Word of the Day for Friday, November 18, 2011
omnibus \OM-nuh-buhs\, noun:
1. A volume of reprinted works of a single author or of works related in interest or theme.
2. A bus.
adjective:
1. Pertaining to, including, or dealing with numerous objects or items at once.
The B.O.'s dream omnibus bill would include such things as government run industries (General Motors is a good start, but only a start), government run health care (oops, we already have that), unlimited presidential authority (kinda have that with his Executive Orders), no term limits for democrats only (gerrymander, baby), one term limit for non-democrats, president for life authority given only to him, and maybe some good old-fashioned Martial law thrown in to get those pesky conservatives in line (that community organizer experience will come in handy here; get those OWS people riled up and swoop in with Martial law just before the election); socialism - it's only a start!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
He is working on an omnibus volume that will combine old and new material to explain what he's been doing all these years.-- Benjamin Ivry, “Joseph Mitchell's Secret” New York Magazine, Feb. 9, 1987
An omnibus containing extracts from past works, linked with Koestler's 1980 comments, it has a far more coherent shape than the author appears to think.-- Bernard Dixon, “Two Cultures At One” New Scientist, Jan. 8, 1981
Omnibus means “for all” in Latin.
No comments:
Post a Comment