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<p>Thank you humble gunner for the graphic.</p> <p>TexasCowboy (aka COB1) was a true Texas gentleman, great friend, patriot, and a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment. It is truly an honor to continue a tradition he started many years ago, hosting shoots for FRiends around the great state of Texas.</p>

The anchor was "punched 10 times in the head," CNN producer Steve Brusk Tweeted. Anderson Cooper was attacked in Egypt Wednesday. CNN producer Steve Brusk Tweeted, "Anderson said he was punched 10 times in the head as pro-Mubarak mob surrounded him and his crew trying to cover demonstration."

EAST POINT, Ga. - Video showed chaos unfolding in the city of East Point on Wednesday morning as hundreds of people waited for their chance to get federal housing assistance. Aerials from above the East Point Housing Authority showed a large group of people congregating around police cars and causing a scene as several people handed out applications. Mobs of people surrounded police cars, and FOX 5 has learned workers were handing out applications to the crowd, but they would only do so with police presence. Those in the crowd would receive an application, then fill it out and wait...

Well knock me down with a feather! On tonight's broadcast of the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric covered the controversy over Michelle Obama's luxurious 60 room Spain vacation during the continuing economic crisis.The report, which clocked in at a lengthy 2 minutes and 29 seconds, was made by Sharyl Atkisson from the White House and included graphics showing the cost of Michelle Obama's round-trip airfare to Spain on a government plane and the per diem cost for the estimated 70 Secret Service agents on the trip:• Transport on the Air Force version of a 757. That's $146,000 for the round...

This Thanksgiving weekend, the First Family did the same thing many Americans families did – catch a game. For the Obamas, the game of choice was basketball. The Beavers of Oregon State, where Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson is the head coach, were in town to play the George Washington University Colonials last night. The game was a family affair with Barack, Michelle, Sasha and Malia Obama as well as grandmother Miriam Robinson, arriving at the Smith Center shortly before the game began. Fans were required to go through airport-like security before entering the arena. While there was no official...

A thread with this title was posted about 10 years ago. The top choices were JohnHuang2 and kattracks (who sadly died of cancer a couple of years ago). My current favorites are governsleastgovernsbest for posting his great commentaries from newsbusters here (this is NOT an ad). I also like RobinMasters, he finds great articles to post. Also, kudos to Cindy for her relentless research. And of course, Jim Robinson who makes this all possible. This thread is dedicated to kattracks, a true friend of FR. May she rest in peace.

Transcripts of a tape made from an FBI wiretap shows Sen. Roland Burris promised to "personally do something" in response to an appeal for money for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund. The promise came in a phone conversation with Blagojevich's brother, Robert Blagojevich, who is head of the campaign fund. Burris repeatedly says how much he wants to be appointed to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. In response to an appeal for money from the governor's brother Burris says: "I will personally do something." The transcript was released Tuesday as part of a motion by the U.S. attorney's...

LOS ANGELES - Want a skybox perch to see John McCain speak at the Republican National Convention, passes to hot GOP parties that week, pampering from the concierge and private wheels to tool around town? Want a chance to mingle with celebrities like Warren Beatty and Al Franken at the Democratic National Convention, and maybe even get face time with Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton? It's yours, for a price. Committees raising money for California delegations to the national conventions are asking wealthy donors to make six-figure donations in exchange for VIP-level treatment and seats to witness history. The...

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". prolix \pro-LIKS; PRO-liks\, adjective1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; wordy.2. Tending to speak or write at excessive length. Example sentences: It was a cumbersome book, widely criticized for being prolix in style and maddeningly circular in argument.-- Simon Winchester, "Word Imperfect", The Atlantic, May 2001 Greenspan, on the other hand, is given to prolix comments whose sentences are hung like Christmas trees with dependent clauses.-- John M. Berry, "Greenspan: A Man...

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". refractory \rih-FRAK-tuh-ree\, adjective1. Stubbornly disobedient; unmanageable. 2. Resisting ordinary treatment or cure.3. Difficult to melt or work; capable of enduring high temperature. Example sentences: It's a head shot of Lucien Bouchard peering out of the dark, openmouthed, teeth showing, eyes glittering and appearing not to have shaved in a week. In another age, the shot might have been held up to a refractory kid with the warning, "The boogeyman will get you if...

