Big Word Wednesday-Week 20
I know it’s been a few weeks, but I started calling it “Week 1, 2, 3″, or whatever at the beginning, so I’m not going to change it to “Edition” or “Volume” or “Number” or any of that stuff now. Just pretend that they run consecutively and we’ll all be OK. Let’s get to it. I have a question: Why would somebody spend $600,000,000 to get a job that only pays $400,000 a year? Not only that, in 4 years he’ll have to spend at least that amount again to keep his job. Then after that, he is out of a job. Kaput; $1,200,000,000 to make $800,000 before taxes. I know, I know; it’s the bennies, right? I mean, you get the plane, the big white house, the interns and the ability to go overseas at the end of your term and bad mouth your country for $100,000 per speech. It’s good work, if you can get it.
Our first word this week is deipnosophist; meaning a person who is an adept conversationalist at the table. They don’t specify which table, but I guess it could be the dinner table, bargaining table or operating table. Lots of Doctors out there that don’t know when to shut up. President-Elect Obama would do well to work on his deipnosophistry and shy away from the teleprompter. I guess we could say that about almost every politician in Washington. You know the most dangerous place in Washington D.C.? Between Chuck Schumer and a television camera. Our second word this week is maladroit; which means; lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless. Look it up and you’ll see a picture of the McCain campaign and most of the Republican party. I thought the Dem’s mascot was the Jackass. The Democrats should take advantage of their near super-majority to vote for a change of mascots. They could give the Republicans the Jackass, and debut their new mascot: a Rabbit with a Blackberry, blue-tooth earpiece and a wallet big enough to hold $600,000,000 running circles around a Jackass. Don’t forget to check out the BWW Homepage for all of our entries to date
Weaselmomma
Glad to see BWW is back. As usual great words.
(NukeDad) Thanks, Barb. Triumphant returns of BWW and Joeprah in the same week! Scary.
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Nov 13, 2008 @ 7:39 am
tom
Good words. I deign to achieve deipnosophist status eventually, though at this point, I just come across as a snob.
(NukeDad) Well, you keep that nose in the air, that pinkie pointing out and keep trying, Tom.
Nov 13, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
Mike
So which definition does Palin fall under? Is she the savior for the Party? God I hope not. I like the rabbit mascot. Maybe an ostrich would be better. Heads buried in the sand…
(NukeDad) Not sure which definition Palin would fall under. Maybe she could start a 3rd party. The Moose Party.
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Nov 13, 2008 @ 3:01 pm
DC Urban Dad
Thank you for making me smarter today.
(NukeDad) Sure DC Dad, no problem!
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Nov 14, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Audubon Ron
I agree with the numbering. When you start going Opus on us that might be a little too pretentious.
Hey, he just got a raise. Presidents use to make far less than that. I suppose Bennies has something to do with it, after all, Clinton got free cigars in the Oval Office.
I heard one the other day. I’ll hug your elephant if you kiss my… I said, I’ll kiss your…so I can bite your hemorrhoids.
(NukeDad) That’s quite the visual, Ron. Thanks. I think. I’m going to buy some Preparation H anyway even though I don’t have hemorrhoids. I think we’ll all be needing some after Jan 20th.
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Nov 15, 2008 @ 1:17 pm
Momo Fali
I’d like to have you at my dinner table, but then again that would just make me look like an idiot. I mean, you and all your deipnosophism (is too a word, because I say so) would be too much for me to keep up with.
(NukeDad) Ooh! Thanks, Momo! What are we havin’?
Nov 15, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
James
I like the change of mascot idea. I mean, why the hell did they pick an ass in the first place? I am from a small town and we were the ‘Acorns’. We all so wanted to change this growing up, since every opponent who would come along would call us nuts. Now I am thinking we could have turned it on them with the whole nutty psycho, off kilter sort of thing. Played it up a bit up a bit to much to get them thinking we acutally were nuts. If I could only go back in time..
(NukeDad) Go back in time? What are you, nuts?
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Nov 17, 2008 @ 1:07 am
choosydad
Keep in mind that the only income we know about is the income that he reports. I’d imagine that we can barely comprehend the fringe benefits involved…
(NukeDad) True, I just hope it’s not the lunatic fringe.
Nov 17, 2008 @ 7:50 pm
Karen
Have we picked a country, preferably a warm tropical one with little to no gov’t and where the US dollar is worth something, to meet in if we need to evacuate?
(NukeDad) Maybe we can follow GWB’s lead and buy 100,000 acres of land in Uruguay. I think it set him back several hundred bucks.
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Nov 17, 2008 @ 11:11 pm