Posted on 10/26/2011 6:32:18 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Wednesday, 10/26/11
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".
trope; noun
Rhetoric. a.any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense. b.an instance of this. Compare figure of speech. 2.a phrase, sentence, or verse formerly interpolated in a liturgical text to amplify or embellish. 3.(in the philosophy of Santayana) the principle of organizationaccording to whichmatter moves to form an objectduring the various stages of its existence.
Etymology: 1525–35; < Latin tropusfigure in rhetoric < Greek tróposturn, turning, turn or figure of speech, akin to trépeinto turn
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.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Here is my example with WFTD.
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
No pushing at the door please!
Here you go. slackers gonna slack.
Isotropes are all the same.
“Obama’s the One,” is the trope
One what? Is he God, man, or dope
In his current capacity
He has shown audacity
But conservatives know there is no hope
Apparently “word for the day” is a trope:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2798082/posts
(Ha! I almost posted a link to hot lava cake bc I didn’t copy after my select all!)
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
What is your favorite sitcom trope? The foreigner who needs to get married to stay in the country? The guy who schedules dates with two girls at the same time and has to run from room to room?
encroaching on your device territory, ain’t i? ; )
TROPE.
This is an easy one for once since it was on one those Mafia t.v. shows, The Subpianos, I think. It means part of the neck where a rope goes for the last neck tie. and is a contraption of “the” and “rope”, trope..
Anyway one Mafia guy describes how he took care of a rival,
“I grabbed him by da trope and throat him to da floor!”.
Not being a violet type I choat up at that point and quit watching.
don’t have one cuz don’t watch ‘em, A+++
excellent! A++++
You come troping in here and call that HW?? ; ) A+++
It was just a finger of speech in the eye of the beholder so to speak, you see?
if a couple of good sexy stories break and the weather gets GOOD AND NASTY AND COLD, we could see the end of that mess, hopefully.
Nancy says the OWS people are innovative, fresh, and young, yet they spout the tired socialist tropes from the sixties.
yeah, they are loveable until they defecate on your car... LOL! A++++
Eeek!!!
Now they are planning to demonstrate at the Beloved and time-honored Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show.
One does not have to be a millionaire to enjoy the spectacle, but they plan on ruining it for everyone!
Grrrrr
I like to think i’d walk past them with my nose in the air and spray air freshener at them! LOL! the problem with FL is no inclement weather to drive them indoors and off the streets, unless you can jin up a hurricane.
Done with estimates for the day and eating a small sub from my friend’s little local deli for combined lunch and dinner-
Some cities are not tolerating
The squatters’ Marxist trope-
Some are sending in the cops
While others give them enough rope
While the protesters are whining
About all of their student debt
Maybe employers see them on TV
And make a point not to forget
Those brats in grubby designer togs
I-phones in hand while they sob-
And to say a hasty “no” to every one
Who ever hits them up for a job
An unintended consequence I’ll bet these entitlement grabbers have never considered...
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