Wednesday, September 30, 2009


Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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gaucherie \goh-shuh-REE\, noun:
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1. A socially awkward or tactless act.
2. Lack of tact; boorishness; awkwardness.
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The B.O. is the official poster boy for gaucherie!
Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Gaucherie comes from the French, from gauche, "lefthanded; awkward," from Old French, from gauchir, "to turn aside, to swerve, to walk clumsily."

Tuesday, September 29, 2009


Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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ameliorate \uh-MEEL-yuh-rayt\, transitive verb:
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1. To make better; to improve.
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intransitive verb:
1. To grow better.
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The B.O. is attempting to ameliorate the lives of those less fortunate by means of a massive redistribution of wealth!
Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Ameliorate is derived from Latin ad + meliorare, "to make better," from melior, "better."

Monday, September 28, 2009


Word of the Day for Monday, September 28, 2009
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sinuous \SIN-yoo-uhs\, adjective:
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1. Characterized by many curves or turns; winding.
2. Characterized by graceful curving movements.
3. Not direct; devious.
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When the B.O. was unable to use the direct approach for getting nationalized health care, he went for the more sinuous approach!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Sinuous is from Latin sinuĊsus, from sinus, curve.

Thursday, September 24, 2009


Word of the Day for Thursday, September 24, 2009
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assiduous \uh-SIJ-oo-uhs\, adjective:
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1. Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive.
2. Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, "assiduous labor."
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Through his assiduous study of the far left radical, socialist, and communist writers during his youth, the B.O. had prepared the best he could for his eventual accession to the President of the United States of America!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Assiduous is from Latin assiduus, "constantly sitting near; hence diligent, persistent," from assidere, "to attend to," from ad-, "towards, to" + sedere, "to sit."

Wednesday, September 23, 2009


Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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eldritch \EL-drich\, adjective:
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Strange; unearthly; weird; eerie.
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Whenever the B.O. speaks, the fringe media (a.k.a., the mainstream media) seems to have an eldritch sort of "brain cloud" that comes over them!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Eldritch perhaps derives from a Middle English word meaning "fairyland," from Middle English elf, "elf" (from Old English aelf) + riche, "kingdom" (from Old English rice).

Tuesday, September 22, 2009


Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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cognoscente \kon-yuh-SHEN-tee; kog-nuh-; -SEN-\, noun:
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A person with special knowledge of a subject; a connoisseur.
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The B.O. is a cognoscente on global climate change, global economics, global politics, global religion, and global "I'll tell you how you must live your life because I know more than you do"; yes, he is omniscient!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Cognoscente derives from the Obsolete Italian, from Latin cognoscens, cognoscent-, present participle of cognoscere, "to know."

Monday, September 21, 2009


Word of the Day for Monday, September 21, 2009
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equivocate \ih-KWIV-uh-kayt\, intransitive verb:
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To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or to avoid committing oneself to anything definite.
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The B.O. - has an M.O. - of making a show - whilst he prevaricates - and equivocates!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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To equivocate is literally to call equally one thing or the other: It comes from Medieval Latin aequivocare, from the Latin aequus, equal + vocare, to call (from Latin vox, voice).

Friday, September 18, 2009


Word of the Day for Friday, September 18, 2009
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alacrity \uh-LACK-ruh-tee\, noun:
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A cheerful or eager readiness or willingness, often manifested by brisk, lively action or promptness in response.
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The B.O.'s minions over at ACORN go about their jobs of assisting tax evaders, pimps, prostitutes, and child sex slavery traders with great alacrity!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Alacrity comes from Latin alacritas, from alacer, "lively."

Thursday, September 17, 2009


Word of the Day for Thursday, September 17, 2009

efficacious \ef-ih-KAY-shuhs\, adjective:
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Capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.
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Thus far the B.O. has not found an efficacious liberal remedy to that pesky thing called "The Truth"!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Efficacious is from Latin efficax, -acis, from efficere, "to effect, to bring about," from ex-, "out" + facere, "to do or make."

Wednesday, September 16, 2009


Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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logorrhea \law-guh-REE-uh\, noun:
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1. Pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
2. Incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility.
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The B.O. suffers from terminal logorrhea!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Logorrhea is derived from Greek logos, "word" + rhein, "to flow."

Tuesday, September 15, 2009


Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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lucubration \loo-kyoo-BRAY-shun; loo-kuh-\, noun:
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1. The act of studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
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The B.O.'s Politburo is given of lucubration during inebriation whilst penning their voluminous legislation!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Lucubration comes from Latin lucubratus, past participle of lucubrare, "to work by night, composed at night (as by candlelight)," ultimately connected with lux, "light." Hence it is related to lucent, "shining, bright," and lucid, "clear." The verb form is lucubrate.