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". diablerie • \dee-AH-bluh-ree\ • noun 1. black magic : sorcery 2. a : a representation in words or pictures of black magic or of dealings with the devil b : demon lore 3. : mischievous conduct or manner Example sentence: "Gekic can be a dazzling pianist full of diablerie when he's in the mood...." James Roos, The Miami Herald, March 24, 2002 Etymology: Feeling devilish? Then you might be guilty of at least...

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". enjoin \en-JOIN\, transitive verb1. To direct or impose with authority; to order.2. To prohibit; to forbid. Example sentences: While the Qur'an contains a number of references, some direct and some oblique, to the other four pillars, in only one place does it specifically enjoin fasting during the month of Ramadan: "O you faithful, fasting is ordained for you in the same way that it was ordained for those who came before you, so...

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". impregnable \im-PREG-nuh-buhl\, adjective1. Not capable of being stormed or taken by assault; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress.2. Difficult or impossible to overcome or refute successfully; beyond question or criticism; as, an impregnable argument. Example sentences: During this destruction the villagers . . . relied on their ancient instinct for survival and retreated to the impregnable fortress of the mountain.-- Suheil Bushrui and Joe Jenkins, Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet What Spinoza says of...

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". slaver \SLAV-uhr; SLAY-vuhr\, intransitive verb1. To slobber; to drool.2. Saliva drooling from the mouth. Example sentences: The tiger was slavering. It was thirsty. Or maybe hungry.-- Eliseo Alberto, Caracol Beach Two ancient, lopsided wooden signs declared NO TRESPASSERS! and BEWARE OF GUARD DOGS! The latter featured a slavering Doberman frothing at the mouth.-- Meera Syal, Anita and Me Etymology: Slaver is probably of Scandinavian origin, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse slafra. The sentence...

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". glabrous \GLAY-bruhs\, adjectiveSmooth; having a surface without hairs, projections, or any unevenness. Example sentences: How much more powerful then will be the effect -- next week? next month? soon enough -- when Gore, resplendent, clean-shaven, glabrous in his glory, returns from the dead! Radiant! Reborn!-- Lance Morrow, "Al Gore, and Other Famous Bearded Men", Time, August 16, 2001 We offered to the rebarbative Senator Patrick Leahy's demands on us amused resistance and the...

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". pellucid \puh-LOO-sid\, adjective1. Transparent; clear; not opaque.2. Easily understandable. Example sentences: The prevailing atmosphere as one cruises Kukulcan Boulevard, the busy strip where most of Cancun's 122 hotels are clustered, remains that of an Orlando or a Las Vegas dropped intact next to pellucid Caribbean waters.-- Larry Rohter, "What's Doing in Cancun.", New York Times, March 8, 1998 In her scrupulous and pellucid prose, she appears to distance herself from the optimistic Californian...

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". recusant • \REK-yuh-zunt\ • adjective refusing to submit to authority Example sentence: Several recusant senators refused to vote along party lines. Etymology: In 1534, Henry VIII of England declared himself the head of the Church of England, separating it from the Roman Catholic Church, and the resultant furor led to increased attention focused on people's religious observances. A "recusant" was someone who (from about 1570-1791) refused to attend services of the Church of...

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". imprecation \im-prih-KAY-shuhn\, noun1. The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone.2. A curse. Example sentences: After a while, he stopped hurling imprecations . . . and, as he often did after such an outburst, became quite remorseful.-- Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams Would he criticize an erring colleague? "I shall," Dirksen would promise, in a voice like the finest whiskey aged in fog, "invoke upon him every condign imprecation."-- Lance...

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". inkhorn \INK-horn\, adjective1. Affectedly or ostentatiously learned; pedantic.2. A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink. Example sentences: . . .the widespread use of what were called (dismissively, by truly learned folk) "inkhorn terms."-- Simon Winchester, "Word Imperfect", The Atlantic Monthly, May 2001 In prison he wrote the De Consolatione Philosophiae, his most celebrated work and one of the most translated works in history; it was translated ....

