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Word for the Day, FRiday, May 4, 2012 - Bon Vivant
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Posted on 05/04/2012 5:27:21 AM PDT by tioga


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”.

bon vivant

Noun

    A person with refined taste, especially one who enjoys superb food and drink.

[French : bon, good + vivant, present participle of vivre, to live.]


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....

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


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To: NeoCaveman

The dictionary says “dead pledge.” I don’t know the terms of medieval banking. They didn’t cover that at CMU. ;-)


41 posted on 05/04/2012 8:25:32 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Wow.


42 posted on 05/04/2012 8:31:52 AM PDT by tioga
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To: secret garden

You are strolling down Memory Lane today. A++


43 posted on 05/04/2012 8:33:09 AM PDT by tioga
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To: NeoCaveman

I am betting they don’t serve dirty dogs to those fans. A+++


44 posted on 05/04/2012 8:35:42 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x1364628998/Adrian-College-commencement-speaker-debated

Quinn was talking about this on the radio this morning. Pat Boone is now a controversial counter-cultural figure.


45 posted on 05/04/2012 8:50:47 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Pat Boone? Controversial? Well, he supports Logar. I thought he was just a silly OF?


46 posted on 05/04/2012 9:10:15 AM PDT by tioga
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To: count-your-change

Most likely to the bathroom ....


47 posted on 05/04/2012 9:12:26 AM PDT by mikrofon (Bon Roughage ;-)
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To: SoothingDave
OMG.....can't stop LMAO...
48 posted on 05/04/2012 9:17:07 AM PDT by tioga
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Your point as to Obama's dearth of goodness is well taken. What I was alluding to in describing him as a "bon vivant" was his penchant for wallowing in sybaritic splendor.



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)

49 posted on 05/04/2012 9:18:55 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: NeoCaveman

I like that definition! If only my debts would expire when I do!


50 posted on 05/04/2012 9:31:57 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: ConorMacNessa
YOUR point is well taken. But he's such a sour puss when subjected to criticism, or is not the center of attention, that I have a hard time applying vivant to his personality for any reason.


51 posted on 05/04/2012 9:38:11 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: NeoCaveman; All
Happy Star Wars Day everyone!

May the Fourth be with you!
52 posted on 05/04/2012 9:49:38 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: MrB
I was told there would be no French...

That's what she said.

53 posted on 05/04/2012 9:49:38 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

54 posted on 05/04/2012 10:06:15 AM PDT by NeoCaveman ("If I had a son he'd look like B.O.'s lunch" - Rin Tin Tin)
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To: secret garden
May the Fourth be with you!

That means we must be close to the Fifth.

I'll drink to that.

55 posted on 05/04/2012 10:07:32 AM PDT by NeoCaveman ("If I had a son he'd look like B.O.'s lunch" - Rin Tin Tin)
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To: mikrofon

Very possibly aboard the Bon Homeboy.


56 posted on 05/04/2012 10:19:32 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: tioga

No paying work today, but I’m getting the info I need to give the contractor I do work for together, so not a wasted day...

With outrageously expensive clothes
Adorning her fat posterior
Michelle Antoinette demands that
Everyone thinks she’s superior

But no matter how many trips
She takes to Spain to eat quiche
She won’t become a bon vivant-
She’ll always be nouveau riche

Let her eat lobster and truffles-
She’s still a grifter and a phony
If her taste matches her clothes
It might as well be bologna


57 posted on 05/04/2012 10:22:40 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw hard line"...)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

so at least i know i won’t be banned for voting for Romney. Thanks, i hadn’t seen that.


58 posted on 05/04/2012 10:42:14 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: afraidfortherepublic; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

i am relieved. NO ONE i know is enthused about Romney, EVERYONE is voting for him out of desperation, and in my case it’s because the Sup Ct is vitally important. It’s virtually guaranteed that there will be 2 vacancies in the next 4 yrs. Do i want a known babykiller nominating the likeminded for LENGTHY terms? no, i do not. Romney is our only shot at pro-life jurists.


59 posted on 05/04/2012 10:51:39 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

OMG Virgil Goode proponents? seriously, people need their heads examined.


60 posted on 05/04/2012 10:53:04 AM PDT by xsmommy
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