Posted on 05/05/2016 3:28:47 AM PDT by tioga
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".
Jeremiad
Noun
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....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
It's an excuse to get drunk and party, party, party. I first encountered it in TX, although I was a native Californian and lived there the first 3 decades of my life. My understanding is that Sept. 16 (which happens to be my birthday) is the true Mexican Independence Day. What say you?
Another jeremiad — this one from Steve Deace. USA Today won’t allow posting, or excerpting.
“I hope Trumpians get what they want and choke on it”
September 16, or Dieciséis is the “real” Mexican Independence day as far as I’m concerned-my 1st husband was working on engineering jobs in Mexico a couple of times on 9-16, and once when it was on a weekend, I went down to join him-the people he was working with, both Texans and Mexicans-had a huge party with fireworks, food and lots of beer and whiskey-it was great fun...
Here is another jeremiad for the nation:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3427493/posts
Hillary’s election will mean the total feminization of our country. The complete tenor of American culture will change.
I predict the religious & traditional people will move to the smaller towns & rural areas while the cities will become havens for left-wing types, transients, or foreigners in search of tax shelter, as there will no longer be any communal loyalty.
Remember, he was the head of the Harvard Law Review.
Besides, he's the first black President.
...and he has a crease in his pants.
So he *must* be right.
...or the 1969 Orioles.../dry>
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wasn’t he a bullfrog?
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