Word For The Day, Wednesday, October 16, 2013-- assize

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Word For The Day, Wednesday, October 16, 2013-- assize

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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".

assize [uh-sahyz]

hear it pronounced

noun

1. Usually, assizes. a trial session, civil or criminal, held periodically in specific locations in England, usually by a judge of a superior court.
2. an edict, ordinance, or enactment made at a session of a legislative assembly.
3. an inquest before members of a jury or assessors; a judicial inquiry.
4. an action, writ, or verdict of an assize.
5. judgment: the last assize; the great assize.

Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English asise < Old French: a sitting, noun use of feminine of asis seated at (past participle of aseeir ), equivalent to a- a-5 + -sis < Latin sēssum ( sed- stem of sedēre to sit + -tus past participle suffix)

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]

(Definition#3) We could use an assize or at least a special prosecutor to punish those who stole the 2012 election by using the I.R.S. to effectively silence opponents of the Regime.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Something tells me that you miscreants will have some fun with this word.

[mountn man]

[mountn man]

You sir, are correct.

[NicknamedBob]

“miscreants”?

You rang?

My “assize” is invariant, no matter what I wear.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Harry Reid uses various assizes (Senate rules) to control HIS Senate.

[Hoodat]

Either these pants are assize too small, or that butt is assize too big.

[Darksheare]

JLo and Kim Kardassian were plagued by their assizes in the department stores.

[MrB]

Yep, you went for the obvious first pun with this word... :)

[mountn man]

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+++

I knew someone would go there, but the visual was outstanding.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Can we keep it fair and balanced, just for the sake of our visual health if nothing else?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++

My “assize” is invariant, no matter what I wear.

Do these "genes" make me look fat?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+++

Top grade for actually using the word correctly, in a non-gluteus maximus way.

[theDentist]

ObamaCare, an assize too big.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+++
Apparently a diet rich in fruits and vegetables belongs to the same “do as I say, not as I do” family as Obamacare.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+++
Top grade for moving away from Michelle.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A bonus + for your truck. Loved it!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank you thank you, thank you.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+++
Aye, caramba!

[Darksheare]

Yeah, I figured that was fruit on the too low branch.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++
With each passing day, Obamacare shows that it is the gift that keeps on giving, to a republican party that doesn’t know what to do with said gift.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Actually, I’m surprised that Michelle is getting all the attention. I figured that Hillary would be good for at least 50%. (Just my half-assed estimate.)

[Darksheare]

Ah, she of the cottage cheese look.

[Darksheare]

And I just apparently murdered the thread and all readers with the visual they got from that comment.
Oops.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Better a comment than a picture.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Jonah Goldberg talks about William F. Buckley’s use of big and unfamiliar words here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3079589/posts

[Darksheare]

LOL!
True.
Especially her Thighness these days.

[hobbes1]

I'll see you, and Raise,

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The best line I saw (on Twitter) was that people should be offended by “Washington Redskins” because it contains the word “Washington.”

[secret garden]

I think it’s amusing and telling when mothers and daughters have the same hairstyle.