;Posted on 06/23/2014 5:06:08 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 6/23/14
;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".
JETTISON; verb (used with object) 1. to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency. 2. to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard. 3. Cards. to discard (an unwanted card or cards). noun 4. the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it. 5. jetsam.
Etymology: 1375–1425; late Middle English jetteson < Anglo-French; Old French getaison ≪ Latin jactātiōn- (stem of jactātiō ) jactation
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....
Here is my example with WFTD.
Liz Warren refuses to jettison her presidential aspirations for 2016.
No pushing at the door please!
good morning.
i know a few people i;d like to jettison...mostly democrats
Will the Dems jettison Charlie Rangel tomorrow?
Maybe for tomorrow you can choose "gobsmacked" for WFTD..as in "Haley Barbour was gobsmacked by the Mississippi run-off results.."
yep, throw them all overboard. A+++
hard to get my hopes up, but guess we will see what happens tomorrow! A+++
How I wish it was possible to jettison the Kenyan.
perfect! and I am sure you beat a lot of people to the punch with that, good for you! A+++
you and me both, it would be the best feeling in all the world if it could be done. A+++
After my second-oldest finished in the Air Force working on C-5’s, he had to jettison to get home ...
Elon Musk proposed it at least!
A+++
A+++ love the jetsons theme going on here.
She said “jactation.”
RME
George Medhurst too. In 1812.
My twins have turned 18 and they graduated high school, I just want all connection to the ex wife gone, but she is such a nasty witch, I have yet to jettison that jetsom.
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