Posted on 02/11/2014 5:05:35 AM PST by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday February, 11, 2014
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".
smithereens [smith-uh-reenz]
-n, pl
Also, "smithers"
small pieces, bits
[ 182030; dial. smithers (< ?) + Hiberno-English -een diminutive suffix (< Irish -ín ) ]
el fregadero [freh-gah-DEHR-oh]
-n
sink
El fregadero estaba lleno de platos sucios.
The sink was full of dirty dishes.
yes XS, I am famous for my hipness....honestly it’s just a band that Pandora suggested I try a while ago, and it took off from there. Had not some computer program told me I liked it back then I would have had to wait until now for some DC nee Pitt babe to clue me in on music.
So, more like hipster doofus? ;-)
Fair ‘nuf - like The Accidental Hipster.
Fair ‘nuf - like The Accidental Hipster.
i think that sounds cool! no one wants to be a premeditated hipster or a calculated hipster. accidental hipster is perfect.
i’m a little sick to my stomach after seeing that vid. to be honest i thought it was about a recovering heroin addict until i saw the vid.
I started reading Glenn Beck’s “Agenda 21” last night....where capitalism is blown to smithereens by the earth first agenda
alumni support....that’s funny!
Lol my mistake.Iris is not a Jerseyan. I read Dave wrong.
That’s what she said.
Oh I agree - those girls need to have time to adjust and spend time with him in case he doesn’t survive this. They will be so hurt if they don’t get that choice and he will be gone so they will blame their Mother. Tell her that - their relationship will suffer because they won’t feel they can trust her or will internalize and say she didn’t trust them enough
she knows. we have discussed this thoroughly. she knows she will be blamed.
Roflmao....
Chrissie Hynde has the sexiest voice ever....
Not Her.
Him.
My FiL hid his cancer until the last month of his life.
In time, they will need to be brought to the realization, that he chose to bear the burden alone.
And respect it.
See above.
Perhaps that was your experience - not sure if that was adults or children but it is well known that when a parent dies the children need someone to blame - and since that parent is gone they turn their anger toward the only parent left. It is very common, even if it doesn’t make sense to us.
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