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Word for the Day, Monday February 25, 2013-- calumny
2/25/13 | xs

Posted on 02/25/2013 5:27:50 AM PST by xsmommy

Word For The Day, Monday, 2/25/13

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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".

calumny; noun

1. a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something: The speech was considered a calumny of the administration. 2. the act of uttering calumnies; slander; defamation

Etymology: mid-15c., from M.Fr. calomnie (15c.), from L. calumnia "trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE base *kel-, *kol- "to deceive, confuse" (cf. Gk. kelein "to bewitch, seduce, beguile," Goth. holon "to deceive," O.N. hol "praise, flattery," O.E.

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.

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Practice makes perfect.....post on....




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To: xsmommy
Get thee to a nunnery....
41 posted on 02/25/2013 7:52:29 AM PST by onedoug
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To: tioga

That is a sweet story but I have missed who Tobbe is.....what a fun morning for him though!


42 posted on 02/25/2013 7:56:04 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (In my world, Daddys don't leave after 4 or 8 years and a new one get picked by half the country)
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To: SoothingDave

Is there anyone, anywhere in a position of power that is NOT corrupt? sheesh


43 posted on 02/25/2013 7:57:02 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (In my world, Daddys don't leave after 4 or 8 years and a new one get picked by half the country)
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To: xsmommy

I used today’s word in a tweet to axelrod. Came in handy.


44 posted on 02/25/2013 8:04:27 AM PST by tioga
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

He’s a neighbor boy that I put on the bus in the mornings. I tutor his brother after school.


45 posted on 02/25/2013 8:09:51 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

what a fun morning! please tell me that they didn’t spell that kid’s name in that odd way? why do people look for oddball things to name their kids???


46 posted on 02/25/2013 8:13:27 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; tioga

The other kid is named “Not Tobee.”


47 posted on 02/25/2013 8:18:55 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: secret garden

thanks, i am bawling at my desk, but sent it out to everyone in my family. what a beautiful story.


48 posted on 02/25/2013 8:32:12 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

looks like he may have some trouble with that bit there.


49 posted on 02/25/2013 8:36:12 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

oh, yeah, it’s spelled that way. it’s his mother’s maiden name.


50 posted on 02/25/2013 8:40:25 AM PST by tioga
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To: xsmommy

And he’s up for re-election in May.


51 posted on 02/25/2013 9:30:46 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: tioga

okay, that makes it acceptable. i thought we were just being avantgarde in spelling Toby.


52 posted on 02/25/2013 9:47:26 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

perfect timing, so will he be primaried?
Btw, i went to the Caps game on Sat at noon. it was a great game, and my first of the season. The guy next to us must sell some of his tickets bc i had a fellow pittsburgher next to me. she was extremely nice and we hit it off famously, she’s a huge caps fan, but doesn’t hate the Penguins. Said she was from around Monroeville [south or north allegheny, i can’t recall which]. I have to say people from the Pgh district are by and large the friendliest, nicest people going.


53 posted on 02/25/2013 9:52:11 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: count-your-change; xsmommy; tioga
Then it could be Cal. to NY.

Hmmn. Could be, could be. But calumny would misspell all the lumatics between Cal and NY in IL.

54 posted on 02/25/2013 9:53:34 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: xsmommy

There are already two guys running against him. Of course, the primary is the real election there.

North Allegheny isn’t near Monroeville, but both South and East Allegheny are.

Yes, we’re congenitally gregarious.


55 posted on 02/25/2013 9:58:34 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

must be south allegheny then that she said. my kids always say i will talk to just about anyone and i do. including random opponents in songpop and WWF! AND i generally find a way to turn the conversation to politics, so i found out that the opponent who lives in WV but is originally from LA is a conservative, guntoting former military guy, and the guy from RI of all places is ALSO a conservative. that one especially surprised me being NE. Both of them are fox news viewers and they are OUTRAGED over benghazi and the media’s silence.


56 posted on 02/25/2013 10:16:04 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I heard a weird bowdlerization on the radio Friday in Colorado. The Aerosmith song “Janie’s Got a Gun.”

Instead of singing “and put a bullet in his brain” they changed it to “left him in the pouring rain.”

So, we’re now apparently concerned about inciting violence against child molesters.


57 posted on 02/25/2013 10:18:09 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

REALLY??? good grief.


58 posted on 02/25/2013 10:19:53 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

It is 62 here and so windy that a huge gust took the big trellis with the clematis right down off the side deck a couple of hours ago-just great, that is a heavy thing that I will need to ask my neighbor up the hill-who is a very strong guy-to help me replace. I think I might have some treated wood left in the storage barn to rebuild it...

The calumnies put out by
Obama and all his minions
Are mostly from lunatics
And their insane opinions

I doubt any have ever been
A “commoner” like most of us-
They’re likely not into walking
And have never ridden the bus

And so this bunch of airheads
Whose experiences are so few
Are living in wealth and shelter-
Not in reality like me and you...


59 posted on 02/25/2013 10:24:47 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

A+++ windy here too! sorry to hear about the trellis going down though!


60 posted on 02/25/2013 10:37:43 AM PST by xsmommy
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