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Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 15, 2013-- poltroon

Posted on 05/15/2013 5:07:19 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree

Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 15, 2013-- poltroon

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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".

poltroon [pol-troon]

hear it pronounced

noun
1. an abject or contemptible coward

Origin: [C16: from Old French poultron, from Old Italian poltrone lazy good-for-nothing, apparently from poltrīre to lie indolently in bed, from poltro bed]

Related forms

pol•troon•er•y, noun
pol•troon•ish, adjective
pol•troon•ish•ly, adverb

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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To: NicknamedBob

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The poets are out in force today.


21 posted on 05/15/2013 6:04:52 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: SoothingDave

More incidents of Holder’s non-crimes (Black on White) are being reported every day.


22 posted on 05/15/2013 6:06:35 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Yes. But that still doesnt mean you can shoot people in the back.


23 posted on 05/15/2013 6:09:12 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: NeoCaveman
Two/too/to oh well at least I didn’t confuse your and you’re.

With you, it's a typo. On Twitter, it's a way of life. A remarkably high percentage of tweeters don't know the correct usage of to/too/two, it's/its, there/their/they're, or your/you're.

24 posted on 05/15/2013 6:09:23 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: secret garden
This is most def a Foghorn Leghorn kind of word.

A southern accent would be appropriate for the word.

25 posted on 05/15/2013 6:10:29 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Our president is a poltroon
who cannot be gone too soon.
A scandal a day,
the American way
makes him worse than a buffoon.


26 posted on 05/15/2013 6:11:56 AM PDT by tioga
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Or maybe an Irish band at open mic night?
27 posted on 05/15/2013 6:13:15 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: tioga

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Nicely done.


28 posted on 05/15/2013 6:18:20 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: secret garden

A++
Big John Nader and the Poltroons? I don’t think that word means what he thinks it means.


29 posted on 05/15/2013 6:20:50 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Poltroon and buffoon are two words that not only rhyme, but also describe Obozo perfectly.
30 posted on 05/15/2013 6:31:35 AM PDT by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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To: verga

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Exactly!


31 posted on 05/15/2013 6:33:50 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

I’ll be away from my desk for a bit. Will grade homework when I return.


32 posted on 05/15/2013 6:34:53 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: mikrofon; TruthShallSetYouFree
who is the poltroon here? I agree with the poster who said she broke it off bc she didn't want to live in Buffalo... : )
33 posted on 05/15/2013 7:56:06 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

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Don’t want to shuffle off to Buffalo?


34 posted on 05/15/2013 8:06:29 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree; tioga; secret garden; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; SoothingDave
just when i think nothing will shock me, the idiocy of some freepers manages to leave me with jaw agape.
35 posted on 05/15/2013 8:19:28 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

At least they’re not advocating shooting them in the back.


36 posted on 05/15/2013 8:24:23 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

ok, i am not advocating shooting criminals in the back but this is far more egregious, in that these are innocent women, not fleeing criminals!


37 posted on 05/15/2013 8:26:39 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

oh, yeah....Obama called them up and asked them to take the heat off and they bared their boobybiz to halt the scandal.


38 posted on 05/15/2013 8:30:46 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

i always roll my eyes at those that say FR isn’t what it used to be, but that thread strains credulity.


39 posted on 05/15/2013 8:31:40 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I do miss the viking kitties and zot threads. those were the days.


40 posted on 05/15/2013 8:34:04 AM PDT by tioga
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