Posted on 12/19/2013 4:34:52 AM PST by secret garden
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".
importune (im-pawr-TOON, im-pawr-TYOON, im-PAWR-chuhn) \ tr. verb
To ask someone, repeatedly or annoyingly, to do something.
Example sentence:
"José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, has cast dignity aside and importuned all and sundry with a request to be invited to a conference."
---After the Fiesta; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 6, 2008.
Etymology:
From Latin importunus, from in- (not) + portus (port, refuge). Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (to lead, pass over), which also gave us support, comport, petroleum, sport, passport, petrify, colporteur (a peddler of religious books), Swedish fartlek (a training technique), Norwegian fjord(bay), and Sanskrit parvat (mountain). Earliest documented use: 1530.
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!
BTW, I started watching because all my Christian girlfriends are devoted to this show.
Nice. Bobby Jindal stands tall with the Robertsons.
Damnit-hit post too fast...
Obamas minions have no manners-
They will promote in every way
Importuning with feckless commercials
Guaranteed to ruin your day?
Is some geeky guy in jammies
All that likely to really sell
Obamacare to the young and jobless
Who probably wish him into hell?
It seems that some Obama worshippers
May have seen the blinding lights-
Now that THEIR wallets are targeted
They suddenly demand their rights...
Hmmph. BHO doesn’t advertise on FOXNews or HGTV, I have been spared.
I hope the whole family gets out of their contract and goes to another network-plenty of free speech allowed on others with better ratings than A&E...
Exactly right.
A+ for you!
Oh, I know what it’s about. Some of my kids watch it, but I don’t much like men in beards.
A+ for you. They have certainly identified their base and it is creepy.
That one with the jammies and chocolate guy is on the net, not on any TV channel I watch. I don’t watch any network TV, or any of the stranger ones like bravo, pivot, etc, so for all I know, it might be shown there. I hardly ever watched A&E, either-and now that will be “never watch”...
Thank you! Their solid base now appears to be the modern equivalent of the Roman mob-grubby, ignorant, grasping and envious of anyone who works or is looking for work...
Nice way for him to step up.
{Kids}: “ But, but, but, but, BUT DA-A-AD ..... it’s IMPORTUNE !!”
A for you! I’m watching a hencam and goatcam site of a lady’s backyard outside Boston and not jealous of the snow at all. It’s sunny and 61 right now. Time to go wrap packages for mailing!
Saw a really bad band once. They were in poor tune.
Hey weren’t you writing porn? I guess it had panache and élan ; ) ?
My uncle was in the import tuna business.
When the Beatles arrived on our shores in 1964, Americans started to import tunes.
Somebody here writes porn? I never tried that-just some erotic poetry. But despite their snooty and exalted definition(s), panache and elan sound more like desserts...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.