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Word For The Day - RITARDANDO
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| 10/27/2017
| Red Badger
Posted on 10/27/2017 9:25:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
ri·tar·dan·do ˌrētärˈdändō/ Music adverb & adjective adverb: ritardando; adjective: ritardando; adverb: ritard
1.(especially as a direction) with a gradual decrease of tempo.
noun noun: ritardando; plural noun: ritardandi; plural noun: ritardandos; noun: ritard; plural noun: ritards
1. a gradual decrease in tempo
2. To go slower
Origin:
Italian musical term
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Books/Literature; History; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: ritardando; wftd; word
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To: Red Badger
I experience a definite ritardando in my memory capabilities the older I get.
I told my doctor, and she diagnosed me with CRS Disease.
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posted on
10/27/2017 10:01:13 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
To: COBOL2Java
Me too!...................A++++!.................
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posted on
10/27/2017 10:03:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
Jeopardy Contestant: I’ll take Proverbs for $1000, Alex.
Trebeck: Ritardando!
Contestant: What are soon parted?
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posted on
10/27/2017 11:02:15 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Be careful, Kimmy. Our President is Trump, not Obama!)
To: Red Badger
But today’s democrats are spinning ever faster, ever more stupidly to absolute insanity! Obviously a retardornado is sucking in their brains, spewing out trash..
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posted on
10/27/2017 11:09:22 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree; Robert A. Cook, PE
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posted on
10/27/2017 11:17:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
Ritardando Davis was arrested today for dealing downers.
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posted on
10/27/2017 11:35:30 AM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: Red Badger
Suggestion for your next word of the day:
jejune
ADJECTIVE
naive, simplistic, and superficial:
“their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions”
synonyms: immature · inexperienced · naive · green ·
(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting.
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posted on
10/27/2017 11:47:00 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Rummyfan
Louis Ball was married to Ricky Ritardando.
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posted on
10/27/2017 11:47:51 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin; Red Badger
The naive and green Marine recruits earned their leathernecks at Camp Jejune.
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posted on
10/27/2017 11:58:26 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
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posted on
10/27/2017 12:00:08 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
“Ritardando”...a poem.
As a music teacher, I must affirm,
The childish giggles when I teach this term.
I explain the term, and when I’m finished,
The hilarity is somewhat diminished.
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posted on
10/27/2017 12:39:35 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
Giggle...............A+++!..............
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posted on
10/27/2017 12:42:02 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger; BenLurkin
Ah yes, fair one, but the post 27 from jeBenLurkin was a proposed Word of the Day for JeJune 30. You know, the day before JeJuly 1.
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posted on
10/27/2017 1:40:25 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Red Badger
What you name is?
Ritardando Washington
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posted on
10/30/2017 11:32:26 AM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: ViLaLuz
No, Ricky Ritardando................
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posted on
10/30/2017 11:33:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/30/2017 11:37:05 AM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
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