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". neologism \nee-OLL-uh-jiz-um\, noun1. A new word or expression.2. A new use of a word or expression.3. The use or creation of new words or expressions.4. (Psychiatry) An invented, meaningless word used by a person with a psychiatric disorder. 5. (Theology) A new view or interpretation of a scripture. Example sentences: If the work is really a holding operation, this will show in a closed or flat quality in the prose and in the...

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". inculcate • \in-KUL-kayt\ • verb to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions Example sentence: More than anything, Don and Gloria try to inculcate in their children the importance of treating others the way they wish to be treated themselves. Etymology: "Inculcate" derives from the past participle of the Latin verb "inculcare," meaning "to tread on." In Latin, "inculcare" possesses both literal and figurative meanings, referring to either the act of walking...

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". prescind • \pri-SIND\ • verb 1 intransitive verb : to withdraw one's attention2 transitive verb : to detach for purposes of thought Example sentence: If we prescind from the main issue for a moment, there is much to be gained by studying some corollary questions Etymology: "Prescind" derives from the Latin verb "praescindere," which means "to cut off in front." "Praescindere," in turn, was formed by combining "prae-" ("before") and "scindere" ("to cut"...

> 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". hue and cry • noun, idiom a loud clamour or public outcry Etymology: Hue and cry contains the obsolete word hue, which people these days know only as a slightly formal or technical word for a colour or shade. As a result, you sometimes see the phrase written as hew and cry.Our modern meaning goes back to part of English common law in the centuries after the Norman Conquest. There wasn’t an organised...

> 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". clerihew • \KLAIR-ih-hyoo\ • noun a light verse quatrain rhyming aabb and usually dealing with a person named in the initial rhyme Example sentence: My favorite of Edmund C. Bentley's clerihews is the following: "What I like about Clive Is that he is no longer alive. There is a great deal to be said For being dead." Etymology: Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) was an English writer whose book Biography for Beginners was published...

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". galvanic \gal-VAN-ik\, adjective1. Of, pertaining to, or producing a direct current of electricity, especially when produced chemically.2. Affecting or affected as if by an electric shock; startling; shocking.3. Stimulating; energizing. Example sentences: Reading the epic known to us as the Iliad is vastly different from the preliterate experience of hearing and seeing it performed. In place of the bard's galvanic flow of sound and image, the reader beholds a mute tome, the size...

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". inexorable \in-EK-sur-uh-bul; in-EKS-ruh-bul\, adjectiveNot to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless. Example sentences: But the idea of providence, whether the biblical version or the Enlightenment's or Marx's, is at bottom a tragic notion, for it implies that individual human choices count for nothing against the weight of an inexorable, overwhelming force, whether benign or cruel, whether known as God, History, Destiny, Progress or DNA. --...

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". peripatetic \pair-uh-puh-TET-ik\, adjective1. Of or pertaining to walking about or traveling from place to place; itinerant.2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. 3. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.4. A follower of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. Example sentence: I was born in Italy, my sister on the west coast of Canada, because my father...

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". colligate • \KAH-luh-gayt\ • verb transitive senses 1 : to bind, unite, or group together 2 : to subsume (isolated facts) under a general conceptintransitive sense : to be or become a member of a group or unit Example sentence: All of the files have been colligated as one large searchable database. Etymology: "Colligate" descends from Latin "colligare," itself from "com-" ("with") plus "ligare" ("to tie"). Which of the following words is NOT...

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". inveterate \in-VET-uhr-it\, adjective1. Firmly established by long persistence; deep-rooted; of long standing. 2. Fixed in habit by long persistence; confirmed; habitual. Example sentence: I was an inveterate museum-goer from the age of fourteen, when I'd take the trolley to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts after school and wander the halls of Greek antiquities.-- Jane Alexander, Command Performance Etymology: Inveterate is from the past participle of Latin inveterari, "to grow old, to endure,"...

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". ostracize \OS-truh-syz\, transitive verb1. To banish or expel from a community or group; to cast out from social, political, or private favor.2. [Greek Antiquity] To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens. Example sentence: New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani called Monday on the members of the United Nations to unite in a global effort to eradicate terrorism and to ostracize countries that refuse to join.-- Stevenson Swanson, "Giuliani...

