Posted on 04/19/2012 12:24:19 PM PDT by secret garden
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".
pettifog \PET-ee-fog\, verb
1. To bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
2. To carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business.
3. To practice chicanery of any sort. .
Example sentences:
Marius, my boy, you are a baron, you are rich, don't pettifog, I beg of you.
-- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Naturally, the wonderful tubers Brillat-Savarin dug up and dished out lacked the penultimate refinements of washing and cooking, but it would've been gauche to pettifog.
-- Elizabeth Gundy, The Disappearance of Gregory Pluckrose
Etymology:
Pettifog comes from the Middle Dutch word voeger meaning one who arranges things and the word petty meaning insignificant.
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....
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
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
The left was trying to pettifog
The saga of Romney’s steady dog
Safe on his car’s roof
With barely a “woof”
Italian, Barack? Spaghetti, dog
Back from an estimate, then getting trapped by a neighbor and coerced into helping with a community shore-and-forest cleanup this weekend...
Obama’s media enablers
Just have to pettifog-
Even if the distraction
Is all about a dog
Or maybe more than one dog-
While calling Romney a cretin
The dog in that car carrier
Didn’t get harmed or eaten
They’re trying to ignore the GSA
Cartagena, his vacations and such
A lot of us won’t just move along
Because we’re not that out of touch
Muttballs and spaghetti?
ah, the lights came back on on FR today.
Ooo, it was too creepy for me. Depp can do creepy pretty well.
Thank you! For anotherr dessert, try the Baked Alaskan (Malemute, that is...)
I used to see Dark Shadows sometimes in the summer when I was a kid, too-I can’t imagine anyone doing a remake.
Saw trailers at the theater it’s going to try to be funny, not good.
Even likely former canine consumer Confucius say:
“Better to pet a dog than pettifog...”
A for you. Love your tag. Be sure and root for us tomorrow against Detroit!
Congrats on the big Series win!
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