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Word For The Day, Thursday, January 9, 2014 – comity
dictionaries ad nauseam | 9 January 2014 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 01/09/2014 4:44:07 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".

co·mi·ty\ˈkä-mə-tē, ˈkō-\, noun
1. a: friendly social atmosphere : social harmony
b : a loose widespread community based on common social institutions
c : comity of nations
d : the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another
2. : avoidance of proselytizing members of another religious denomination

Example sentence:
When asked by a fundraiser attendee about civility in the Senate, Coburn reportedly said: “There’s no comity with Harry Reid. I think he’s an absolute asshole.”
—Erin Durkin, NY Daily News, October 28, 2013

Etymology:
Latin comitat-, comitas, from comis courteous, probably from Old Latin cosmis, from com- + -smis (akin to Sanskrit smayate he smiles). First Known Use: 1543

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
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!


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To: SoothingDave; secret garden
Sorry, sometimes I tend to overdo trying to be smart by 3.1415926 / 2π
81 posted on 01/09/2014 1:28:45 PM PST by mikrofon (It's all Greek to some...)
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To: hobbes1

I used “It’s like those French have a different word for everything” the other day, too.


82 posted on 01/09/2014 1:30:32 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: mikrofon

Now you’re just showing off, ROR!


83 posted on 01/09/2014 1:34:51 PM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: mikrofon

My new favorite hockey player to follow just joined your team. He has a pet bunny who also tweets. Zenon Konopka is hilarious. I highly recommend his and #hoppylife’s tweets.


84 posted on 01/09/2014 1:36:36 PM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: hobbes1

You think Christie is going to be amenable to rand and ted?


85 posted on 01/09/2014 2:03:20 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: hobbes1

Think you meant that for t5.


86 posted on 01/09/2014 2:04:35 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave; hobbes1

Totes adorbs how you get each other’s jokes ; )


87 posted on 01/09/2014 2:05:59 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: mikrofon

So, like 3.14159 / tau?


88 posted on 01/09/2014 2:07:04 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy; hobbes1

Maybe if you had smoked a little pot in college you would recognize a Steve Martin reference. ;-)


89 posted on 01/09/2014 2:12:09 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

My life is happy and fulfilled without altering my mind in any way. I have seen Steve Martin movies but I do not re watch movies hence don’t memorize dialogue. You two get off on it so it’s nice you have each other.


90 posted on 01/09/2014 2:38:22 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

No. They will cause problems for him.

But his stumping..wil kick the f@@king door open, for more like them, so most spats will be contrived....

The age of the milquetoast Republican, is over, and he is Sir Lancelot...


91 posted on 01/09/2014 2:41:44 PM PST by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
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To: xsmommy; hobbes1

I don’t think Christie would be amenable to Rand and Cruz-or Lee, or even Rubio, for that matter-and they likely won’t be amenable to an inappropriately rude, scolding nanny who doesn’t even follow his own rules and who appears to practice mafia politics.

Happily, Cruz and Rand have no problem opening a can of whoopass when necessary, and I doubt that Rubio or Lee would mince words either-but none of them seem to be into the godfather/Soprano thing, and Cruz seems to have better courtroom manners.


92 posted on 01/09/2014 2:43:58 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: xsmommy; SoothingDave

It’s that whole over 140 thing.


93 posted on 01/09/2014 2:44:21 PM PST by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
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To: xsmommy; SoothingDave

To be fair...I haven’t had Dave.

He checks his drinks for ruffies


94 posted on 01/09/2014 2:47:54 PM PST by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
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To: xsmommy

I watch a movie on TV now and then-a usually a comedy/romantic comedy, and always Star Trek or Pride and Prejudice. It’s Complicated, which I referenced yesterday is a recent RC with Steve Martin that was funny. The movies that are heavily advertised almost always leave me either down or finding something to watch on H2, science channel, animal planet, etc halfway through the movie...


95 posted on 01/09/2014 2:52:19 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: hobbes1

I still think Lancelot is rude and needs an ass kicking...


96 posted on 01/09/2014 2:54:48 PM PST 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

This demimonde group of WFTD certainly set a great comity of humor, a vortex of jokes that cannot be escaped.

3 days worth... sorry, i’ve been real busy in office.


97 posted on 01/09/2014 2:59:26 PM PST by theDentist (FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: hobbes1

Pounds?


98 posted on 01/09/2014 3:04:04 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

99 posted on 01/09/2014 3:27:10 PM PST by mikrofon (I tawt I taw a pi*2 Tau...)
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To: xsmommy

I was joking. This is from his comedy album. That’s when he first became famous. I was ten and not smoking pot.

I guess you were never a ten year old boy. ;-)


100 posted on 01/09/2014 3:33:53 PM PST by SoothingDave
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