Word For The Day, Thursday, July 17, 2014 – factitious

dictionaries ad nauseam | 17 July 2014 | Thursday's sub

[secret garden]

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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".

factitious (fak-TISH-uhs) adjective
1. Artificial.
2. Sham.

Example sentence:
"'For me, this is the only real place,' David says in the novel, but for the reader the city remains disappointingly factitious."
--Say Nice Things About Detroit; The New Yorker; Aug 27, 2012.

Etymology:
From Latin facticius (artificial), past participle of facere (to do). Earliest documented use: 1646.

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....

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Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[Diogenesis]

You say factitious.
I say fictitious.

Factitious. Fictitious. IT IS CRIMINAL either way.

The Tyrant’s background remains odiously fictitious
and factitious and continously hidden
as he meticulously destroys America by violating
the US Constitution for his Koran.

[xsmommy]

the factitiously peaceful ROP.

[secret garden]

A for you!

[secret garden]

No matter how brutal they are to women and homosexuals, the leftists refuse to denounce them. A+ for you.

[xsmommy]

ludicrous.

[secret garden]

Thank you for giving me a reason to link some Jerry Jeff.

[SoothingDave]

“The same ones who killed them used to visit”

[secret garden]

[xsmommy]

because they are such fun-loving souls.

[secret garden]

From Twitter this am:
Bloge Salming ‏@blogesalming 1m
When Johnny Winters' ghost shows up it will feel like he never left. #RIP

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

His socialist agenda ambitious
Presidential persona factitious
Since Congress does little
We’re caught in the middle
And the thoughts that we have are seditious

[xsmommy]

I think mambo sauce may be more apropos. BTW, that's the song that the wedding party is going to be introduced to and we will walk in. It's played at Caps, Wizards and Redskins games. Go-go is a uniquely DC sound.

[secret garden]

Amen brother, and A+ for you!

[secret garden]

Mayor on crack and we all kept it real and voted him back? You’re walking in to that?

[SoothingDave]

He’s definitely in Rolling Stones “Top 5 most dangerous albino rockers.”

[xsmommy]

yep.

[SoothingDave]

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/382961/gun-madness-state-line-charles-c-w-cooke

This is (another reason) why Christie never has a chance at the GOP nomination.

[xsmommy]

saw that yesterday and was appalled. yes, he never had a chance and it grows dimmer as time passes. but what do you think about Rubio? is his goose cooked over immigration? he was on oreilly and sounded good to me. I know I thought he was dead in the water awhile back but wondered if that had ameliorated over time.