To: Rodney King
From Merriam Webster Online:
Main Entry: scar·a·mouch
Variant(s): or scar·a·mouche /'skar-&-"müsh, -"müch, -"mauch/
Function: noun
Etymology: French Scaramouche, from Italian Scaramuccia, from scaramuccia skirmish
1 capitalized : a stock character in the Italian commedia dell'arte that burlesques the Spanish don and is characterized by boastfulness and cowardliness
2 a : a cowardly buffoon b : RASCAL, SCAMP
5 posted on
08/29/2005 10:36:35 AM PDT by
savedbygrace
("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
To: savedbygrace; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; ctlpdad; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; Dashing Dasher; ...
"2 a : a cowardly buffoon...Oh my, Kerry was describing himself all along!!!
8 posted on
08/29/2005 10:39:26 AM PDT by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: savedbygrace
Main Entry: scar·a·mouch
[...]
2 a : a cowardly buffoonSounds to me like Kerry named it after himself.
25 posted on
08/29/2005 10:47:29 AM PDT by
Stultis
To: savedbygrace
I think the literal meaning of the word is probably the reason for the name of Kerry's boat -- "boastfulness and cowardliness."
38 posted on
08/29/2005 10:54:30 AM PDT by
My2Cents
("The essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth." -- Winston Churchill)
To: savedbygrace
From Merriam Webster Online:Main Entry: scar·a·mouchJohn Kerry's likeness, not doubt, accompanies the definition.
39 posted on
08/29/2005 11:00:24 AM PDT by
elbucko
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