;Posted on 02/03/2014 4:57:40 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 2/3/14
;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".
moribund; adj.
1. in a dying state; near death. 2. on the verge of extinction or termination. 3. not progressing or advancing; stagnant: a moribund political party.
Etymology: 1721, "about to die," from Fr. moribund (16c.), from L. moribundus "dying," from mori "to die" (see mortal). Fig. sense of "near an end" is from 1837.
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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Comment Section:
if it were colder here that’s what we would have had bc it has been raining hard and steady. Yes, good you have time to make it to the airport.
I like the Red Hot Chili Peppers - or at least some of their songs - but they just looked old and badly dressed after Bruno Mars
But they had an awful lot of energy, and it was some good jammin’
That sounds like something we girls instinctively know how to do
Exactly. He’s a music snob. He likes what we call Schnitzel music, Radda-Radda, from the cartoon Chowder(which is hilarious BTW).
Did you see Bruno when he was on SNL? He did a sketch where the servers at Pandora were broken so he was singing everyone’s songs. He really is talented.
I think the old school R&B was a good choice. Unites black and white. But i get the feeling he could have done a show in any number of genres and pulled it off.
what is the music called, in common parlance? LOL!
If there was any doubt that global warming is a crock-you said it was 39 in the early AM where you are-it was 28 here at 6AM, and it is only 36 now, with drizzle now and then...
I saw some little snippets
Of O’Reilly interviewing Obama-
It was just more of the same-
Lots of hype, lying and drama
Though the artful dodger has
His Chicago mob to bring fear
To every weakling politician
He has a moribund career-
Once he’s out, maybe he will
Run for governor of a state
Not Illinois, but sunny Hawaii-
Liberal, and the weather is great...
ROR! perfect!
A+++ just want him GONE! that is pretty dang weird that you are that much colder than us!
I did see that skit. Actually, he was a fun host all together; he really made me like him. And I think you nailed it with the R&B. My only complaint on the halftime show, and it was a minor complaint, I think it really was the best show they have had in a while, was that it seems odd to end with the slowest song. I thought they should have ended it with the raw energy of the RHCP, leaving the image of everyone on stage hopping up and down. But based on what i have been reading here and rest of FR, looks like I’m in the minority on that.
He likes the screaming stuff, with some ska(easier to listen to), and I can’t bring myself to listen to most of it to be able to describe it. I like most kinds of music, except rap which I don’t think is music anyway. I’m sure he would love to lecture me on what styles he likes and what they are all called but life is too short. ;)
yes, the contrast was not a good one.
And starting with a drum solo? Who does that?
First grifter barged in on puppy bowl? Why?
i read on twitter that he is from a drumming family.
it was very odd, i admit, but it worked for me. Probably just because it was so odd, to be honest.
Thank you!
I want to see more of the young see what he really is first-like Nixon with my generation-they are seeing that they got fooled again-apologies to the Who...
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