Word for the Day, Tuesday, May 15, 2012-- histrionic

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[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Tuesday, 5/15/12

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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".

histrionic; adj.; noun; adv.

1. excessively dramatic, insincere, or artificial: histrionic gestures 2. rare dramatic

— n 3. ( plural ) melodramatic displays of temperament 4. rare ( plural, functioning as singular ) dramatics

[C17: from Late Latin histriōnicus of a player, from histriō actor]

histrionical or histrionical

— adj

— n

[C17: from Late Latin histriōnicus of a player, from histriō actor]

histri'onically or histrionical

— adv

Etymology: 1648, from L. histrionicus "pertaining to an actor," from histrio (gen. histrionis) "actor," said to be of Etruscan origin

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.

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Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I really hate the school testing systems they have in Texas - the teachers are forced to teach to the test instead of just teach. It has been this way for at least 20 years and is hurting the kids tremendously.

Congrats to your son and daughter in law - I loved being able to homeschool and Texas makes it easy!

[xsmommy]

great feeling! xsjr is feeling put upon bc her brother is home from SU and she has another month almost to go. I constantly remind her that he starts school at the end of August and she doesn’t start til Labor day.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Yeah but that info doesn’t help when you are in high school!- if I recall she has always had that last week or two when a sibling had finished up...... so it has to feel like she has more school than they do! And doesn’t she return in Jan before the other two had to return to college?

[xsmommy]

there is class and there is baseness and you know which is which. A+++

[xsmommy]

i fear a race war. A+++

[xsmommy]

the divide is hopeless, there is no breaching it. A+++

[xsmommy]

A+++ but he’s never called a hypocrite, never called on any of this BS. it is MADDENING.

[xsmommy]

yeah but they are going to have the DNC convention there, LOL!! A+++ go ahead let them demonize that swing state, tell those voters they are knuckledragging neanderthals, that’s a WINNING strategy.

[xsmommy]

i take my hat off to homeschoolers. i think they truly provide the BEST education for their kids, and homeschooled kids are very lucky, for the most part. in our house with the personalities involved it would have been destructive to our relationships. xsjr is learning disabled and requires a great deal of extra help and even that puts stress on our relationships. not conducive to learning when you are being taught through clenched teeth!

[xsmommy]

yes, she just generally feels put upon lately i guess!

[Explorer89]

Have you guys seen #ObamaInHistory on twitter yet? #hysterical!

[ConorMacNessa]

There's a good article by Judge Mukasey on this topic in the Wall Street Journal from a couple of weeks ago.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[xsmommy]

will have to look for that! Soother is off being a conservationist EARTHWATCHER today with his daughter’s field trip....

[NeoCaveman]

David Pantcrease Brooks is still making a fool of himself.

[xsmommy]

You give up any pretense of manliness if you are having any sort of conversation about someone else’s personal traits in re;manliness. Flamer discussing flamer. period.

[SoothingDave]

I don’t buy that excuse from the professional educators. Teaching so that the students can pass the tests is the *minimum* they should be doing.

Had the industry performed with a bit of sense for teaching the basics instead of the latest fad in ed school, they wouldn’t be in the situation they are.

[Texan5]

It has been cool and raining lightly here all morning-and that word reminds me sooo unpleasantly of the former next door neighbors...

Obama’s newest cash cow
Is likely a big mistake
When weighing the negatives
With the cash it might rake

The histrionics of the “gay”
Are just the worst to be seen-
No matter what their gender is
Nearly every one is a drama queen

If their annoying displays
Aren’t too much to endure
For most of us, then the voters
Have gone insane for sure

I do not like over-the-top public emotional displays by anyone, and they are much more common with homosexuals who apparently see no need to have good manners...

[secret garden]

Dr. Sowell puts the kibosh on racism histrionics.

[xsmommy]

they can indeed be fierce and ferosh ; ) A+++

[xsmommy]

A+++ he is so good.