Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 22, 2014-- panache

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Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 22, 2014-- panache

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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".

panache [puh-nash,-nahsh]

hear it pronounced

noun
1. a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.
2. an ornamental plume of feathers, tassels, or the like, especially one worn on a helmet or cap.

Origin: 1545–55; variant (after F) of pennache < Middle French < early Italian pennachio < Late Latin pinnāculum, diminutive of pinna wing; identical in form with pinnāculum pinnacle

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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[xsmommy]

The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future and that’s what I’ve done. I am proud of where I came from and I am proud of what I’ve been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn’t walked a day in my shoes.”

[Texan5]

The weather forecast for tomorrow evening-Friday AM have added light snow to our cold and drizzle-have they done the same to yours, Whyisa?

[xsmommy]

and repub or not, Bob McDonnell's wife is an unbelievable piece of work! how does one's marriage survive THAT???

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Wow. So this is the SlowJoe comment “stand up Chuck” that will only be seen or heard in conservative circles and the media will pretend it wasn’t said

[xsmommy]

exactly.

[Texan5]

Thank you for finding that! And I’ll gladly see her fictional account of the trailer and raise with my real hunting shack account-she can walk in MY boots and those of many other single moms, and see what tough really is...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

When I was reading this info yesterday, was I correct that her first divorce ended with the husband taking the house and boat, and her with three vehicles? Or was that the second husband?

[Texan5]

Too late, I think-it had someone on the SA news choking last night, and it was all over Fox news this AM...

[Texan5]

I forget which it was-I want to say the second-but she didn’t make out badly in either marriage-she just chose a prey item with more bucks when she snagged the older lawyer...

[secret garden]

We just traded one of veteran D men for a kid from NYR. Mixed feelings abound.

[Texan5]

McDonald’s wife sounds like a clueless lunatic-all the common sense of someone like Miley Cyrus...

[SoothingDave]

I think you need to be thinking long term at this point, right?

[tioga]

oh, man, I will never get my cookies baked if I catch up on this thread. Peanut Blossoms here I come. Someone please summarize for me!

[SoothingDave]

Put a Hershey’s kiss in the middle of a peanut butter cookie. ;-)

[xsmommy]

Caps need to do something drastic but I doubt they will. Soooo depressing.

[tioga]

First batch is in the oven, the kisses all unwrapped. Smells pretty good here...but that is not the summary I had in mind. I smell a good old fashioned scandal brewing.

[Texan5]

The name sounds so nice-and I don’t even like peanuts or anything that smells or tastes like them.

[Texan5]

“scandal brewing”-indeed the way to brighten the heart of us mean conservatives during a cold spell, and we even have a couple to choose from...

Oh, cool! They are talking about Wendy’s lies on the 5 right now, and Beckel is defending her badly...

[SoothingDave]

They’re one of my favorite cookies. And there is no elegant way to eat them. Too awkward to bite, just shove the whole thing in.

[Texan5]

You don’t pick the candy kiss off the top first? Then you can bite the cookie...