms in your area!

[xsmommy]

This one makes Eeelda Solis look like an exogamous rightwinger.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Weather here is good.

[SoothingDave]

Oh, for the good old days with Hilda, huh?

[xsmommy]

Thomas Perez is a pretty horrifying individual. One of the biggest differences between them is she was dumb as a post and he’s quite smart.

[SoothingDave]

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0319/Yoga-pants-recall-hits-Lululemon-stores-video

Better double check your workout gear!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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Trying to add to the Obama legacy of selective prosecution.
We’ve already learned, from Eric Holder, that it’s okay for Blacks to intimidate Whites at the polls because there had been suppression of Black voters in the 1950s. And slavery.

[xsmommy]

don’t have any of those overpriced items. my workout garb comes from TJMaxx!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I was delighted when Mrs. Truth showed me that she had hundreds of dollars in T J Maxx bucks. It finally dawned on me that you only get those by spending thousands.