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Word for the Day, Monday, June 23, 2014-- jettison
6/23/14 | xs

Posted on 06/23/2014 5:06:08 AM PDT by xsmommy

Word For The Day, Monday, 6/23/14

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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".

JETTISON; verb (used with object) 1. to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency. 2. to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard. 3. Cards. to discard (an unwanted card or cards). noun 4. the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it. 5. jetsam.

Etymology: 1375–1425; late Middle English jetteson < Anglo-French; Old French getaison ≪ Latin jactātiōn- (stem of jactātiō ) jactation

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
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....




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To: xsmommy
really? even after Cantor’s defeat? A+++

More like because of the Cantor defeat. You knock out the #2, the #1 consolidates power.

41 posted on 06/23/2014 7:37:17 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: NeoCaveman

Despite a message that wishy washy won’t fly? did they get that message?


42 posted on 06/23/2014 7:41:07 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

we celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary yesterday, by going to dinner. xsteen and the affianced hosted her sibs for dinner, it was cute.


43 posted on 06/23/2014 7:42:20 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
did they get that message?

Do they ever? in the DC bubble? LOL.

On the bright side McCarthy is making some conservative noises abut killing the ExIm Bank.

44 posted on 06/23/2014 7:43:46 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: NeoCaveman

saw that.


45 posted on 06/23/2014 7:44:41 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Lose stuff or tear the house apart looking for it only to find it where you’ve overlooked it several times? I felt such relief when it was found. I had halfway made a sweater for my daughter, then put it aside and now she’s a couple of years older and another size so I ripped it all out yesterday while watching soccer and have started a new one.


46 posted on 06/23/2014 7:52:53 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

both.


47 posted on 06/23/2014 7:53:57 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Drew Doughty has not jettisoned his beard yet. Babe alert.
48 posted on 06/23/2014 7:57:17 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy

Oops, I don’t know how to crop twitter shots. I would have cut the other guy out completely and just had Drew’s smile.


49 posted on 06/23/2014 7:59:55 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy

It is time to jettison the gov’t in DC and re-establish the Republic given to us by the Founders.


50 posted on 06/23/2014 8:05:21 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: secret garden

You mean you would have jettisoned the other guy.


51 posted on 06/23/2014 8:07:39 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I hear that. However, my kids have very little contact with mom. None of them live near her, and they rarely talk with her. She has no desire or capability to help them out in any way, especially financially and emotionally. They pretty much think of her as a soulless thief. She took all the savings bonds that she was supposed to hold on to for their education and cashed them in years ago, well over a thousand bucks each of 4 kids, which in Massachusetts where she now lives is 4 counts of grand larceny which carries a 5 to 20 year sentence for each count.

They’d have a lot less contact with her if she were in jail where she belongs. LOL


52 posted on 06/23/2014 8:09:17 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: xsmommy

Happy anniversary! That was sweet of them to have a dinner for you!


53 posted on 06/23/2014 8:09:51 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: Jack Hydrazine

LOL! Personally, I would jettison Elroy from the vehicle – he was really annoying…

(The theme is my cell phone ringtone ;)


54 posted on 06/23/2014 8:11:53 AM PDT by mikrofon (Go USA! Bump)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

That is very sad - Yours is a more serious issue than some.


55 posted on 06/23/2014 8:14:10 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: Travis T. OJustice

I am so sorry for your kids. I can’t imagine a mother doing that but know it happens anyway.


56 posted on 06/23/2014 8:18:15 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

no, they hosted her sibs for dinner, we went out on our own. it was very nice for them to spend time together.


57 posted on 06/23/2014 8:18:55 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: mikrofon

A+++ how funny that’s your ringtone! LOL!


58 posted on 06/23/2014 8:19:24 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

hear, hear. A+++


59 posted on 06/23/2014 8:19:51 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden

which one is which? I don’t really know many western conf teams. Must not have been a foxy Friday! LOL!


60 posted on 06/23/2014 8:20:44 AM PDT by xsmommy
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