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Word For The Day, Wednesday, July 23, 2014-- potentate

Posted on 07/23/2014 5:23:13 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree

Word For The Day, Wednesday, July 23, 2014-- potentate

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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".

potentate [poht-n-teyt]

hear it pronounced

noun

a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.

Origin: [1350-1400: from Late Latin potentātus ruler, from Latin: rule, command, from potens powerful, from posse to be able]

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
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Powerful potentate Putin puts pouting, pusillanimous President in precarious position.
1 posted on 07/23/2014 5:23:13 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...

Good morning everybody. Let’s see some homework, please.


2 posted on 07/23/2014 5:24:02 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Obama considers himself to be the POTUS potentate of the people.

All too easy and all too much spitting in that sentence.


3 posted on 07/23/2014 5:28:14 AM PDT by HammerT (The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

If you spike a spud with vodka, you’ll get a potentater.


4 posted on 07/23/2014 5:29:41 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Can anyone tell me who the head of the Muslim peace movement is?)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/19-small-typos-totally-change-meaning-things

Some powerfully funny typos.


5 posted on 07/23/2014 5:29:57 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

I don’t really care what the potentate; I want to know how it was cooked.


6 posted on 07/23/2014 5:32:18 AM PDT by SAJ
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Powerful potentate Putin puts pouting, pusillanimous President in precarious position.

A prescient preeminent prediction.

7 posted on 07/23/2014 5:33:28 AM PDT by HammerT (The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
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To: HammerT
A++

gold

When it comes to running a working economy or solving any conflicts in the world, Obama is more of an impotentate.

8 posted on 07/23/2014 5:33:49 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
A+

silver

If you spike a spud with vodka, you’ll get a potentater.

Especially if the Vodka was distilled from a potato.

9 posted on 07/23/2014 5:35:14 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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spike a spud with vodka, you’ll get a potentater

Buy a bag of spuds, a half gallon of Stoli and go on a potentoot!

10 posted on 07/23/2014 5:37:03 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: SoothingDave
bronze

Some cute ones in there.

11 posted on 07/23/2014 5:38:37 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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To: SAJ

A+
Obama,the wannabee potentate, ate chips when Moochelle wasn’t looking.


12 posted on 07/23/2014 5:40:41 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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To: HammerT

The past predicts the future.


13 posted on 07/23/2014 5:41:31 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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I don't see a problem with Richard Howard being a scuba diva.

He's probably from Chelsea or Revere Massachusetts. They do scuba divin' all da time. In fact, I seen a scuba diva in the riva lookin' fa some sunkin treazha.

14 posted on 07/23/2014 5:44:19 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Can anyone tell me who the head of the Muslim peace movement is?)
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I don't eat lemons straight,

because they have such a poten tate.


15 posted on 07/23/2014 6:00:02 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Ok, I’ll bite.

nobama, in his arrogance and narcissism, thinks he is a potentate. We know much better.


16 posted on 07/23/2014 6:06:43 AM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: MrB

A++
Buckwheat kudos.


17 posted on 07/23/2014 6:24:21 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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To: upchuck

A++
Yes, Obama thinks he is what Putin actually is.


18 posted on 07/23/2014 6:25:08 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Our potentate is sending Pentagon "advisors" to the Ukraine. This has international incident written all over it.
19 posted on 07/23/2014 7:26:51 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

To be a leader of this magnitude, one must be a potent, potent, potent, potent, potent, potent, potent, potent individual ....


20 posted on 07/23/2014 7:43:04 AM PDT by mikrofon (Con ocho Basta)
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