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Word for the Day, Tuesday September 11, 2012

Posted on 09/11/2012 5:03:22 AM PDT by SoothingDave

Word For The Day, September 11, 2012



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".

billet-doux [bil-ey-doo, bil-ee-; Fr. bee-yey-doo]

-n

a love letter.

[ 1665–75; < French: literally, sweet note. See billet1 , douce ]


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1 posted on 09/11/2012 5:03:27 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: Fierce Allegiance; Jack Deth; K4Harty; miskie; Dutchgirl; cardinal4; MoochPooch; NeoCaveman; ...

Remember yesterday?
Walking hand-in-hand?
Billet-doux in the sand
I remember you


2 posted on 09/11/2012 5:04:42 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Good morning. 61 degrees here.... but heat comes back tonight.


3 posted on 09/11/2012 5:24:21 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (The DNC loves abortion so much they will now be called the D&C)
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To: SoothingDave

In under 10?


4 posted on 09/11/2012 5:26:39 AM PDT by thingumbob (I'm a bitter clinger...I dare you to take my gun)
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To: SoothingDave

Skid Row.

For a second there I thought it was Poison.


5 posted on 09/11/2012 5:28:41 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: SoothingDave

A billet-doux,
And balley-hoo,
Will often result,
In a belay due.


6 posted on 09/11/2012 5:28:57 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (Clint Eastwood has been invited to chair the next Republican Convention Committee.)
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To: SoothingDave
When my spouse has to travel out of town, I always hide a billet-doux in the clothing that is packed for the trip.

PS...I'm not making this up...I actually do this.

7 posted on 09/11/2012 5:34:45 AM PDT by thingumbob (I'm a bitter clinger...I dare you to take my gun)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; SoothingDave; neverdem; narses

After Jimmy Carter’s brother brought out his beer (and Hillary’s brother sold her White House position for pardons and paroles ), one begins to see how poorly the democrats actually billet-doux when they try capitalism, rather than cronyism and corruption.


8 posted on 09/11/2012 5:34:55 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: SoothingDave
billet-doux: a complex dance maneuver involving classical music, a milling machine, and the consumption of prunes.
9 posted on 09/11/2012 5:45:01 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: SoothingDave
billet-doux: a complex dance maneuver involving classical music, a milling machine, and the consumption of prunes.
10 posted on 09/11/2012 5:45:01 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: SoothingDave
billet-doux: a complex dance maneuver involving classical music, a milling machine, and the consumption of prunes.
11 posted on 09/11/2012 5:45:20 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: SoothingDave
billet-doux: a complex dance maneuver involving classical music, a milling machine, and the consumption of prunes.
12 posted on 09/11/2012 5:45:20 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: SoothingDave
It's not a billet-doux that the American public is writing Obama, it's a dear John letter. The spat of negative books on Obama are flooding the best seller lists, and some are even published by liberals. Next week Bob Woodward's book comes out. Seems to me, things are turning sour for the onceWon.


13 posted on 09/11/2012 5:48:17 AM PDT by tioga (Biden is the intellect of the Dem party. Clint Eastwood)
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To: SoothingDave

The air is full of remembrances of the horric scenes of 9-11 today. During the course of the morning they will start reading the billet-doux that were left from victims to loved ones. I’ve already read one.


14 posted on 09/11/2012 5:48:24 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Joe Biden is reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he does not have to debate Ryan.)
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To: SoothingDave
The recent batch of polls was nothing more than a billet-doux to the Pres__ent
15 posted on 09/11/2012 6:02:25 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: thingumbob

that is a very sweet thing to do!


16 posted on 09/11/2012 6:03:38 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave
These lovlies are awaiting a billet-doux from Rahm


17 posted on 09/11/2012 6:23:56 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

Clinton at the DNC, a billet-doux
But how much good did Billy do?
The dems love him wicked
But he ain’t on the ticket
Nor is his wife, that shrilly shrew


18 posted on 09/11/2012 6:24:38 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When the Obama poster fades, the portrait of Che Guevara beneath it shows through.)
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To: xsmommy
Ya......my spouse likes it too!

I try to find a new hiding place everytime. The shoe one was weird and I've even folded it up and stuck into the cap of traveling toiletries.

In truth I only missed doing it once and it was this past year. I was having health issues and a surgery that I was recovering from, so I think the spouse wasn't even realizing I forgot anyway.

19 posted on 09/11/2012 6:34:32 AM PDT by thingumbob (I'm a bitter clinger...I dare you to take my gun)
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To: xsmommy

No wonder the kids don’t learn in Chicago....yikes. Could you face those broads every morning and learn? Scary.


20 posted on 09/11/2012 6:35:30 AM PDT by tioga (Biden is the intellect of the Dem party. Clint Eastwood)
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