Posted on 01/15/2013 4:35:28 AM PST by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, January 15, 2013
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".
fatuous [fach-oo-uh s]
-adj
1. foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
2. unreal; illusory.
[ 1625–35; < Latin fatuus silly, foolish, idiotic; see -ous ]
doesn’t ring even the slightest bell for me and is so non-descript that i prob won’t even recognize it in the game!
I can’t watch the fatuous fawning of the media at a Lyin’ King “Press Conference”.
slightly better. someone trying to channel Robert Plant there.
Tesla was one of my favorites, but they did not have the big hits like some of the others. And yes, they did sing about the inventor from whom they took their name.
Here’s another you might hear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-LRLdrG-IM
ok, those i have heard before. thanks for the tutorial. wish i could remember the names of the other bands.
There’s a fatuous fat man in New Jersey. I hope he stays there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3nWl1oRExU
Tesla also kicked off the entire “unplugged” genre with their acoustic live performance released as an album in 1990.
that’s not familiar. i guess i can see why they didn’t have big hits, the songs are pretty nondescript.
i feel so used and duped by him. i wanted to like him and to think he was good.
Savage is a nutcase.
Barack, sanctimonious, fatuous
Doesn’t care how close Lincoln’s statue is
Honest Abe never lied
And would never abide
The Lyin’ King (Oh, what a rat you is!)
I’m to the point of saying, you can’t jail us all.
suppose they can try....
I heard from my nephew that he won’t be reelected. That a popular dem is planning to run against him and will win. Any truth to that?
Right now the Fat Man is so popular that Cory Booker has decided to push over Lautenberg and run for the Senate instead.
The NJ Dem back benchers are deciding which one will be the sacrificial lamb in the governor race.
Thanks for the Poison.
our local radio station used to carry him at night. aside from the rare times I agreed with him, I laughed a lot. now we have huckabee. toss up as to which is better.
hmm, it’s been a few months, but I don’t think that was the name. when I heard this it was when I was disappointed as I still thought theblubberingfatman was still wonderful, so it’s been awhile.
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