Word of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2009

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hidebound \HAHYD-bound\, adjective:

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narrow-minded and stubborn

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The laughable aspect of the B.O.'s liberal socialist agenda is that it is not, as he claims, fair and open minded, but rather a hardcore hidebound mentality!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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by 1559, from hide "cattle skin" + past tense of bind. Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of "restricted by narrow attitudes" is first recorded 1603.

Word of the Day for Thursday, February 26, 2009

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declaim \di-KLEYM\, verb:

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to orate; to speak in a loud and emotional manner

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Emperor B.O.'s prolix monologue to Congress where he declaimed the absolute need for the unprecedented expansion of the federal government's foray into the private sector was excellently delivered -- regardless of how misguided, foolish and imprudent the venture may be!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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c 1385, from Latin declamare, from de- intensifying prefix + clamare "to cry, shout". At first in England, spelled declame, but altered under influence of claim.

Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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openhanded \OH-puhn-HAN-did\, adjective:

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1. giving freely; generous

2. done with an open hand

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The B.O.'s openhanded largess is certainly appealing to the to the shiftless laggards of our society!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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by 1593, open + handed

Word of the Day for Tuesday February 24, 2009
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peculate \PEK-yuh-leyt\, verb:

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to steal money or goods entrusted to one; embezzle
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Not surprisingly, the B.O.'s cronies have used their positions to demand bribes and peculate public funds!

-- Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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by 1715, from Latin peculatus/ peculari "to embezzle," from peculum "private property"

Word of the Day for Monday, February 23, 2009

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beseech \bi-SEECH\, verb;

beseech, besought or beseeched, beseeching:

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to ask earnestly; implore

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In his tyranny of incompetence, the B.O. has beseeched the hapless American public to go along with his scheme of socialism and nationalization of the country's banks and other corporate assets!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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c 1175, Old English bisecen "to beseech, beg urgently," from be- + Middle English secen "to seek"

Fight For Your Right To (A Boston Tea) Party

CBS's Chip Reid shows the arrogance of the networks. "That cable rant..." was how he described the comments that Santelli made about B.O.'s "Tax Yolk" that has been forced onto Americans' necks.

It is encouraging to see that although Santelli may have chosen some slightly different words, his tone and position remain the same.

Stand your ground, man. There are millions of Americans looking to people like you to encourage a mindset like that which would prompt another Boston Tea Party.

Problem number one, however, is getting so many Americans to re-learn about the Boston Tea Party, what it stood for, why it happened, etc.

From Tax Hike To Tax Halve?

So, in less than his first 100 days, B.O. passed his Economic Tankulus (sorry, "stimulus") bill. Now, not even a week into that bill, he is already talking about how he intends to halve our trillion dollar deficit by 2013.

This should tell people that it's obvious even to the socialists (I'm about done calling them liberals) that lower taxes and no deficit is good for our country. Otherwise, why on earth would B.O. already be talking about getting rid of half the deficit.

Here are a couple of reasons:

1) He's already campaigning for 2012 re-election (duh!)

2) The goal of the "Big Bailout" was never designed to be an economic stimulus. It was a ruse to pass a truckload of liberal legislation. Don't believe me? Read the bill and all the fine print...including what Harry Reid (D-NV) hand wrote just before delivering to B.O. for his signature.

3) The ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit of the American small business owner will continue to help drive our great Republic forward - and the Dems want to take credit for a market that gets corrected during B.O.'s Presidency...so they start talking now about all that will have been accomplished by 2013 (one year into a presumptuous second B.O. term).

One very frustrating thing that hit me today is that I have no way of knowing whether or not we, as a country, have a $10 billion deficit or a $5 trillion deficit. Who holds that checkbook? Who is personably responsible for showing the American people how this all works? I have no idea how to know if our politicians, or more to the point - if our President is telling the truth on our deficit and financial situation of our country.

Word of the Day for Thursday February 19, 2009

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tautological \taw-TOL-uh-guh-kuhl\, adjective:

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unnecessarily or uselessly repetitive

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To say that the B.O. is a socialist liberal Democrat is tautological!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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by 1620 from tautologic, from Late Latin tautologia "representation of the same thing", from Greek tautologia, from tautologos "repeating what has been said," from tauto "the same" + -logos "saying," related to legein "to say"

Word of the Day for Friday February 20, 2009
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ellipsis \i-LIP-sis\, noun:

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three dots used to show an omission in writing or printing; the omission of a word or words in text

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The B.O. just read the first word of the spendulus pork package, followed by an ellipsis, followed by the last word of the 1,666 (or so) page document and felt as though he had read the entire document!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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by 1570, from Latin ellipsis, from Greek elleipsis "a falling short, defect, ellipse," from elleipein "to fall short, leave out," from en- "in" + leipein "to leave." Grammatical sense first recorded 1612.

Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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consternation \kon-ster-NEY-shuhn\, noun:

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sudden dread or paralyzing terror

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The B.O. is purposely causing much consternation among the American public through his constant fear mongering on the economy!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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by 1611, from French consternation, from Latin consternationem, from consternare "overcome, confuse, dismay," from com- intensive prefix + sternare "throw down"

Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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burnish \BUR-nish\, verb, noun:

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1. to make shiny by polishing

2. a polish or shine

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The B.O.'s burnished reputation as a liberal iconoclast seems to be intact!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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c.1325, from Old French burniss-, extended stem of burnir, metathesis of brunir "to make brown/bright, polish," from brun "brown, polished," from a Germanic source

Word of the Day for Monday, February 16, 2009

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interminable \in-TUR-muh-nuh-buhl\, adjective:

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so long as to seem endless; never stopping

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The B.O.'s poor decision making is interminable!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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c.1374, from Late Latin interminabilis, from in- "not" + terminabilis

Word of the Day for Friday, February 13, 2009

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expurgate \EK-sper-geyt\, verb:

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to remove objectionable words or passages from a document

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The only way for the B.O. to acceptably expurgate the pork package is to delete it entirely!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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by 1621, from Latin expurgat-, from expurgare, from ex- + purgare "to make clean"

Word of the Day for Thursday, February 12, 2009

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froward \FROH-werd\, adjective:

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not easily managed; contrary

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Fortunately for the B.O. there are a few froward Republicans that are willing to sell off their political souls by voting for the pork package!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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c. 1300, Old English fromweard "turned from or away," from from + -weard. The opposite of toward, it was Latin pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant "about to depart, departing," and "doomed to die."

Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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osteopath \OS-tee-uh-path\, noun:

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a practitioner specializing in treatment chiefly by manipulation of the bones and muscles

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The B.O. is as artful in manipulating the truth as an osteopath is in manipulating the bones and muscles!

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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by 1896, Americanism, back formation of osteopathy (osteo- "bone")