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Word For The Day, Thursday, September 5, 2013 – honcho
dictionaries ad nauseam
| 5 September 2013
| Thursday's sub
Posted on 09/05/2013 4:44:08 AM PDT by secret garden
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".
honcho (HAWN-choh)
noun: One who is in charge of a situation; leader; boss.
verb tr.: To organize, manage, or lead a project, event, etc.
Example sentence:
“The three head honchos are the recipients of the Best CEO Award.”
--Cool Heads and Calm Nerves at the Helm; The Business Times (Singapore); Aug 12, 2013.
Etymology:
From Japanese hancho, from han (squad) + cho (chief). Earliest documented use: 1947.
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....
Review Threads:Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
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To: secret garden; Fierce Allegiance; Jack Deth; MoochPooch; NeoCaveman; Conspiracy Guy; Laura Earl; ...
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posted on
09/05/2013 4:45:02 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
To: secret garden
Head Honcho of Hoaxes.
To: secret garden
Honcho
Title for Japanese judge: “The Hon. Cho”.
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posted on
09/05/2013 4:57:18 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: secret garden
A honcho in a poncho:
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posted on
09/05/2013 4:58:10 AM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: secret garden
July 1969 I had the "pleasure" of venturing out into the "Honcho" in Yokosuka City with a few of my shipmates and getting drunk in a bar surrounded by beautiful young women who were making salacious conversation while drinking shots of tea for which my colleagues and I were paying whisky prices.
I got fed up after about $20.00 worth of this and picked up one of the girls' drinks and quaffed it. That's when we discovered it was tea. My friends thought this was great fun.
It sort of feels the same as having Obama in control of our military - another wag the tail military op in which he socks the Tar Baby and the American people pay the price.
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:34:07 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: secret garden
The head
honcho of Russia is warning of nuclear disaster.
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posted on
09/05/2013 5:48:20 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
To: ConorMacNessa
Obama ... socks the Tar Baby 
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:02:30 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
To: Old Sarge
LOL! I was wondering how long it would take for someone to point that out to me.
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:04:24 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: secret garden
When Dubya went back to el Rancho
Obama became the head honcho
To the media throng
He can do nothing wrong
He’s Quixote and they are his Sancho
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posted on
09/05/2013 6:26:21 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: SoothingDave
A+ for you.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:09:07 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Diogenesis
A+ for you.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:09:51 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: count-your-change
A for you.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:10:37 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Repeal The 17th
A+ for you and welcome to WFTD!
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:11:17 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: ConorMacNessa
A for you. I hope you’re wearing flame retardant jammies.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:12:55 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: NeoCaveman
The world is more worried about Putin than the effete resident we have. A+ for you.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:14:00 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
Since all of the prizes are already awarded, I’ll just say ‘hello’ and comment that I never realized that this word (which I have used for years) had its origin in Japan and WWII.
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
But you can call him Pancho
(or Betty). A+ for you.
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:16:32 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
Always! :)
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America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi! |
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
09/05/2013 7:25:33 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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