Word For The Day, Thursday, October 3, 2013-- gravamen

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Word For The Day, Thursday, October 3, 2013-- gravamen

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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".

gravamen [gruh-vey-muhn]

hear it pronounced

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: 1595–1605; < 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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[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Obamacare has become the gravamen for patriots who accuse Obama of being a socialist.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Homework time. My third class this week. I should get tenure.

[xsmommy]

Lmao! You should!!

[hobbes1]

Morning.

[theDentist]

SO is gravamen the greatest content of gravitas?

[NonValueAdded]

Once the corpsemen have done their job, in come the gravamen. Love, Barack.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

You are first, although you had a head start since you were supposed to be teaching today.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Good morning.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+

Yes--42 gravamen equals one gravitas, according to the HHS, which monitors such things, and the NSA, which monitors everything.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++
Barack reminds us to pronounce that “P” in “corpsmen.” When referring to our Great Leader, I always pronounce the “P” in “putz.”

[Travis T. OJustice]

How’s your unplanned vacation going?

[Travis T. OJustice]

pass the gravamen, these taters need some fixin’ up!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++
Yes, the gravamen are the guys in the soup kitchen who ladle the gravy onto the turkey and mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think this was Richie Hebner’s nickname when he played
for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

[secret garden]

Thank you Truthy! Here is your tenure award.

[mikrofon]

Italian cemetery workers?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++
Yes, and bigotry is Italian for a large oak
Bigamist is an Italian fog.
And a specimen is an Italian astronaut.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Thanks.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

From the Baseball Almanac:

Perhaps the most famous of these off-season jobs was that of Richie Hebner, who worked in the family cemetery as a grave digger. Even when salaries began to escalate in the 70s, Hebner kept digging those ditches for a few extra shekels. When Hebner was on the Phillies, a writer asked him if he still worked as a grave digger in the offseason. With a nod of the head and a solemn look on his face, the first baseman replied, “Don’t close your eyes too long.”

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thirdure, maybe. You’d need a few more to get tenure. 8<)

Speaking of liberals, we would probably be better off if Washington liberals had the morals of a civilized, upright people. Instead, the politicians, bureaucrats and reporters are little more than barbaric gravemen.