Posted on 05/10/2011 4:49:50 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, May 10, 2011
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
Floccinaucinihilipilification [flok-suh-naw-suh-nahy-hil-uh-pil-uh-fi-key-shuhn]
-n
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
[Origin: 1735–45; < Latin floccī + naucī + nihilī + pilī all meaning “of little or no value, trifling” + -fication ]
Good luck.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
The use of “floccinaucinihilipilification” in my everyday conversation would be same...
as xsteen would say, yeah.....no.
so what happened, mik, you switched to rooting for the preds last night? ; )
Preds fought valiantly and just could not pull it out last night. i extend my heartfelt sympathies to SG, i know how it feels. well not about the fighting valiantly part, bc i do not think the Caps did, but the being sad part, yes ROR!
floccinaucini-
hilipilification
that’s Obamacare
Good luck indeed! Headed out for a busy morning - everyone be good!
#$%^ing 4th cir panel for todays hearing on obamacare = 2 obama appointees and 1 clinton appointee. great.
Well, I rooted *real* hard for the Canucks to win, but for some reason, they actually held on this time to eliminate the Preds... (sorry SG ;)
They did acquit themselves well in the playoffs, though, and the run seemed to energize hockey fandom in the Music City. As we Sabres’ fans have it down pat by now- “There’s always next year!”
correction, not a hearing, it’s an oral argument. well Cuccinelli will lose and just have to ask for an en banc reconsideration. there ARE still conservatives on the 4th circuit, and i am sure it was total HAPPENSTANCE that none of them are on this particular panel. RME>
Is that haiku?
Shouldn’t the Obama appointees recuse?
It was until Hobbes fixed it. Sadly, he's right.
just being appointed by the president whose legislation you are considering is not grounds for recusal. had they actually worked on drafting the legislation, etc. those kinds of htings would be. the supposition for judges is that they will remain impartial.
http://www.dudeism.com/haikutomatic.html
The Big Lebowski automatic haiku generator.
Warning: strong language (duh)
Samples*******************
What’s a pederast?
This aggression will not stand
Does not stop and start
Urban Achievers
Father’s weakness is vanity
Cut off your Johnson
Act as courier
Is this your only ID?
Find a cash machine
that is a fantastic site. i could not stop clicking.
In most cases that’s fairly reasonable...this set of circumstances seems like an outlier, given the extraordinarily partisan nature of the legislation, and the matter of timing. (I know that doesn’t provide an exception to the situation...just sayin...)
Hobbes was just pouring that first cup of coffee, before I saw Dave’s post!
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