;Posted on 08/07/2013 5:49:43 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 7, 2013-- sans-culotte
;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".
sans-culotte [sanz-kyoo-lot, -koo-; French sahN-kY-lawt], noun
[sanz-kyoo-lots, -koo-; French sahn-ky-lawt], plural noun
1. during the French Revolution
a. (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
b. (later) any revolutionary, esp one having extreme republican sympathies
2. any revolutionary extremist
Origin: [18th Century: from French, literally: without knee breeches, because the revolutionaries wore pantaloons or trousers rather than knee breeches]
Related forms
sans-cu'lottism- noun
sans-cu'lottist- noun
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.
Thank you! In my teen years I heard from some female relatives that LBJ bordered on being affected with satyriasis-and from what I’ve seen in recent accounts of his life, it appears that he was obsessed with his-johnson. At least he kept it private, unlike Clinton, but that isn’t saying much-compared to that, Sanford was in the amateur leagues-and he wrote really bad poetry to the mistress, too...
If you go with a more contemporary "big-R" definition,
some would consider New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte as sans-culotte
Mine doesn’t bark at storms at all. He’ll just go hid in his crate.
He does like to bark at sounds and nearly every time I get up from the couch.
Shelties are so pretty, but they are like my Aussie was-really jumpy and sort of yappy. Husky girl vocalizes a lot, like most of that breed, but she isn’t jumpy, and it is more in the form of “talking” than yapping/barking. She likes to go outside at night with me and howl with coyotes, too.
You, apparently are lucky-the neighbor’s Sheltie is very excitable, and is especially set off by every storm...
A++
Some would.
http://www.freerepublic.com/~sansculotte/
Have fun at the game. Don’t get too cocky about your team lest you jinx them! We are heading to Hershey. Xs hub and xsboy have another conference. Xsbaby and I going along for the chocolate! And the spa....
thanks, sans culotte was pinged a while ago.
I would have bet dollars-to-donuts you guys were on top of it!
Dollars to donuts is pretty much an even bet these days. Jeez— even a bagel costs a buck!
Pages aren’t scrolling today. They stop at post 17. It happens more often during the fundraisers.
Eventually the saying will morph to donuts to dollars.
No cockyness. Just truly loving every minute of it.
If we get to 83 wins, look out!
Thought it was my phone. Annoying.
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