;Posted on 10/21/2013 5:59:05 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 10/21/13
;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".
procrustean; adj.
adjective 1. pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes. 2. ( often lowercase ) tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
Etymology: 1846 in figurative sense of "aiming to produce conformity by arbitrary means," from Procrustes (1583), mythical robber of Attica who seized travelers, tied them to his bed, and either stretched their limbs or lopped of their legs to make them fit it. The name is Gk. Prokroustes "one who stretches," from
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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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
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This project at work lacks resources, money, and time, but management’s procrustean ways force me to get it done anyway.
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oh yes! please do!! A+++
yum~! A+++
At first I thought you said you wanted to be added to the WTFD ping list!
GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS and TMI! A+++
A+++ will let you know after i get some responses!
A+++ glad to have you!
i thought so too!
The Ol' Procrustyean pantsuits will probably figure [sic] prominently in the upcoming 2016 campaign...
OMG that pic is HILARIOUS! her expression, her GIRTH, and that COLOR!! LOLOLOL@@
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The Obamacare phone number was apparently selected by Hector Salamanca.
1-800-F1UCKYO
seriously?
We know Bill won’t touch that, bit man...Huma must be hard core.
Guess it’s an Anne Heche kinda thing. At least Ellen Degenerate was cute.
Yup
Obama’s minions screwed up
In blaming the wretched mess
On software and the website
But why is anybody’s guess
When attempting to employ
Procrustean methods to sway
Business to their thinking
Online vendors began to say
How outdated and inefficient
Was the software costing so much
And Obama is in the rose garden
Proving he is out of touch...
We are adrift in a lifeboat, and the emperor really, really has no clothes...
To be fair, it is Pumpkin season.
Maybe she has a tramp stamp that says, “Peter,Peter”
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