Word for the Day, FRiday, March 21, 2014 - Invidious

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[tioga]

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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”.

Invidious

Adjective

1. Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious accusations.
2. Containing or implying a slight; discriminatory: invidious distinctions.
3. Envious.

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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.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)

Practice makes perfect.....post on....

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)

Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister

Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

[tioga]

Give up your email address to the White House and you can receive the First Lady's Blog posts on her trip to China. Of course, then you will get the fund raising requests, too. Don't be invidious, join in the fun. /s

[tioga]

Rise and shine! The days may be getting longer, but you still have to get up and out there to enjoy them.

Homework on the blackboard, apples on my desk.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Tioga!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

EAGLES UP! Once more unto the breach, my friends, once more!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[hobbes1]

Morning Ti!

[tioga]

[tioga]

Morning, peeps!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Obama: divisive, invidious
His healthcare law: stupid and hideous
He rules like a Nazi
Heroes died in Benghazi
His response was just feckless and piteous

[Old Sarge]

Internet trolls have studied that great Roman philosopher, Gaius Invidius.

[tioga]

You covered a lot of ground there in one limerick. A+++

[tioga]

an overnight sensation on the internet? who knew. A++

[ConorMacNessa]

Insidious
Nugatory
Vaccillating
Impotent
Disdainful
Ineffectual
Obtuse
Uncouth
Supercilious

Thy name is Obama - an Epsilon for a Brave New World.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

EAGLES UP! Once more unto the breach, my friends, once more!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[tioga]

the list is legend. A++

[tioga]

hmm, I was too quick to grade you, where IS the WFTD?

[secret garden]

WHOOP! Why I love my alma mater.

[secret garden]

Check the vertical.

[VRWCmember]

hmm, I was too quick to grade you, where IS the WFTD?

If you look down the screen from his first line to his last, you will find it.

[Robert A Cook PE]

You’re early!

The vicious, invidious, insidious, viscous invidious propaganda from Obama’s ABCNNBCBS media will continue .....

[secret garden]

The WaPo is chock full of invidious weasels pushing their agendas, regardless of the facts.

[tioga]

OMGosh, how clever. A+++

[tioga]

...after this commercial break. A+++