;Posted on 06/18/2014 5:35:18 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, June 18, 2014-- skulduggery
;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".
skulduggery [skuhl-duhg-uh-ree]
noun
1. dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
2. an instance of dishonest or deceitful behavior; trick.
Origin: 1856, apparently an alteration of Scottish sculdudrie "adultery" (1713), sculduddery "bawdry, obscenity" (1821), a euphemism of uncertain origin.
Related forms:
Alternate spellings: skullduggery, sculduggery, scullduggery.
Plural: skul•dug•ger•ies.
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Interesting etymology… I had always thought that the term originated with the actions of grave robbers.
Something ugly is going to end up happening because the media has failed to do its job. You thought it was bad when they got Obama elected. Now he is just daring anyone to call him out.
Will any of the “esteemed estates,” our institutions, stand up?
I am afraid that, with no justice and no truth, that some loner or band of loners is going to decide it is time to act.
It’s going to be a long time till November, and then a very interesting time after that.
I was in the kitchen making dinner and only half listening, it must have been the Five yesterday, where someone said that the media is starting to turn now that Obama is starting to make THEM look bad. can’t recall what the context was and what they were pointing to as an indication of them starting to cover more, be more critical etc.
I do honestly believe it’s going to come to violence of some sort.
I hadn’t been watching Fox for months, basically until hockey ended, and I have been struck by the animation and incredulousness of people like Oreilly, Kelly etc. But then Megyn will P me O by STILL saying something stupid. was it last night or night before she had Dinesh D’sousa on and she was saying something like: you almost make it sound like Obama HATES the US is anti-American, so WHY WOULD HE WANT TO BE PRESIDENT if he felt that way?
DUH!!!! seriously?? You think being leader of the free world and the power to FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE the US isn’t an incentive? I couldn’t believe she made such a stupid point! Dinesh responded that it was kind of like if your dad is a child molester, and you still love him, but you want to prevent him from doing bad things. So then she was laughing and saying, oh so the US is a CHILD MOLESTING PEDOPHILE?? RME.
I heard Andrea saying she likes the World Cup cause she likes anything that makes daytime drinking acceptable. LOL
The skullduggery at the IRS
Has become almost amusing
School kids all have better
Excuses than they’re using
Computer crashes made files
Vanish into some empty space-
Yet another desperate attempt
To keep from losing their case
Someone should hire Snowden-
That might cause a sensation
If he salvages the hard drive
And retrieves the information...
yes I heard her say that too, she’s funny.
It sounds like you are doing great-I hope your PT session goes well, too...
No doubt it is due to the tunnel to the underworld located under the capital complex and WH...
I said the same thing (Post 8.)
A Michael Caine doppleganger.
The description of Hillary still applies.
Because GMTA.
Every day, Obama must bring his “brain trust” together to decide which part of the Constitution to override.
A+++
Skulduggery and thuggery. The Obama Regime.
Most days, I take pains not to duplicate others’ contributions or give a nod RE something similar ... Chalk it up too to plain laziness & mid-week doldrums ;)
And the heat. Don’t forget that(even if Miami did).
Thank you!
I bought new toys for the pets-a stuffed squeaky toy for Husky girl, and a fur mouse for each cat. The dog is making hers squeak, Yeti-boy is carrying his mouse around-and Titus has stolen Midget girl’s mouse and has his paws on top of both his and hers, daring her to take one back. She is sitting on the floor staring, trying to figure how get the thing from under his paws without being pounced on...
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