Posted on 07/01/2002 6:58:03 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of 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....
claque \KLACK\, noun:
claques; plural
1. A group hired to applaud at a performance.
2. A group of fawning admirers.
He cultivated the "Georgetown set" of leading journalists and columnists and had them cheering for him as if he had hired a claque.
--Theodore Draper, "Little Heinz And Big Henry," New York Times, September 6, 1992
Etymology: French, from claquer to clap, of imitative origin. Date: 1864
The PC Crowd and the cheering claque that makes up most of the media and virtually all of academia is starting to go a bit too far. The final straw may not even be the removal of "under God" from our Pledge of Allegiance, but the removal of any and every phrase, reference, or nickname that someone, somewhere, might find offensive.
We have lived through Indian Native American nicknames such as The Stanford Indians and The St. John's Redmen being replaced by The Cardinal and The Red Storm. Apparently colors are less offensive than references to the original inhabitants of this nation. Unless, of course, the color involved is black. We have seen a complete cycle from "colored people" to "Blacks" to "African Americans" to "Afro-Americans" and now back to "people of color."
And after short people became "vertically challenged" and blind people became "visually challenged" and dumb people became "academically challenged," the PC mavens that comprise the moronic mafiosa of mediocrity have determined that "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" might be offensive to, well, hunchbacks. Well, I say Hugo your way and I'll go mine. I'm not quite ready for the football team to go from "The Fighting Irish" to "The Gentle Gaelics."
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I refuse to bow to this PC bullsh*t. I have always called it "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and I will continue to do so. Just let on of those PC freaks try to correct me on that title.
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I have, unfortunately, managed to come up with apodictic proof of the non-existence of God:
Rosemary Clooney is dead. Hillary Clinton is still alive. Therefore, ipso fatso, there is no God.
regards
Two rednecks, Bubba and Earl, were driving down the road drinking a couple of bottles of Bud. The passenger, Bubba, said, "Lookey thar up ahead, Earl, it's a po-lice roadblock! We're gonna get busted fer drinkin' these here beers!!"
"Don't worry, Bubba," Earl said. "We'll just pull over and finish drinkin' these beers, peel off the label and stick it on our foreheads, and throw the bottles under the seat."
"What fer?" asked Bubba.
"Just let me do the talkin', OK?" said Earl.
Well, they finished their beers, threw the empty bottles under the seat, and each put a label on their forehead.When they reached the roadblock, the sheriff said, "You boys been drinkin'?"
... "No sir," Earl said. "We're on the patch."
I have a hunch that you will work out the connection and get back to us with a ringing good effort. I look forward to the result.
regards
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