Posted on 10/03/2013 6:15:07 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Thursday, October 3, 2013-- gravamen
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".
gravamen [gruh-vey-muhn]
noun
1. the part of an accusation that weighs most heavily against the accused; the substantial part of a charge or complaint.
2. a grievance.
Origin: 15951605; < Late Latin: trouble, physical inconvenience, equivalent to Latin gravā ( re ) to load, weigh down (derivative of gravis heavy, burdened) + -men noun suffix
Related forms
gravamina, plural
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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You’re a bit late with “corpsemen.”
In all the news and carping
The fact most missed by some-
The gravamen of Obamacare is
It takes advantage of the dumb
Those low information people
Produced by government schools
Who think reality shows are art
And that they are beyond rules
Demanding their “free” insurance,
Lacking character and free will-
They will no doubt be complacent
Until presented with the bill...
America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi! |
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You are correct. The rude awakening for the
low-info crowd has begun. Unlike Obama phones,
healthcare is something they actually would have
to pay for.
The gravamen of my complaint against the Kenyan-in-Chief is that he is an arrogant and hubristic Marxist who is Hell-bent on destroying our Freedoms, our economy, and our Beloved Nation!
It's the one thing he is actually good at.
Thank you! Let the howling begin-maybe the whiners who live in states that “opted out” of the expansion will pack up and move to places like California, and the liberal Pacific NW, where they give free everything-since they’re already going broke, a few more giveways will hardly be noticed...
6 officers surround a car. Two in Plainclothes, (guess is SS) , all with guns drawn, and no one shoots out the tires? Allowing a nutty chase scene!
Good thing for the class our pal was on furlough!
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