Monday, September 14, 2009


Word of the Day for Monday, September 14, 2009
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crapulous \KRAP-yuh-lus\, adjective:
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1. Given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.
2. Suffering from or due to such excess.
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The B.O.'s toadies, minions, and sycophants continue to drink crapulous amounts of Kool-Aid!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Crapulous is from Late Latin crapulosus, from Latin crapula, from Greek kraipale, drunkenness and its consequences, nausea, sickness, and headache.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

B.O. AKA Chicken Little

Yes, I am considering now referring to the POTUS as Chicken Little.

Seems appropriate, doesn't it? He continues to issue "dire warnings" about the state of healthcare.

People around the entire country turn out at town hall meetings to protest Chicken Little's proposed government funded healthcare...which we all know he would also use to cover illegal immigrants so as to try and ensure Dems get illegal voters. Not to mention the 2 million people who marched on D.C. to protest this sheer madness.

To use his own words, Chicken Little needs to present a 'real plan' on helping our economy. We need to do things to encourage American small business creativity and ways to support those business growth efforts.

Sadly, he is still whining to the lemmings still interested in listening to Chicken Little blithering on about healthcare. Even more sad is that this may even be a ploy to keep people distracted from what could be a real cure for turning our country around (financially speaking).

We need to be encouraging small business ownership. That is not a cure-all, but it will certainly have a great impact on our GDP.

The sky is not falling. It fell. The stock market shows that. People like Chicken Little do not help in times like this. They try to keep us distracted from real solutions so they can try to maintain control over We The People.

Fortunately, We The People have been smarter than this. It is in our country's DNA. It's why we left the King across the pond, declared our independence and started this great nation. Like any family, we will have our ups and downs. But we always bounce back.

May this be the dawn of a massive insurgence of American ingenuity in the small business sector.

Friday, September 11, 2009


Word of the Day for Friday, September 11, 2009

puissant \PWISS-uhnt; PYOO-uh-suhnt; pyoo-ISS-uhnt\, adjective:
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Powerful; strong; mighty; as, a puissant prince or empire.
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The B.O., through ACORN and SEIU, is trying to build a puissant private army of his own!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Puissant is from Old French puissant, "powerful," ultimately from (assumed) Vulgar Latin potere, alteration of Latin posse, "to be able." The noun form is puissance.

Thursday, September 10, 2009


Word of the Day for Thursday, September 10, 2009
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noisome \NOY-sum\, adjective:
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1. Noxious; harmful; unwholesome.
2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting.
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The B.O. produces a noisome stink of politics!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Noisome is from Middle English noysome, from noy, "harm," short for anoy, from Old French, from anoier, "to annoy."

Wednesday, September 9, 2009


Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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malapropism \mal-uh-PROP-iz-uhm\, noun:
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An act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
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Is the use of the term B.O. a mere malapropism or a double entendre?
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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A malapropism is so called after Mrs. Malaprop, a character noted for her amusing misuse of words in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy The Rivals.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009


Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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refulgent \rih-FUL-juhnt\, adjective:
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Shining brightly; radiant; brilliant; resplendent.
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The B.O.'s once resplendent and refulgent political light is now but a flickering 3-watt night light!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Refulgent comes from the present participle of Latin refulgere, "to flash back, to shine brightly," from re-, "back" + fulgere, "to shine."

Friday, September 4, 2009


Word of the Day for Friday, September 4, 2009
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gadabout \GAD-uh-bout\, noun:
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Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.
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Don't you just love the B.O. when he goes on his world-wide apology tour gadabouts?
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Gadabout is formed from the verb gad, "to rove or go about without purpose or restlessly" (from Middle English gadden, "to hurry") + about.

Thursday, September 3, 2009


Word of the Day for Thursday, September 3, 2009
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carom \KAIR-uhm\, noun:
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1. A rebound following a collision; a glancing off.
2. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls on the table.
3. To strike and rebound; to glance.
4. To make a carom.
5. To make (an object) bounce off something; to cause to carom.
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The B.O.'s childhood anger continues to carom around in his head and manifests itself in the form of his czar appointments!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Carom derives from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambola, "a stroke at billiards."

Wednesday, September 2, 2009


Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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abecedarian \ay-bee-see-DAIR-ee-uhn\, noun:
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1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a beginner.
2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
3. Pertaining to the letters of the alphabet.
4. Arranged alphabetically.
5. Rudimentary; elementary.
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The B.O.'s attempts at running this great nation are decidedly abecedarian and with corresponding results!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Abecedarian derives from Latin abecedarius, from the first four letters of the alphabet.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009


Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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fecund \FEE-kuhnd; FEK-uhnd\, adjective:
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1. Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful; prolific.
2. Intellectually productive or inventive.
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The B.O. has a perversely fecund interpretation of the United States Constitution!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Fecund comes from Latin fecundus, "fruitful, prolific." The noun form is fecundity.