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". delate • \dih-LAYT\ • verb 1 : accuse, denounce2 : report, relate Example sentence: "In that year Archbishop Blackadder of Glasgow delated some thirty heretics to James IV who let the matter go with a jest." (J.D. Mackie, A History of Scotland) Etymology: To "delate" someone is to "hand down" that person to a court of law. In Latin, "delatus" is the unlikely-looking past participle of "deferre," meaning "to bring down, report, or...

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". syncretic • \sin-KRET-ik\ • adjective characterized or brought about by the combination of different forms of belief or practice Example sentence: Dr. Portman practices a syncretic form of medicine, borrowing from both Eastern and Western medical traditions. Etymology: "Syncretic" has its roots in an ancient alliance. It's a descendant of the Greek word "synkrçtismos," meaning "federation of Cretan cities"—"syn-" means "together, with," and "Krçt-" means "Cretan." The adjective first appeared in English in...

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". orotund \OR-uh-tuhnd\, adjective1. Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.2. Pompous; bombastic. Example sentences: I have been cursed to stalk the night through all eternity, he went on, his voice orotund, carrying all across the playground.-- Michael Chabon, Werewolves in Their Youth. . .a down-at-heel philosopher who no longer thinks but gabs, the bore at the dinner table, growing more self-absorbed and orotund and cynical with each glass of wine.-- "Melting...

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". rowel • \ROW-ul ("OW" as in "cow")\ • verb 1 : to goad with or as if with the pointed disk at the end of a spur 2 : vex, trouble Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant. Example sentence: With one of the best fastballs in the league combined with a wicked changeup, Lester roweled the opposing line-up for his second career no-hitter. Etymology: If you've seen Western movies, you've seen...

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". insouciant \in-SOO-see-uhnt\, adjectiveMarked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant. Example sentences: The insouciant gingerbread man skips through the pages with glee, until he meets his . . . demise at the end.-- Judith Constantinides, "The Gingerbread Man", School Library Journal, April 2002 The British right is not so rich in ideas and projects that it can afford to be insouciant about a new one.-- John Lloyd, "The Anglosphere Project", New Statesman, March...

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". tergiversation \tuhr-jiv-uhr-SAY-shuhn\, noun1. The act of practicing evasion or of being deliberately ambiguous. 2. The act of abandoning a party or cause. Example sentences: No doubt if I worked on it, I could evolve some kind of double-talk that would get around the offensive phrase, and make the, to me, face-saving implication; but to hell with that, I have too much respect for the English language, and for your understanding of it, to...

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". pervicacious \puhr-vih-KAY-shuhs\, adjectiveRefusing to change one's ideas, behavior, etc.; stubborn; obstinate. Example sentences: In fact, I'm a word nerd. I get a kick out of tossing a few odd ones into my column, just to see if the pervicacious editors will weed them out.-- Michael Hawley, "Things That Matter: Waiting for Linguistic Viagra", Technology Review, June, 2001 The language of the bureaucrats and administrators must needs be recognized as an outgrowth of legal...

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". arcane \ar-KAYN\, adjectiveUnderstood or known by only a few. Example sentences: Under Indonesia's arcane system of land tenure, disputes between local residents, and between locals and developers, are commonplace. -- "Not Fair.", TheEconomist, July 26, 1997 Practitioners of this arcane art combine highly abstract mathematical deduction with some of the basic behavioral assumptions of micro-economics to produce theories of the behavior of voters, of representative assemblies, of bureaucracies, and even of courts. --...

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". littoral \LIH-tuh-rul\, adjective1. Of, relating to, or on a coastal or shore region, especially a seashore. 2. A coastal region, especially the zone between the limits of high and low tides. Example sentences: Professor Henslow tells me, he believes that nearly all the plants which I brought from these islands, are common littoral species in the East Indian archipelago. -- Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle Like 49ers staking claims in California,...

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". inveigh \in-VAY\, intransitive verb To rail (against some person or thing); to protest strongly or attack with harsh and bitter language -- usually with "against"; as, "to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse." Example sentences: It is my intention to inveigh against what seems to be the gradual (continuing?) publishing practice of making books that are so fat and windy that they sit, with some exceptions, like hefty...

