Word For The Day - CONTUMACIOUS

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con·tu·ma·cious

ˌkänt(y)o͝oˈmāSHəs/

adjective Law archaic

adjective: contumacious

(especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

Origin: late 16th century: from Latin contumax, contumac- (perhaps from con- ‘with’ + tumere ‘to swell’) + -ious

adjective 1. unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child. 2. fixed or set in purpose or opinion; resolute: a stubborn opponent of foreign aid. 3. obstinately maintained, as a course of action: a stubborn resistance. 4. difficult to manage or suppress: a stubborn horse; a stubborn pain. 5. hard, tough, or stiff, as stone or wood; difficult to shape or work.

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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........

[Red Badger]

Class is in session!.........No running in the hallway!................

[dblshot]

Democrat’s lies about Trump are mendacious
They just repeat leaks that are fallacious
Chuck and Nance
Let nothing pass
Their party strategy is just be contumacious

[yoe]

The Milk Maid was wondering why her cow was behaving in such a contumacious manner when she realized she was trying to milk a steer!

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Fer shure!..................A+!..................

[mountainlion]

John Mc Cain is a contumacious unAmerican dictator.

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They have always been thus!...............A++++!............

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For a while...............A+++!............

[left that other site]

Of all the various RINOS,
I’ve got a little list.
But some are as hard to dislodge
As a CONTUMACIOUS cyst.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Harvey Weinstein, obnoxious, loquacious
Enjoys all the honeys, bodacious
Since he looks like an ape
His M.O. includes rape
When the women get too contumacious

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They need lancing!..................A++++!..............

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Will he be the new Polanski?...................A++++!.................

[left that other site]

OUCH! :-)

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There’s an idea for a NEW TV reality show!

Lancing With The Stars!..................

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Roman Polanski has been shriven
With an Oscar, he was forgiven
But Elia Kazan,
Unfortunate man,
From the annals of Hollywood was driven.

The Casting Couch will have its sway
And raping young girls is OK
But, stand up for the Flag
And your career will get fragged
It’s the Hollywood Way!

[Wuli]

You are grammatically contumacious.

[Paine in the Neck]

Just popped in to say that this is a great word. Puts me in mind of Stubby Kaye singing... ♫Contumatious John Ma- Cain ♫... Apologoies to Stubby, Al Capp, Lil' Abner, et al.

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Hee Hee Hee!

“Lancing with the Stars” is a rumor
Each contestant will dance with a tumor.
Each liberal guest
will lance with the best.
The first host will be Chuckie Shumer.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Contumacious eh?

Be far better if the liberal-socialist-communists would come to ANY conscious, much less my conscious.

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I was born to pun!......................