Posted on 10/24/2011 4:35:40 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 10/24/11
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".
eclat; noun [ey-klah]
1.brilliance of success, reputation, etc.: the éclat of a great achievement. 2.showy or elaborate display: a performance of great éclat. 3.acclamation; acclaim. synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, plaudit, plaudits, pomp
Etymology:1665–75; < French: splinter, fragment, burst, flash, brilliance, Old French esclat,noun derivative of esclaterto burst, break violently, probably < Old Low Franconian *slaitanto split, break (compare Old High German sleizanto tear), a causative of Germanic *slitan;see slit
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Here is my example with WFTD.
Obams is gobbing up all the eclat that he can for his supposed masterful foreign policy successes.
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
No pushing at the door please!
And may all of your eclat be....chocolate.
And may all of your eclat be....chocolate.
sorry, i had the lamentable proxy server error.
Nothing at all Zen about it; éclat is the sound of a multitude of eyes clapping.
After the eclat of obama’s inauguration, came the Hazmat Team to clean up the detritus.
A+++ I thought it more Daoist than Zen ; )
“Leading from behind”.....leads to the inevitable comparison to a gay lifestyle where that might be enviable. ((shudder)) I wouldn’t be strutting out my team to push that. Hillary was especially enthusiastic promoting this over the weekend. What the hell did she do to her hair? Even my husband said aren’t you glad you cut yours? He was referring to the unfortunate incident when a waitress had the audacity to compare my hair to Hillary’s when she was First Lady.
There isn’t a Hazmat team big enough to clean up the detritus of the past 3 years of this administration, is there? A+++
A trend i hope to see continue until one could properly be laughed out of a room by espousing the belief in global warming. A+++
GMTA! I was just reading that this am before I checked the thread!
her hair is an abomination and i exclaim aloud every time she comes on the screen with a new iteration of it. Yesterday, alone in the room i exclaimed, MY GOD HILLARY do something with that hair. it is lank, flat to her skull and lifeless looking and ages her by about 20 years. Maddy Albright could give her pointers on how a secty of state should look, even if she couldn’t bring herself to cross the aisle for fashion tips from condi.
A+++ to you also.
Both of them play for the other team.
how beautiful and creative!
Hang out in Zuccotti Park and you will hear the éclat of the masses (them asses) demanding éclat pay for unéclat work. Ignore the clamoring for “Peace, Land, and Bread.” That’s just your imagination.
You’re generous today! I’m off to school.
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