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". fatuous \FACH-oo-uhs\, adjective1. Inanely foolish and unintelligent; stupid.2. Illusory; delusive. Example sentences: Publishers persist in the fatuous belief that a little hocus-pocus in the front flap blurb will so dazzle readers that they'll be too dazed to notice the quality of what's on the pages inside.-- "A night in the city", Irish Times, October 7, 1997 No enquiry, however fatuous or ill informed, failed to receive his full attention, nor was any irrelevant...

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". concatenation \kon-kat-uh-NAY-shuhn; kuhn-\, nounA series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. Example sentence: The process of fossilization and discovery is a concatenation of chance built upon chance. It's amazing that anything ever becomes a fossil at all.-- Henry Gee, In Search of Deep Time Etymology: Concatenation is from Late Latin concatenatio, from concatenare, "to chain together," from Latin...

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". contretemps \KAHN-truh-tahn\, noun; plural contretemps \-tahnz\An inopportune or embarrassing situation or event; a hitch. Example sentence: Nathan was a fiercely ambitious and competitive man, as quick to take offence as to give it in his business dealings, and it is not difficult to imagine him responding impetuously to such a contretemps. -- Niall Ferguson, The House of Rothschild Etymology: Contretemps comes from French, from contre, "against" (from Latin contra) + temps, "time" (from...

Word For The Day, Thursday, July 27, 2006 - jejune 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". je·june Pronunciation: ji-'jün • adjective 1. lacking nutritive value .2. devoid of significance or interest Example sentence: One can find many examples of jejune discourse on DU. Etymology: Latin jejunus empty of food, hungry, 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. The Review...

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". en·nui Pronunciation Key (n-w, nw)• noun 1. Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest2. Boredom Example sentence: “The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters” .-- John Barth Etymology: French, from Old French enui, from ennuyer, to annoy, bore.Word History: Were they alive today, users of Classical Latin might be surprised to find that centuries later a phrase of theirs still survives, although as a single word. The...

At the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Bush traveled to northeastern Germany in advance of his participation in the G-8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Chancellor Merkel hosted President Bush today in the towns of Stralsund and Trinwillershagen, which are in the Chancellor's electoral constituency. The visit, which took place in what had been communist East Germany, underscores our two nations' commitment to advancing freedom and prosperity, and to strengthening the transatlantic partnership.The President and the Chancellor took part in a joint press conference in the Straslund Town Hall, and the President also spoke in the historic market square....

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". languor \LANG-guhr; LANG-uhr\, • noun 1. Mental or physical weariness or fatigue.2. Listless indolence, especially the indolence of one who is satiated by a life of luxury or pleasure. 3. A heaviness or oppressive stillness of the air. Example sentence: Outside the window, New Orleans . . . brooded in a faintly tarnished languor, like an aging yet still beautiful courtesan in a smokefilled room, avid yet weary too of ardent ways.-- Thomas...

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". palaver • \puh-LAV-er\ • noun 1 a : a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication b : conference, discussion2. a : idle talk b : misleading or beguiling speech Example sentence:"Ask folks involved why they opted to make [the movie], and you're not going to get a lot of palaver about high art and noble intentions." (Joshua Rich, Entertainment Weekly, May 19, 2006) Etymology: During the 18th...

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". inchoate \in-KOH-it\, adjective1. In an initial or early stage; just begun. 2. Imperfectly formed or formulated. Example sentences: Mildred Spock believed that, at about the age of three, her children's inchoate wills were to be shaped like vines sprouting up a beanpole. -- Thomas Maier, Dr. Spock: An American LifeYou take on a project because of the feeling, perhaps inchoate, that it may in some way contribute to your deeper understanding of the...

> 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". gainsay \gayn-SAY; GAYN-say\, transitive verb1. To deny or dispute; to declare false or invalid. 2. To oppose; to contradict. Example sentences:In our present, imperfectly postmodern world, where most information still takes the potentially embarrassing form of printed matter lurking in archives, liars still must position themselves so that the historical record may not easily gainsay them.-- Thomas M. Disch, The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of But, owing to government's cynical policy of...