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Word for the day (Hagiography) 12/11/17
12/11/17
Posted on 12/10/2017 7:54:47 PM PST by left that other site
WORD FOR THE DAY
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”. (Hagiography) [phonetic]
noun ha·gi·og·ra·phy \ ˌha-gē-ˈä-grə-fē , ˌhā- , -jē- \
(part of speech - Noun)
Definition
1 : biography of saints or venerated persons 2 : idealizing or idolizing biography
"an account that smacks of hagiography"
First Known Use: 1821
TOPICS: Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: hagiography; wftd; wordfortheday
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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.
My Entry:
My last visit to Oahu was blighted by the hagiographies of Obama in every book store window.
To: secret garden; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; TruthShallSetYouFree; theDentist; ...
Although this is a legitimate word meaning a Biography of a Saint, it has come to have a somewhat cynical current meaning, like an overly flattering or fawning book about someone who doesn’t deserve the acclaim.
So this should be fun!
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posted on
12/10/2017 7:57:48 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
“Hey, Obama, what was your worst subject in school?”
“Hey, geography.”
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posted on
12/10/2017 8:09:30 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: sparklite2
Indeed. He thought “oahu” was a province in Kenya. Or maybe Indonesia.
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posted on
12/10/2017 8:12:04 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: sparklite2
First in, and with an execrable pun!
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posted on
12/10/2017 8:13:30 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) has been the subject of many hagiographies, the latest being Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017) by leftist pundit Chris Matthews.
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posted on
12/10/2017 9:00:47 PM PST
by
Fiji Hill
To: left that other site
Saint Obama's feet are melting. His biographers are in panic as the ONE claims Trump's successes as his own. The hagiography written to sanctify the ONE is amended to make of him St John who prepared the way for the TRUMPET of the LORD.
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posted on
12/10/2017 9:01:39 PM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(Islam is Satans finest work.)
To: left that other site
hagiography= an evil woman’s life story
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posted on
12/10/2017 9:17:05 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: left that other site; sparklite2; Louis Foxwell
"1 : biography of saints or venerated persons
First Known Use: 1821" They were waiting for the latter-day saints to show up?
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posted on
12/10/2017 9:37:55 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
To: NicknamedBob
As my Japanese friend said,
Fearress Fosdick was venerated."
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posted on
12/10/2017 9:43:33 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: left that other site
Here's a pic of Hillary's
autohagiograhy.
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posted on
12/11/2017 12:03:30 AM PST
by
henbane
To: left that other site
How many hagiographies will Hillary have ghost-written for her?
To: left that other site
Hilliary’s autobiography is title HAGioraphy.......oops, I mean, GAGiography!...................
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posted on
12/11/2017 6:05:33 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: left that other site
The Planned Parenthood hagiography
Extols virtues of tests like mammography
But now we all know
That they just go below
Can’t kill kids from the upper topography
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posted on
12/11/2017 6:24:06 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Be careful, Kimmy. Our President is Trump, not Obama!)
To: Fiji Hill
St. Ted of Chappaquiddick! LOL!
St. Ted
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posted on
12/11/2017 7:25:18 AM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Louis Foxwell
You mean THIS guy?
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posted on
12/11/2017 7:27:41 AM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Bob434
Aha! Now I get it! The Greek root hag doesn't mean holy. It means "Hag" :-)
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posted on
12/11/2017 7:30:54 AM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: NicknamedBob
Don’t bring me no hags...Bring ‘em YOUNG!
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posted on
12/11/2017 7:32:00 AM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: henbane
I looked up "St. Hillary" and this is the LEAST offensive picture I could find. [CAUTION! If you have any love and respect for Mary, the Mother of Jesus, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT search for "St. Hillary Image"]
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posted on
12/11/2017 7:39:13 AM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: afraidfortherepublic
The best hagiography for a hag is a autobiography!
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posted on
12/11/2017 7:40:00 AM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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