Word of the Day for Monday, October 12, 2009

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exculpate \EK-skuhl-payt; ek-SKUHL-payt\, transitive verb:

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To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.

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The B.O. continues to be delusional as he attempts to exculpate himself from having any responsibility for the current poor state of the country's economy!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Exculpate is ultimately derived from Latin ex-, "without" + culpare, "to blame," from culpa, "blame, fault."

Word of the Day for Friday, October 9, 2009

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convivial \kuhn-VIV-ee-uhl\, adjective:

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1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable.

2. Merry; festive.

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The B.O. is in a convivial mood today after having received the formerly prestigious Nobel Peace Prize!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Convivial comes from Latin convivium, "a feast, entertainment, a banquet," from conviva, "a table-companion, a guest," from convivere, "to live with, hence to feast with," from com-, con-, with + vivere, "to live."

SPECIAL EDITION OF THE B.O. WORD OF THE DAY

(Because this one is just too good to pass by!)

snollygoster \snol-ee-gos-ter\, noun:

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1. A clever, unscrupulous person

2. One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.

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The B.O. is nothing more than a snollygoster of the worst ilk!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Perhaps alteration of snallygaster, a mythical beast said to prey on poultry and children, perhaps from Pennsylvania Dutch schnelle geeschter : Middle High German snēl, quick (from Old High German) + Middle High German geist, spirit (from Old High German).

Word of the Day for Thursday, October 8, 2009

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titivate \TIT-uh-vayt\, transitive and intransitive verb:

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1. To make decorative additions to; spruce.

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intransitive verb:

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1. To make oneself smart or spruce.

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The B.O. is a titivating snollygoster!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Titivate is perhaps from tidy + the quasi-Latin ending -vate. When the word originally came into the language, it was written tidivate or tiddivate. The noun form is titivation.

Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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foofaraw \FOO-fuh-raw\, noun:

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1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.

2. A fuss over a matter of little importance.

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The B.O. consistently attempts to redirect the public's attention away from the real issues, like Cap & Trade and a trillion dollar plus government run health care plan, and get them (the public and the press) bogged down in a bunch of unrelated foofaraw!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Foofaraw is perhaps from Spanish fanfarrón, "a braggart."

Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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burgeon \BUR-juhn\, intransitive verb:

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1. To grow or develop quickly; flourish.

2. To begin to grow or blossom.

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transitive verb:

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1. To put forth, as buds.

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noun:

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1. A bud; sprout.

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The B.O.'s favorite little ACORN seed has burgeoned into a hideous, insidious, out of control, monstrosity of a tree, with tentacles, branches, and roots reaching into and touching every American's life!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Burgeon is from Middle English burgeonen, from Old French borjoner, from burjon, a bud.

Word of the Day for Monday, October 5, 2009

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esurient \ih-SUR-ee-uhnt; -ZUR-\, adjective:

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Hungry; greedy.

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The B.O., our politically esurient president!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Esurient comes from the present participle of Latin esurire, "to be hungry, to desire eagerly," from edere, "to eat."

Word of the Day for Friday, October 2, 2009

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incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\, adjective:

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1. Having a fleshy pink color.

2. Red; blood-red.

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transitive verb:

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1. To make red or crimson.

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The B.O. felt quite at home when he watched the Empire State Building bathed in its incarnadine communist glow!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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From Italian incarnatino, which came from the Latin incarnato, something incarnate, made flesh, from in + caro, carn-, "flesh." It is related to carnation, etymologically the flesh-colored flower; incarnate, "in the flesh; made flesh"; and carnal, "pertaining to the body or its appetites."

Word of the Day for Thursday, October 1, 2009

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adjuvant \AJ-uh-vuhnt\, adjective:

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1. Serving to help or assist; auxiliary.

2. Assisting in the prevention, amelioration, or cure of disease.

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noun:

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1. A person or thing that aids or helps.

2. Anything that aids in removing or preventing a disease, esp. a substance added to a prescription to aid the effect of the main ingredient.

3. Immunology. a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response.

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The B.O. needs some adjuvant mental therapy if he thinks that the majority of Americans are in favor of his socialist-Marxist agenda!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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Adjuvant comes from Latin adiuvāns, adiuvant-, present participle of adiuvāre, to help.

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."

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."

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 sinuōsus, from sinus, curve.

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."

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).

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."