Posted on 11/19/2013 6:43:37 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Tuesday, November 19, 2013 – comeuppance
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".
comeuppance; noun: a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts Examples of COMEUPPANCE
One of these days, he'll get his comeuppance for treating people so arrogantly. comeuppance 1859, presumably rooted in come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal." •
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....
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!
It is a bit more complicated than that...
Hmmph.
Seems like it would be a lot simpler if we could just grow food.
And whiskey.
Well, we sort of do-we call them “food crops” if we can eat part or all of the plant/tree/bush-the catch is that most have to be grown and harvested first...
I can’t really picture a whiskey tree/bush-would it grow little airplane flight bottles like flowers or fruit?
Actually, if we wanted to start growing ready-made food and alcoholic beverages, we’d probably be better off with a Star Trek type food replicator...
Fruit of the vine and work of human hands...
There’s a river of stew and whiskey, too. You can paddle around in a big canoe.
Sounds like you’ve fallen out of the canoe and gone under a few times already....
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