Word For The Day, Thursday, Rocktober 24, 2013 – mien

dictionaries ad nauseam | 24 October 2013 | Thursday's sub

[secret garden]

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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".

mien (meen) noun
Appearance, bearing, or demeanor.

Example sentence:
"Everyone Nanako Coates greets walks away smiling. But beyond that exuberant, youthful mien is a seasoned veteran with years of professional experience in the restaurant business."
--Eizo Kobayashi; Daughter Follows in Family's Culinary Tradition; Oakland Tribune (California); Sep 17, 2013.

Etymology:
Probably a shortened form of demean (to conduct oneself in a specified manner), influenced by French mine (appearance). Earliest documented use: 1522.

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....

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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

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine! Please let me know if you want on or off the ping list.

[SAJ]

Do you fancy that old song, “Mien you an’ a Dog named ‘Boo’”?

[dblshot]

Obama’s articulate mien overwhelms the press’s ability to understand what he means.

[secret garden]

Are you kidding? I can still recall the wheat fields of St. Paul. A+ for you.

[secret garden]

Nuanced, he is. /Yoda
A for you and welcome to WFTD!

[Diogenesis]

To the corrupt, undocumented, pRes_ _ent,
America's END justifies using any miens.

[secret garden]

Scary perfect. A+ for you.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The President’s confident mien
Belies what the people have seen
Obamacare sucks
So he weaves and he ducks
And pretends that he’s still Mr. Clean

[secret garden]

They're trying the "let's call it ACA instead of linking it to our leader" tack now. A+ for you.

[SoothingDave]

This is what the cat says when it’s out.

[secret garden]

We call that game Insy/Outsy at our house. A for you.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I hate when that happens. You need a cat door. I can’t figure out how to install one here because the house is brick and all of the doors have storm doors on them.

[MrB]

Mien people suck.

[MrB]

_I’m_ giving you an A for that one!

[secret garden]

A for you.

[Travis T. OJustice]

My daughter and her friends seemed like they played ‘mein girls’ for an hour this morning, getting ready for Senior Day at school.

[secret garden]

Are they all wearing pink today?

[xsmommy]

Found this comforting.

[secret garden]

Me too.