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Word For The Day, Wednesday, November 13, 2013-- deleterious
Posted on 11/13/2013 5:25:51 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, November 13, 2013-- deleterious
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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".
deleterious [del-i-teer-ee-uh s]
hear it pronounced
adjective
1. injurious to health: deleterious gases.
2. harmful; injurious: deleterious influences.
Origin: 163545; < Greek dēlētḗrios destructive, adj. derivative of dēlētḗr destroyer, equivalent to dēlē- variant stem of dēleîsthai to hurt, injure + -tēr agent suffix + -ios adj. suffix; see -ious
Related forms
deleteriously, adverb
deleteriousness, noun
nondeleterious, adjective
nondeleteriously, adverb
nondeleteriousness, noun
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For todays lesson, I looked up the word deleterious, and the dictionary said, see Obamacare.
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:26:50 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Lucifercare is deleterious to my health.
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:27:50 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:29:40 AM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
To: knarf
A++
You're Number One.
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:36:04 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:36:04 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: hobbes1
Good morning to you.
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:36:41 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: hobbes1
Thank you for saving me from being number two. ROR!
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:37:23 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
A+++
Maybe, when this ridiculous policy ends, I can get a bank statement that says something other than: "You have earned 39 cents this quarter." Pity it costs them a 46 cent stamp to tell me that.
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:38:51 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
The Kenyan usurper’s reign of terror has been most deleterious to my mental health.
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:38:55 AM PST
by
Marathoner
(AMERICA: Founded by geniuses, usurped by idiots)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Nearly everything the obama administration does is deleterious to America, and the defeat of Ken Cuccinelli is deleterious to both Virginia and our entire nation!!!!
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:41:06 AM PST
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Deleterious is a good word,
but I liked Jefferson’s word for describing great cities:
PESTILENTIAL.
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:42:39 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
It’s o.k. To be number 2, as long as you don’t step in it!
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:44:16 AM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
To: MrB
Pestilentil is when bugs get into your beans.
To: secret garden
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:44:56 AM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
To: SoothingDave
I thought that was crabs....
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:47:03 AM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
To: SoothingDave
Not even the word of the day,
and you’re making puns on the “alternate”...
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:48:57 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Marathoner
A++
His remaining positive approval rating includes primarily the freeloaders and the socialists. Most of the rest of us had him figured out from Day One.
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:50:04 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: Honorary Serb
A+++
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. But it ain’t McAwful.
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:51:14 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: MrB
A++
PESTILENTIAL.
An excellent rhyming description of our fearless leader's leadership skills.
(Note to Barry--you're supposed to be PRESIDENTIAL.)
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posted on
11/13/2013 5:53:38 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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