Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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macabre \muh-KAH-bruh\, adjective:

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1. Gruesome and horrifying.

2. Pertaining to or representing death, esp. its grimmer or uglier aspect.

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Those two men were of the same office though Bush, actively alive and involved in his presidency, did not resemble the B.O., who, without being exactly macabre, behaved more like an indifferent but restless, yet inept, corpse! (With apologies to Joseph Conrad, The rescue: a romance of the shallows)

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Macabre relates to the Danse Macabre, a medieval allegory, but the etymology of the word itself is subject to speculation.

Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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yaw \YAW\, verb:

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1. To move unsteadily; weave.

2. To deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.

3. (Of a vehicle) to have a motion about the vertical axis.

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I think that the B.O. is attempting to make a hard left turn with the country, not just a long, slow meandering yaw to the left!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Yaw migrates to English from the Old Norse jaga, "to drive, chase."

Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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rococo \roh-kuh-KOH\, adjective:

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1. Ornate or florid in speech, writing, or general style.

2. Pertaining to a style of painting developed simultaneously with the rococo in architecture and decoration, characterized chiefly by smallness of scale, delicacy of color, freedom of brushwork, and the selection of playful subjects as thematic material.

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1. A style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc.
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1. In the manner of, or suggested by rococo architecture, decoration, or music or the general atmosphere and spirit of the rococo.

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It was the B.O.'s rococo speeches without specifics that got him elected, but it will be his specifics that will cost him his presidency!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Rococo originates as a humorous alteration of the French rocaille, "shellwork, pebble-work", refering to the excessive use of shell designs in the style of various French monarchs.

White House defends Obama's fun time during crisis

Mon Jun 21, 2:00 pm ET
WASHINGTON – (AP) A White House spokesman says the whole country benefits when President Barack Obama takes time to go golfing and "clear his mind."

Ahhh, if only there was a mind to clear!

Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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proliferate \pruh-LIF-uh-reyt\, verb:

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1. To increase or spread at a rapid rate.

2. Biology. To grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.

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Since the B.O.'s inauguration, the population of socialists has proliferated in Washington!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Proliferate is a back-formation from the biology term proliferation, circa 1873.

Word of the Day for Monday, June 21, 2010

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heliolatry \hee-lee-OL-uh-tree\, noun:

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Worship of the sun.

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The B.O. is becoming known for his heliolatry because of his excessive golf games even on the hottest of days; I guess he has to believe in something, because it sure isn't the United States!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Heliolatry stems from the Greek helio-, "sun," and -latry, "worship."

NET 40

We don't need to try to stop the liberal freight train in 2010. It will be enough to simply derail it in 2010 with a "NET 40" mindset.

I sat with Herman Cain at a campaign fundraiser Saturday night for Jody Hice who is running for Congress in Georgia. Herman discussed with the audience that we don't need 306 million voters to pick up 100 seats. We really need to be concerned with picking up just 40 of them and that means moving only about 100,000 voters in each of these city's congressional districts. He believes that with a continued grassroots push, Conservatives (yes, I intentionally did not say Republicans) can NET 40 gain of Congressional seats in the 2010 election.

Do NOT be discouraged by what you see in the media. The "mainstream media" (which isn't really mainstream) doesn't want you to think you have a chance of influencing the election turn-out. It's part of their strategy.

Conservatives! Hear my words! We CAN take back our country by maintaining no less than a NET 40 mindset. Go move the voters in your city!

Word of the Day for Friday, June 18, 2010

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hegira \he-JAY-ruh\, noun:

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1. A journey to a more desirable or congenial place.

2. The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.

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With his popularity plummeting to new lows every day, and with the ever-increasing outrage of American public over his pathetic (non)handling of the oil spill disaster, perhaps the B.O. will take his own personal hegira back to Kenya - where he belongs!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Hegira, whether referring to the event in the history of Islam or a general sense of the word, comes from the Arabic hajara, "to depart."

Word of the Day for Thursday, June 17, 2010

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oscitant \OS-i-tuhnt\, adjective:

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1. Yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.

2. Drowsy or inattentive.

3. Dull, lazy, or negligent.

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The B.O.'s oscitant attitude toward the oil spill is unconscionable!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Oscitant derives from the Latin oscitare, "to gape or yawn."

Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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indemnity \in-DEM-ni-tee\, noun:

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1. Protection or security against damage or loss.

2. Compensation for damage or loss sustained.

3. Something paid by way of such compensation.

4. Legal exemption from penalties attaching to unconstitutional or illegal actions, granted to public officers and other persons.

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The B.O. wants to provide indemnity for all the illegal aliens that cross our borders, but he won't do the same for our citizens that are being attacked by those same illegal aliens!

Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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One of the roots of indemnity, the Middle English damnum, "loss", relates to the modern verb damn.

Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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festoon \fe-STOON\, verb:

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1. To adorn with hanging chains or strands of any material.

2. Dentistry. To reproduce natural gum patterns around the teeth or a denture.

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1. A string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.

2. A decorative representation of this, as in architectural work or on pottery.

3. A fabric suspended, draped, and bound at intervals to form graceful loops or scalloped folds.

4. Dentistry. The garlandlike area of the gums surrounding the necks of the teeth.

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Oh, the joy in that little Kenyan village on the day that the B.O. was born; they were all festooned with their native beads and traditional Kenyan garb, with the women dancing about and the men of the village holding the baby B.O. high up in air and proclaiming him "The Anointed One!"

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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A festoon is "a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points." Modern usage has expanded the definition of the verb form to mean "to fill or cover", but dictionaries tend to maintain the narrower scope. Festoon derives from the Italian feston, "decoration for a feast."

Word of the Day for Monday, June 14, 2010

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quintessential \kwin-te-SEN-shel\, adjective:

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Being the most typical manifestation of a quality or a thing.

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The B.O. is the quintessential Chicago-style politician, and I mean that in the most corrupt, degenerate, unprincipled, vile, incorrigible, wanton, and vile way!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Quintessential translates from Latin as the "fifth element", quint "fifth" and essentia "essence." The idea of the fifth element stems from Greek and medieval alchemical beliefs in the purest essence of a substance.

Word of the Day for Friday, June 11, 2010

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kowtow \KOU-TOU\, verb:

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1. To act in a subservient manner.

2. To kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China.

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1. An act of servile deference.

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Instead of acting like the President of the United States of America and the leader of the free world, the B.O. kowtows to people like the leaders of China, Russia, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, and every other second rate, third world country!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Kowtow is from the Mandarin k'o-t'ou, the custom of touching the ground with the forehead to show respect or submission, literally "knock the head."

Word of the Day for Thursday, June 10, 2010

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ruth \ROOTH\, noun:

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1. Compassion or pity for another.

2. Sorrow or misery about one's own misdeeds or flaws.

3. In the Bible, a Moabite woman who married Boaz and became an ancestor of David: the daughter-in-law of Naomi.

4. Book of the Bible bearing her name.

5. A female given name.

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The B.O.'s feigned ruth regarding the devastation of the Gulf Coast is pathetic!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Distinct from the Biblical figure, ruth is a descendent of the Middle English ruthe, from Old Norse hrygdh.

Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 8, 2010

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Occidental \ok-si-DEN-tl\, adjective:

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1. Western.

2. (Usually initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.

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1. A native or inhabitant of the Occident.

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The B.O.'s birth in Kenya was an Occidental waiting to happen!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Occidental derives from the Latin occidentem, "western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets." The word has been used in relation to Oriental.

Word of the Day for Monday, June 7, 2010

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fathom \FATH-uhm\, verb:

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1. To penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand.

2. To measure the depth of water by means of a sounding line; sound.

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1. A unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements.

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The B.O. does not fathom the fact that his popularity is about equivalent to the popularity of the broken oil well that is located about 900 fathoms beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Fathom starts its history meaning a "length of the outstretched arm" (a measure of about six feet). The verb sense comes into being approximately 1600.

Word of the Day for Friday, June 4, 2010

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Manichean \man-i-KEE-uhn\, adjective:

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1. Pertaining to a strongly dualistic worldview.

2. Of or pertaining to the Manicheans or their doctrines.

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1. An adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark.

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The B.O. is struggling with his self-imposed Manichean view of politics - on the one hand, he is a socialist-Marxist through and through in both training and experience; on the other hand, he is trying his best to stomach the political necessity of his pretending that he is also a capitalist!

Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Manichean describes the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.

Word of the Day for Thursday, June 3, 2010

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swain \SWEYN\, noun:

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1. A male admirer or lover.

2. A country lad.

3. A country gallant.

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The B.O. has surrounded himself with sycophants, toadies, and swains - all fawning over his every move and word; so, B.O., how's that great advice they're all giving you working out for your getting that oil spill contained?

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Swain evolves from swein, Old English for "servant".

Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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goad \GOHD\, verb:

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1. To prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite.
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1. A stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.

2. Anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick.

3. Something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus.

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I'll give it to the B.O., he really knows how to goad the Senators and Representatives into voting for his socialist-Marxist agenda!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Goad starts out in Old English as gad, "spearhead", and takes on a more figurative meaning as "to prod as if with a spear" in the 1600s.