Posted on 11/07/2013 4:33:36 AM PST by secret garden
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".
rodomontade \ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād, ˌrō-, -ˈtäd\ noun
1. bragging speech
2. vain boasting or bluster : rant
Example sentence:
For all of its jingoistic rodomontade, the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath.
Etymology:
from Italian rodomonte a boaster, from Rodomonte the name of a braggart king of Algiers in epic poems by Boiardo and Ariosto.
how to say rodomontade
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 Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Says the hairy-handed gent. ;-)
we re-watched the Third Harry Potter [prisoner of azkaban] the other day [xsteen’s fiance is ignorant of all things Harry Potter, and xsbaby is educating him by having him watch the movies] and so i was in a werewolf kinda mood.
Leaves? No, they are strictly brush and branch crunchers. We have to bag up and dispose of our own leaves. We don’t even have city provided trash pickup.
I think we get a pass on hating evil.
Unlike their usual band together and deny everything posture where they just blanket attack the messengers. A for you!
There were coupons for them in Sunday’s paper. Omigosh, those seeds are a giant pain to extract. Are they just very tart or what?
I go run the park in the cold, spot a gorgeous buck and doe just off the path, come back, and the class has gone to recess.
He must really be in love.
At least your boys are on a good run this early season ...
you don’t extract them, you eat them. excellent source of fiber. there is zero point to eating if you are extracting the seeds.
You have to get them out of the fruit to eat them. That’s what I meant.
Officiating is horrible again this year. Do you think they’ll pick your goalie for Team USA or the Quick guy? Viktor Stalberg is not only good looking. Love his style of play and his professionalism. He hasn’t whined once since his minutes were reduced when he came back from injury. He just worked hard and now it is paying off.
oh ok! yeah, that’s why the ones in the cup are expensive, bc they are a pain in the butt to extract. i grew up eating those around holidays when i was little. this is the first i saw the already extracted arils, which i guess is what the seeds are called.
Little Red Riding Hood, by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs is way better.....
Voyeur.
I Lmao.
he is, and he is being very nice to the little sister/maid of honor.
Who ran amok in Kent
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