Word For The Day, Thursday, March 5, 2009 - temerity

dintionaries ad nauseum, internet | 5 March 2009 | secret garden

[secret garden]

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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".

temerity \tuh-MER-uh-tee\, noun
Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger; rashness.

Example sentences:

The elaborate caution with which the British commander now proceeded stands out in striking contrast with the temerity of his advance upon Bunker Hill in the preceding year.
-- John Fiske, "Washington's Great Campaign of 1776", The Atlantic, January 1889

When English merchants had the temerity to set up a trading post or 'factory' -- junior merchants were known as factors -- the Dutchmen defended their monopoly by massacring them.
-- Anthony Read and David Fisher, The Proudest Day

Drivers with the temerity to accelerate out of turns are likely to encounter torque steer, an unsettling glitch in control as the engine fights to take charge of the steering.
-- Peter Passell, "Mitsubishi Diamante: Back From Down Under", New York Times, February 23, 1997

Throughout the anti-trust trial its executives treated the courts and the US government with sneering contempt, coupled with a ratty annoyance that any public authority should have the temerity to interfere in its business.
-- John Naughton, "Gates must not win at monopoly", The Observer, October 28, 2001

Etymology:
Temerity comes from Latin temeritas, from temere, blindly, rashly.

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....

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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

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[Diogenesis]

How sad it has been to watch Americans believe with temerity
the lies of MSM, desiged to foist Obama upon America so as to
dismantle the country for America’s enemies.

[CPOSharky]

The temerity of the current administration in fighting ghosts and goblins while real threats go unanswered.

[WakeUpAndVote]

0mbma’s temerity to his version of America is foolhardy at best.

[secret garden]

Sad but true. A for you.

[secret garden]

You left me hanging there. A for you.

[secret garden]

I'd change that to his temerity and lack of vision. A for you.

[theDentist]

It is disappointing on how the Kennedy Clan has the temerity to proudly announce that Teddy, at the end of his life, will receive an honorary knighthood for his career while lying for 40 years in a cold grave is a young woman, forgotten by the press, and ignored by Teddy for political expediancy.

[secret garden]

I could not agree more. A for you. Get your office ready. I have an appointment today and it won’t be pretty.

[xsmommy]

The Brit press go on about the temerity of Mrs Obam's in giving such a thoughtless gift to the Brown children. it's illbred to criticize what someone gives you as a gift, i realize, but how many of us spend a great deal of time making/buying the perfect gift for someone and then get something that someone picked up at the counter of the drugstore in return? it isn't Michelle's fault so much as her people's fault for not showing more thought and care in what to give a visiting dignitary. But then again, NO ONE over there seems to know how to act!

[xsmommy]

i just got my email reminder from mine; my appt is next tues. i hate the dentist. have i said so recently? ; )

[NicknamedBob]

Good Morning!

How brash and annoying of Rush Limbaugh to have the temerity to continue speaking when he knows it is unpleasant and tiresome to his betters. Why, the upstart probably still flies in a private jet!

[theDentist]

I’ll give you the real novacaine this time.

[secret garden]

There was also the brouhaha about the Brown snub in not allowing the joint press conference that was a tradition with the Bush White House. Their handlers aren’t very good at their jobs. A+ for you.

[xsmommy]

i know. Here he was supposed to raise the opinion of eureopean allies of the US and he’s dissing them right and left.

[secret garden]

A for you and the outspoken conservative.

[Gabz]

Hello :)

[mikrofon]

Isn't Tamara T. the daughter of that actor?

[secret garden]

No epi please. :-)

[theDentist]

What, you want me to perform this procedure in my full senses?

[secret garden]

Hi there.

[ConorMacNessa]

By all accounts, anyone with the temerity to criticize the Obama Administration is quickly slapped down.

[secret garden]

Pity the fool that don’t respect baby daddy. A+ for you!

[secret garden]

Why start now?

[secret garden]

Michael Santelli is another example. A for you.

[theDentist]

Good...... because the oxycontin is just kicking in... and Mr Morel is about to find out that I never forgave him for hitting me square in the face with a football when we were kids. ;-D

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

As we race to the left with temerity
Obama still preaches austerity
And the lamestreams adore him
Like Clinton before him
For he is able to fake sincerity

[secret garden]

Plus he’s a financial genius, talking about the profit earnings ratios. A+ for you.

[NeoCaveman]

Good article as R. Emmett Tyrell rips the temerity of the Rush bashers.

"Her presence (Kathleen Parker) in the mainstream media is another example of how the political culture works. Conservatives become acceptable when they disparage conservatives. Rush Limbaugh has never taken the coward's way out -- and he is very amusing.

[secret garden]

Bob is one of my favorite writers. A+ for you.

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Rashlessly trembling eh? Sounds like my son’s last brush against poison ivy a few years ago.

[secret garden]

My sister gets poison ivy if it is within 10 miles of her.

[NeoCaveman]

He’s good.

I really like the American Spectator.

[Gabz]

Why do I get the idea this was proposed by a man?

Pregnant women denied epidurals 'to boost traditional births'

[Travis T. OJustice]

By all accounts, anyone with the temerity to criticize the Obama Administration is quickly slapped down.

Chided, yes, but not slapped down, and not going away.

[xsmommy]

the temerity of turbo-tax timmy.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Glad i was born with the external plumbing option!

[secret garden]

Pot, kettle.
Kettle, pot.
A+ for you. Also, where is the public outrage over this guy even having this job???

[Bertram3]

Capitalist temerity
Results in disparity
So the rich must contribute
For Obama to redistribute
With his Marxism disguised as charity

[Travis T. OJustice]

My brain isn’t working 100% today, I was thinking that tumerity was a form of tumid/tumescent, but then I re-read the word, and it’s temerity. UGH. No good lines come to mind for the real word. UNNNGH.

[xsmommy]

you know, no one is given a dang GIRL SCOUT BADGE for having a traditional birth, so what in the world is the reason to endure unnecessary pain??

[xsmommy]

you are fixating on your organ this AM! ROR!

[Gabz]

Funny!

[xsmommy]

and a fine organ it is!

[Gabz]

And that is why I believe it had to have been a man who came up with the idea!!!

[xsmommy]

absolutely DELICIOUS column where ann coulter liberates keith olbermann. this is ann at her absolute best!

[sig226]

Obama lacks not for temerity, only opportunity. Let’s see if he can bring back The Soviet Union and then lose to them.

[Travis T. OJustice]

LOL, saw that one, she’s no wimp!

[Travis T. OJustice]

Keith, according to former GF’s, lacks tumerity.

OK, so what if I made up the word, it fits.