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Word For The Day, Thursday, March 5, 2015-- escarp

Posted on 03/05/2015 5:29:15 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree

Word For The Day, Thursday, March 5, 2015-- escarp

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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".

escarp [ih-skahrp]

hear it pronounced

noun

1. Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
2. any similar steep slope.

verb (used with object)

3. to make into an escarp; give a steep slope to; furnish with escarps.

Origin: "steep slope," 1680s, from French escarpe (16c.), from Italian scarpa (see scarp).

Related forms

escarpment, noun

1. Geology. a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust.
2. ground cut into an escarp around a fortification or defensive position.

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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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

I am on the ground in Detroit. Sunny, but cold. Leg 1 complete.


21 posted on 03/05/2015 8:38:08 AM PST by tioga
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazHNpt6OTo

Is there a more 70s song?

I mean, besides this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hphwfq1wLJs


22 posted on 03/05/2015 8:40:08 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

We are good, thanks. I’m still enjoying the cold weather - although I know you all are sick of it!


23 posted on 03/05/2015 8:41:45 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

It’s going to be 50 degrees on Wednesday. I’m thinking about wearing shorts and a tank top.

Our February was the coldest ever with an average low of 15 degrees.


24 posted on 03/05/2015 8:44:46 AM PST by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: NeoCaveman

Global warming sucks, doesn’t it?


25 posted on 03/05/2015 8:47:03 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Obama loves to bitch
With just one little hitch
He falls off the escarp
When proceeding to harp
Trying to scratch that itch.


26 posted on 03/05/2015 8:47:45 AM PST by tioga
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To: NeoCaveman

Second coldest February ever in Pittsburgh.

Next week will be a good week to own a car wash.


27 posted on 03/05/2015 8:55:12 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: tioga

A++++
Excellent!


28 posted on 03/05/2015 9:07:49 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Islamists are excused from their crimes because of The Crusades. Moral equivalence in action.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Some bitch just sold me an iced tea and tried to distract me from getting my change. She handed me .47 instead of 7.47. I called her out on it and she gave me my change. She would have pocketed it.


29 posted on 03/05/2015 9:22:09 AM PST by tioga
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Oh, boy. I am flying Delta today.


30 posted on 03/05/2015 9:32:24 AM PST by tioga
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
The unConstitutional capers by Obama & his cabal of Commies continue to create an increasingly insurmountable escarp of debt, regulation, and general misery for Americans to contend with. As more and more people barely scrape by, we're told that all is well and to put our trust in the actions & "best intentions" of Government.

So don't worry, and ignore those naysayers on the Right – just lounge in your pajamas and enjoy a breakfast of crapes & coffee; sit back in your comfy chair, tune in to ESPN and catch the recaps of the latest Knicks/Pacers game on the tube; or, watch Han Solo make the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs for the 1,000th time, or some other Space opera .... Barry's got your back!

31 posted on 03/05/2015 9:35:47 AM PST by mikrofon (reToursday BUMP)
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To: tioga

Good luck on leg 2!!!!


32 posted on 03/05/2015 9:37:09 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I’ll be fine. God is in control.


33 posted on 03/05/2015 9:40:07 AM PST by tioga
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To: SoothingDave

Snowing away here. Xshubs 10am flight this morning was cancelled as of last night. After an hour on the phone he was able to rebook for an 8 pm flight this evening. Snow was late starting so im wondering if his flight will take off tonight. FEDGOV, schools etc all closed. Everyone home and ready to shovel should it ever stop.


34 posted on 03/05/2015 9:40:37 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Will the media build an escarp around the heiress apparent to the throne?
35 posted on 03/05/2015 9:47:11 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

We got about 6-7 inches starting last night. School was cancelled.

Roads were snow-covered this morning. Really the first truly bad road situation this winter. I locked it in 4 wheel drive and blew off all of the stop signs on the way in.


36 posted on 03/05/2015 9:47:28 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: tioga

Yikes! Way to keep ‘er honest. Was it Hillary?


37 posted on 03/05/2015 10:10:27 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Islamists are excused from their crimes because of The Crusades. Moral equivalence in action.)
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To: mikrofon

A+++++
Great job, Mike.


38 posted on 03/05/2015 10:11:28 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Islamists are excused from their crimes because of The Crusades. Moral equivalence in action.)
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To: xsmommy

A+++
I know we’ve all said it before, but this can really hurt the cow.


39 posted on 03/05/2015 10:12:31 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Islamists are excused from their crimes because of The Crusades. Moral equivalence in action.)
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To: SoothingDave
I locked it in 4 wheel drive and blew off all of the stop signs on the way in.

My nephew lives in Jeannette. I hope he's not going East-West while you're headed North-South.

40 posted on 03/05/2015 10:14:55 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Islamists are excused from their crimes because of The Crusades. Moral equivalence in action.)
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