;Posted on 01/14/2013 7:00:24 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 1/14/13
;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".
ambuscade; noun/verb
noun 1. an ambush. verb (used without object) 2. to lie in ambush. verb (used with object) 3. to attack from a concealed position; ambush.
Etymology: 1575–85; < Middle French embuscade, alteration (under influence of Old French embuschier; see ambush) of Middle French emboscade < Old Italian imboscata, feminine past participle of imboscare, verbal derivative with in- in-2 of bosco wood, forest < Germanic *bosk- bush1
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.
The push for gay marriage actually constitutes an ambuscade whereby religious liberty will be restricted.
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!
Great.Double Homework!
Flags in the Dust, one of William Faulkner’s beginning novels, has a chapter “Ambuscade”.
sorry so late, i have all kinds of distractions here!
Which class to attend? Tioga has another thread going aleady.
Obama’s ambuscade on gun control will allow him to erase restrictions on the debt limit, open the borders to illegal immigrants, and allow Obamacare to proceed unhampered while we are distracted, clinging to our guns.
2. to lie in ambush. verb (used with object) 3. to attack from a concealed position; ambush.
Odd that a lawyer would select a word so aptly representing lawyers chasing behind patients to the hospital .... 8<)
didn’t realize that she had started a thread. i put one together but had people in and out of my ofc before i got it up. you can attend her class, it doesn’t matter to me.
Discussing Common Sense with a liberal is impossible, as one is deluged with an ambuscade of memorized talking points.
But I turne homework in here too. Don’t I get a grade?
oh my goodness, i do believe we have a GRADE-GRUBBER on our hands here ; )
of course you do, A+++
liberals are indeed impossible. i have zero patience for them! A+++
Sheeshhh... we have to attend two classes now?!
Obama’s big tax ambuscade
Gets folks angry whenever they’re paid
Well ain’t it a bitch
That it ain’t just the rich
Who are seeing their take-home pay fade?
excellent! A+++++
mine can just be for extra credit, you can just go to Ti’s class if you want!
So Senator Schmuck Chumer (Dumbass - NY), tried to provide some cover to the ambuscade on our gun rights by writing a thoughtful letter to the CEO's of several sporting goods and outdoor retailers asking them to suspend sales of semi-automatic rifles that look scary while the gun-grabbers have a conversation about protecting our children. Well, isn't that just so sweet.
Ambuscade
Take a Caddy Escalade, convert to an ambulance that can haul several people like a bus..ya gots a ambuscade or the well-heeled going to be well healed.
In my Wednesday class, I give extra plusses for cash. I have the money sent directly to my Paypal account.
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