Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 8, 2014-- demimonde

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Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 8, 2014-- demimonde

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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".

demimonde [dem-ee-mond, French: duh-mee-mawnd]

hear it pronounced

noun

1. (esp in the 19th century) those women considered to be outside respectable society, esp on account of sexual promiscuity

2. any social group considered to be not wholly respectable.

3. prostitutes or courtesans in general.

4. a group whose activities are ethically or legally questionable: a demimonde of investigative journalists writing for the sensationalist tabloids.

5. a group characterized by lack of success or status: the literary demimonde.

Origin:

[C19: from French, literally: half-world]

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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[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Jay Carney’s occupation falls into the demimonde of government officials who are paid to hide the truth.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Good morning! Get out of your nice warm bed and come do your homework.

[SoothingDave]

I asked a Jamaican who Ashton Kutcher’s wife was and he said “Demi, mon.”

[rarestia]

Democrats: the demimondes of modern American society.

[jsanders2001]

Harlot is 2 less syllables and works for me...: )

[rightwingcrazy]

There are three kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can’t.

[hobbes1]

Morning Truth!....

[NicknamedBob]

"Get out of your nice warm bed and come do your homework."

I'll have you know I've been up for minutes.

People end up in their own particular demimonde categories by consuming too many demitasses. Go for a full mug, I say.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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Chuckle.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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Democrats are in a world of their own making, which exists only in their minds.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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Must be the new math.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Good morning. Are you getting the PING these days?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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The demimonde of caffeine.

[hobbes1]

Yessir.!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Glad to hear it.

[Louis Foxwell]

A society bent on salacious desires elects a demimonde of officials in the vain hope they will institutionalize private corruption.

[hobbes1]

And, I pledge to try to not make any jokes about the synonymic relationship between the WFTD and Croquette.

Honest.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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Well said. And I also urge everyone to heed the advice in your tagline:

This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.

[tioga]

Did you say denimmanicure? I thought only women got those.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

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No, I didn’t, but it looks pretty good.