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Word for the Day, FRiday, July 17, 2015 - Ambage
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| tioga
Posted on 07/17/2015 4:28:56 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”.
Ambage
Noun
A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
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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It's on.....
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posted on
07/17/2015 4:28:56 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Gabz; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
Take your seats. Homework on the board, apples on my desk.
2
posted on
07/17/2015 4:29:54 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: xsmommy; NeoCaveman
I am seeing a groundswell of support for Trump across FB. Really, what’s up?
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posted on
07/17/2015 4:38:55 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: xsmommy; NeoCaveman
Franklin Graham is singing Trump’s praises. Wow.
4
posted on
07/17/2015 4:40:35 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga
Numerous bottles of SlimFast on your desk every morning may be somebody’s ambage that you need to drop some weight off that assymetrical saggin’ ass of yours...
5
posted on
07/17/2015 4:43:40 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: tioga
Islam: Using terror-based ambage retro chic since the 10th century!
6
posted on
07/17/2015 4:46:25 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: tioga
Is Obama a master of ambage or merely deceitful?
7
posted on
07/17/2015 4:51:27 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: tioga
Is is astounding - I like that Trump will play the bulldog but he is not going to win us the Presidency. I find it amazing that those who hated Guiliani and singing the praises of Trump here!
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posted on
07/17/2015 4:55:12 AM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(When men in suits start robbing convenience stores I will stop fearing those in hoodies)
To: Old Sarge
Excuse, me....what did you say?
9
posted on
07/17/2015 4:58:50 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: rarestia
LOL I have been watching with interest this latest shooting. A+++
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posted on
07/17/2015 5:00:19 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga; xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Gabz; Texan5; NicknamedBob
11
posted on
07/17/2015 5:00:19 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I hope Trump is in it to make Cruz look reasonable. Oh, please let us have Cruz.
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posted on
07/17/2015 5:00:58 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: Louis Foxwell
13
posted on
07/17/2015 5:01:45 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: knarf
A+++ Will have to watch later.
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posted on
07/17/2015 5:02:33 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga
While ambage can be a useful and even delightful mode of expression, Hillary's claim that she opposed subprime pending reminds us that indirect expression is one thing, but outright mendacity is quite another.
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posted on
07/17/2015 5:02:37 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(Sta, si cum canibus magnis currere non potes, in portico.)
To: tioga
While ambage can be a useful and even delightful mode of expression, Hillary's claim that she opposed subprime pending reminds us that indirect expression is one thing, but outright mendacity is quite another.
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posted on
07/17/2015 5:03:07 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(Sta, si cum canibus magnis currere non potes, in portico.)
To: tioga
Paraphrase from the movie “Space Cowboys”
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posted on
07/17/2015 5:03:37 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: Mad Dawg
18
posted on
07/17/2015 5:04:09 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: Old Sarge
OK, then. A+++ I thought you were implying something about ME!
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posted on
07/17/2015 5:04:42 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga
I can’t believe Cruz is near the bottom of polling - he is the only candidate who makes sense.
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posted on
07/17/2015 5:06:33 AM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(When men in suits start robbing convenience stores I will stop fearing those in hoodies)
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