Word for the Day, Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - Termagant

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[tioga]

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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".

Termagant

Noun, ( tur-muh-guh nt)

A violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.

Adjective

Violent; turbulent; brawling; shrewish.

In addition noun: (initial capital letter) a mythical deity popularly believed in the Middle Ages to be worshiped by the Muslims and introduced into the morality play as a violent, overbearing personage in long robes.

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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. Amuse me, teach me news of the day, or write poetry to get extra credit.

[tioga]

Class is on for the day, tioga substituting for Louis, who has a day off this week. Have at it.

[tioga]

Roll Call. Take your seats or risk being a termagant or termagent.

[Fai Mao]

Termagant: A violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.

I cannot make a sentence using the word termagant because my wife will never let me hear the end of it if I do.

[pax_et_bonum]

I am in favor of termagant limits.

[C210N]

I sense this has something to do with airborne ashtrays.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Hillary, world-famous termagant
Nasty, conceited and arrogant
When Florida fell
She just screamed “Go to Hell!”
To her staffers, who found that inelegant

[afraidfortherepublic]

All of these WFTD describe Hillary who is a termagant if I’ve ever seen one!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Perfect!

[FrdmLvr]

Put this on social media! It will get a million shares.

[vikingd00d]

Ashtrays shattering,
The hellish termagant wails.
Donald Trump has won!

[Blueflag]

I actually use that word to “inform” liberals of the differences between an insult and taking offense — in the context of “offending” and “hate”

For instance I if I were to speak to a woman at work and say in a pleasant voice - “you remind me of a meretricious termagant today” - she likely doesn’t know the meaning of that. But it essentially means she reminds me of a slutty b*tch.

Now while it may or may not be factual, it is arguably an insult. It is not however “offensive” or “hateful.”

She can choose to take offense in context, or since ‘today’ is Halloween, and she was trying to copy Miley Cyrus ;-) she might say ‘thank you’ if she knows the meaning of the word.

The point is to draw the distinction between insulting someone, which *IS* a deliberate act with a subject, verb and object ... and taking offense, which is an emotional inference taken by the recipient.

Food for thought.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I said “meretricious” to a dumb liberal. She said, “Same to you, and a Happy New Year!”

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Thanks for the kind words.

[tioga]

LMAO A++++

[Fiji Hill]

Termagants were called shrews in Shakespeare’s day.

[Tennessee Nana]

Termagant: See Hillary Clinton.

This word was picked to coincide with her defeat, eh ???

[FreedomPoster]

LOL! I see what you did there!

[Lazamataz]

Please make my new word, a word I coined, Word for the Day tomorrow...

RACIALYING: The Act Of Falsely Claiming Racism

[tioga]

She likes Hillary?

[tioga]

She does sum up the word quite nicely. A++