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Word For The Day, Thursday, Roctober 11, 2012 - rectitude
dictionaries ad nauseam | 11 October 2012 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 10/11/2012 6:07:55 AM PDT by secret garden


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".

rectitude \REK-tuh-tood\ noun
1. the quality or state of being straight
2. moral integrity : righteousness
3. the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedures

Example sentences:
The speaker exhorted audience members to lead lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity. ,

"The finance ministry will pitch India's strength as a largely domestic economy, renew its commitment to fiscal rectitude and showcase recent measures to lift sentiment to try and convince global rating firms not to downgrade the country's sovereign rating."
— From an article by Deepshikha Sikarwar in The Economic Times, September 7, 2012

Etymology:
"Rectitude" has a righteous derivation. It comes straight from the Latin noun "rectus," which means both "right" and "straight." "Rectitude" itself can mean either "straightness" (an early use referred to literal straightness of lines, although this sense is now rare) or "rightness" of character. "Rectus" has a number of other descendants in English, including "rectangle" (a figure with four right angles), "rectify" ("to make right"), "rectilinear" ("moving in or forming a straight line"), and even "rectus" itself (a medical term for any one of several straight muscles in the body).

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

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


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To: secret garden

Damn near killeditude.


21 posted on 10/11/2012 6:47:08 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

Did I mention I only spotted two bumper stickers in Syracuse the other day. One was pro Obama the other was one of those NObama stickers. Amazing. I expected lots more. No signs for Obama at all throughout the drive. A few for Romney, not many. Only about a half dozen houses decked out for Halloween. DH has bought several new inflatables, and yes our yard ,trees, inflatables, landscaping,etc. are all decked out.


22 posted on 10/11/2012 6:48:19 AM PDT by tioga
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To: SoothingDave

There it is. A+!


23 posted on 10/11/2012 6:50:20 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

Trying to expel Obama from the White House, much less the entire liberal-socialist extremists from Washington’s reporters - is only slightly harder than expelling a rectanglitude from one’s posterior.

Except most posteriors are cleaner than Washington’s press corpse.


24 posted on 10/11/2012 7:00:07 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: secret garden

Rectitude is what happens when your suppository turns sideways.................


25 posted on 10/11/2012 7:02:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
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To: tioga

Lordy, that is a gooooood pic!!!


26 posted on 10/11/2012 7:02:45 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: left that other site

Hey, dude! What happened to your car?.......

I rectitude!...............


27 posted on 10/11/2012 7:04:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
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To: tioga

i just sent that to my friend Janice, that is going to send her around the bend! she already has a HUGE crush on him!


28 posted on 10/11/2012 7:04:51 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

A for you!


29 posted on 10/11/2012 7:05:20 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

BTW, are you loving Aggie football like we are this year?


30 posted on 10/11/2012 7:06:22 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: tioga

did i tell you that in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria where xsbaby’s school is, blanketed for obama in 08, had an actual ROMNEY sign in the yard only a few doors down from her. astounding to me.


31 posted on 10/11/2012 7:06:57 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Red Badger

A+ for the tag line alone! She really is!


32 posted on 10/11/2012 7:07:43 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

Someone had to.


33 posted on 10/11/2012 7:09:17 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

I do predict a rout. I will be under suicide watch if Romney doesn’t win.


34 posted on 10/11/2012 7:09:17 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

I saw a bumper sticker at Seven Springs with the Obama logo and it said “O’Vomit”


35 posted on 10/11/2012 7:11:15 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: Red Badger

LOL!


36 posted on 10/11/2012 7:14:48 AM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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To: SoothingDave; secret garden; tioga; Robert A. Cook, PE; TruthShallSetYouFree; NeoCaveman; ...
AMAZING video. very powerful. show your kids.
37 posted on 10/11/2012 7:15:45 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Excellent


38 posted on 10/11/2012 7:17:07 AM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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To: secret garden; xsmommy
BTW, are you loving Aggie football like we are this year?

Welllllll, I can think of one fourth quarter late in the first game I wasn't real happy with ... 8<)

But, .... It's nice to be winning! (Xsex: How are your Sillycruise players doin?)

39 posted on 10/11/2012 7:27:18 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: left that other site
Finally, positive proof Obama attended Columbia University......
40 posted on 10/11/2012 7:36:55 AM PDT by tioga
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