Word For The Day, Wednesday, November 13, 2013-- deleterious

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Word For The Day, Wednesday, November 13, 2013-- deleterious

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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".

deleterious [del-i-teer-ee-uh s]

hear it pronounced

adjective

1. injurious to health: deleterious gases.
2. harmful; injurious: deleterious influences.

Origin: 1635–45; < Greek dēlētḗrios destructive, adj. derivative of dēlētḗr destroyer, equivalent to dēlē- variant stem of dēleîsthai to hurt, injure + -tēr agent suffix + -ios adj. suffix; see -ious

Related forms

del•e•te•ri•ous•ly, adverb
del•e•te•ri•ous•ness, noun
non•del•e•te•ri•ous, adjective
non•del•e•te•ri•ous•ly, adverb
non•del•e•te•ri•ous•ness, noun

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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[SoothingDave]

I said “into” not “onto.”

[Amigo04]

Obama’s deleterious plan for America began when he was supposedly at Columbia University.

[secret garden]

Why do I think you are storing that away for a limerick?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++

Obama’s deleterious plan for America began when he was supposedly at Columbia University.

The Manchurian Candidate of Morningside Heights.

[knarf]

In all my years in FR ... that’s the first first ... I’m blushing

[tioga]

The deleterious win by McAwful was reportedly done by voter fraud. Mmm. I see a trend here.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Why do I think you are storing that away for a limerick?

Probably because you've been hanging out here for a dozen years.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Congratulations!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A+++
Intimidation of white voters by the New Black Panthers is perfectly legal, according to Attorney General Eric Holder.

[knarf]

All this praise is deleterious to my humility.

[SoothingDave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__rX_WL100

[secret garden]

Or this, for those who cannot stand Madonna.

[knarf]

MUCH more betterer

[SoothingDave]

Yes, better. But never a topic of conversation in a Tarantino movie.

[count-your-change]

Deleterious

Let’s see if we can break this down like a cheap shot gun since we may need this deleterious somehow.

Delete we know is where everything goes, never to return, when I hit the wrong key here.

What could terious be but crying so deleterious is quit yer crying!

Right here on this bottle of Old Smash it has that word deleterious and most everyone who samples Old Smash ends up crying for some reason.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A++
I’m getting a bit worried. I actually understood your analysis.

[hobbes1]

Pedant.

I’m still irked that your response to an offbeat comment got me listening to albums, after bedtime!

The comment sparked nothing,

Your quick witted recognition, got me thinking ....Hey, haven’t heard that in a while. Then I went down that dark, which albums are fueled by great bass tracks road...lol..

[hobbes1]

i prefer “Let it Go” from High-n-Dry, lol. ..

Slightly more coarse when you listen closely, tho.

[SoothingDave]

I hate to be pedantic, but that song, as good as it is, isn’t about virginity.

[secret garden]

I hate to be pedantic

Oh please...