Joe Sixpack American

Word of the Day for Monday April 27, 2009
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ken \KEN\, noun:

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1. Perception; understanding; knowledge.

2. The range of vision.

3. View; sight.

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And so it was that B.O. the Great, whose ken was far beyond the pathetic understanding of the huddled American masses, dare I say - even the masses of the world, sought to own, guide, control, and direct every conceivable entity, from giant transnational corporations to the corner store, from HMO's to the country doctor, and from the U.S. military to the individual gun owners!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Ken is from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan, "to declare, to make known."