;Posted on 07/13/2015 5:31:06 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 7/13/15
;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".
jackanapes; noun
noun 1. an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
2. an impudent, mischievous child.
3. Archaic. an ape or monkey.
Etymology: 1400-50; late Middle English Jakken-apes, literally, jack (i.e., man) of the ape, nickname of William de la Pole (1396-1450), Duke of Suffolk, whose badge was an ape's clog and chain
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.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
I LOVE the Jesus prayer, I learned about it from Rod Dreher’s Dante book.
A+++
indeed!
I resorted to Mencken after the election of Obama in 2008:
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
My mother would say I was a jackanapes, but instead she preferred the Germanic word “hundiana”, which seems to have much the same meaning but must be somewhat worse, since I am nearing senior citizenship and she STILL won’t translate it for me.
probably relates to the HUNs who were on the rough side! LOL!! A+++
so Trump is a new fave of Freepers? can that really be the case? I wish they would have those polls like they did in the olden days, so one could get some sense of what the current temperature is of FR.
I’d like to see it polled.
But with that said I fear Trump is freepers “primal scream” and Boehner and McConnel have given them a lot to scream about over the years.
It’s refreshing to see Trump mouth off and state obvious truths. Ted Cruz has my vote, though. He is reasoned, intelligent and has my views on the issues. It should be noted that I NEVER get my guy. Sad but true.
Furthermore, after the last few SCOTUS decisions, I will not even vote if there is not an acceptable candidate. Jeb Bush is not acceptable to me. Walker is a maybe. Christie is a Hell NO! Rubio no. Who am I leaving out?
Better a cystoscopy than lamenting this sad state of affairs.....oh, wait, I leave for one in a few minutes.
Hope it goes well for you.
Is that exploratory?
Politics makes me crazy!!
prayers!
Before long you will be consumed with feedings and dirty dipes and getting a few hours of sleep, and politics, while still important, feels less so.
I am cleared. They found nothing. Now on to the GYN doc.
The pain is on, though. Dang. The pain meds are wearing off.
Remember,
Breast feeding is man’s best friend.
(It’s 2 A.M.)
“Honey, I think he’s hungry”
(And for the rest of the Peanuts Gallery, that’s NOT why I am divorced...lol)_
Hope you feel better b4 the meds run out Ti...
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