;Posted on 03/07/2016 5:38:44 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday,3/7/16
;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".
donnybrook; noun
1.
an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.
Etymology: A riotous scene, esp a general and energetic brawl; brannigan: A donnybrook began when police arrested the operators
[1852+; fr the reputation of a fair held annually at the Dublin suburb of Donnybrook]
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.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Here is my example with WFTD.
Expect a DONNYBROOK in Cleveland resulting when those who will not brook the Donny as the republican nominee, contest his nomination.
No pushing at the door please!
Good morning. Still chilly here this AM, but supposed to be close to 70 deg this week.
Is the difference between a donnybrook and a dust-up the number of combatants involved?
I am not sure but just gut reaction dust up sounds like it could be relatively minor, but a donnybrook sounds like a real THROW DOWN! LOL!
Ugh. Are the repubbies expecting a Donnietrumpbrook in Cleveland as the elite try to sink their Titanic-sized ego by scuttling Trump?
Robert, if Trump doesn’t get the requisite # of delegates it is entirely proper for a contested election to ensue. it will not be UNFAIR and it will not be ILLEGAL and will not be THEFT. Those are the rules. A+++ but I will bet you $ if Trump is denied in any way, he will SUE. bc that’s what he does.
My Favorite Donnybrook of All Time was in the John Wayne movie “The Quiet Man”.
Trump’s a winner who wins. He’ll win so much that we’ll get tired of winning.
Getting to 50% +1 of the delegate should be easy.
If he doesn’t do that, then he isn’t the winner and nothing can be “stolen” from him.
This isn’t Nam, there are rules. Politics is about putting coalitions together. If one guy has 35% support, but can’t bring in a few other delegates to his side, then he isn’t the winner.
Trump is so good at making deals, though, I wouldn’t worry about it. “The winner who makes great deals, who doesn’t win enough delegates and can’t make a deal” doesn’t make a very compelling story.
LOL!
I think even pop-culture-challenged xs will get that one.
yes, I see that on all the other threads, how it’s up to Rubio and Kasich to drop out. Well, dealmakers should be able to make it worth their while, why if they are sitting there with a pile of delegates should they just get up and walk out? that’s what POLITICS is all about. it’s not a CORONATION. and OMG I will vomit if someone tries to say it’s the WILL of the people being thwarted. um, no, not if he doesn’t have the proper # of delegates it isn’t. It remains that 65% of the people’s will is NOT TRUMP.
eeks ! A+++ and yes Vast, I remember DONNIE.
we will say Please President Trump STOP WINNING and he will say NO, I cannot stop winning bc that’s what I DO, I WIN!
there’s an X next to Donnie, but I am guessing it was a pic of a brook? ; )
That’s odd. She showed up on mine, no problemo.
can you please clap for my homework sentence above, bc I am so dang proud of it and no one is applauding and I am feeling very seriously like jeb bush about now... ; )
shields?
Yes. Your computer must have Brooke shields to prevent her from appearing.
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