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Word for the Day, FRiday, August 1, 2014 - Concinnity
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Posted on 08/01/2014 6:53:17 AM PDT by tioga
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”.
Concinnity
Noun
1. Harmony in the arrangement or interarrangement of parts with respect to a whole.
2. Studied elegance and facility in style of expression: "He has what one character calls 'the gifts of concinnity and concision,' that deft swipe with a phrase that can be so devastating in children" (Elizabeth Ward).
3. An instance of harmonious arrangement or studied elegance and facility.
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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
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The concinnity in nature during a summer day is amazing.
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posted on
08/01/2014 6:53:17 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Gabz; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
Rise and Shine....homework on the blackboard, apples on my desk.
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posted on
08/01/2014 6:54:12 AM PDT
by
tioga
(WFTD...be there or be square.)
To: tioga
concinnity - the opposite of libinsanity.
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posted on
08/01/2014 6:55:41 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: tioga
The con games and the sinning of the obbama admin creates a grim concinnittty.
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:04:50 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: tioga
Not too much consinnity found in DC these days, unless you are listening to Trey Gowdy!
To: tioga
I’m living on the air in Concinnity
Concinnity WKRP.
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:07:44 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
To: afraidfortherepublic; tioga
To: afraidfortherepublic
lots of consinnity, just little concinnity. A++
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:09:37 AM PDT
by
tioga
(WFTD...be there or be square.)
To: NeoCaveman
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:10:00 AM PDT
by
tioga
(WFTD...be there or be square.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Obama isn’t concinnity, he’s consinnity. A++
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:10:47 AM PDT
by
tioga
(WFTD...be there or be square.)
To: tioga
It’s chock full of concinnity.
Good but busy.
How are you doing?
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:15:23 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
To: MrB; tioga
Welfare and honesty in liberal, democratic, inner-city, big-city, labor-union, government-worker-feeding Ohio government: Concinnity!
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:21:42 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: NeoCaveman
I’m gonna give you kudos for that.
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:23:00 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: NeoCaveman
Concinnity is famous for chili isn’t it?
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:25:56 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: NeoCaveman
Rsvps due today and prob 45 outstanding at this point. Chuckles will be in the state stumping for Joanie Ernst but he’s sending the missus to the wedding w/o him.
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:29:23 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: tioga
Who can remember before Obama ‘united’ the country, the relative concinnity of it all.
And once those people are inevitably swept out of office, concinnity will return once again.
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:33:48 AM PDT
by
HammerT
(The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
To: tioga
Concinnity, it’s what convicts do at night....................
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:43:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: xsmommy
No It's famous for WKRP Radio.......................
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:44:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: tioga
Obamacare, with pure asininity
Has premiums rising up to infinity
If Barack has the smarts
Why do all the law’s parts
Lack cohesion, congruity, and concinnity?
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posted on
08/01/2014 7:47:53 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(When using "he" or "him" to refer to Barack Obama, is it still okay to use the lower case "h"?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
That deserves a standing O! I will get up for coffee now, but in my heart, it is for you
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posted on
08/01/2014 8:04:40 AM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(Turmoil in the Middle East? Quick Obama, show them your Peace Prize!)
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