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The Word of the Day for August 06 is:
reprobate \REP-ruh-bayt\ noun
1 : a person foreordained to damnation
*2 : a depraved person : scoundrel
Example sentence:
"He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke...." (Richard Peck, A Long Way from Chicago)
Did you know?
These days, calling Uncle Fred a "reprobate" is hardly a condemnation to hellfire and brimstone, but the original reprobates of the 16th century were hardened sinners who had fallen from God's grace. By the 19th century, "reprobate" had acquired the milder, but still utterly condemnatory, sense of "a depraved person." Gradually, though, the criticism implied by "reprobate" became touched with tolerance and even a bit of humor. It is now most likely to be used as it was in this August 1995 New Yorker magazine article about the death of musician Jerry Garcia: "It was suddenly obvious that Garcia had become, against all odds, an American icon: by Thursday morning, the avuncular old reprobate had smuggled his way onto the front pages of newspapers around the world."
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
compliments of merriam webster. go there today and sign up for your own free word of the day at :
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
****
more later. it's early AM, and the girlchild and i are going walking. i have laundry to do, shopping to complete, and a texas hold 'em poker game to play. (don't worry, it's electronic so i don't have to use my non-existant poker face.)
i will be thinking of the uniting of two hearts in ahia (but not the uniting of anything else, that's private and not my business) and rumination over the funny turns that life can take. that no matter how you try to outrun your destiny, some things are inevitable and there's always some bitter with the sweet.
without the bitter, would we even know what was sweet?
i love you guys...and hope for all that's magical and wonderful for you. my only advice is: remember where you came from and NEVER take it for granted.
:)
reprobate \REP-ruh-bayt\ noun
1 : a person foreordained to damnation
*2 : a depraved person : scoundrel
Example sentence:
"He was just an old reprobate who lived poor and died broke...." (Richard Peck, A Long Way from Chicago)
Did you know?
These days, calling Uncle Fred a "reprobate" is hardly a condemnation to hellfire and brimstone, but the original reprobates of the 16th century were hardened sinners who had fallen from God's grace. By the 19th century, "reprobate" had acquired the milder, but still utterly condemnatory, sense of "a depraved person." Gradually, though, the criticism implied by "reprobate" became touched with tolerance and even a bit of humor. It is now most likely to be used as it was in this August 1995 New Yorker magazine article about the death of musician Jerry Garcia: "It was suddenly obvious that Garcia had become, against all odds, an American icon: by Thursday morning, the avuncular old reprobate had smuggled his way onto the front pages of newspapers around the world."
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
compliments of merriam webster. go there today and sign up for your own free word of the day at :
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
****
more later. it's early AM, and the girlchild and i are going walking. i have laundry to do, shopping to complete, and a texas hold 'em poker game to play. (don't worry, it's electronic so i don't have to use my non-existant poker face.)
i will be thinking of the uniting of two hearts in ahia (but not the uniting of anything else, that's private and not my business) and rumination over the funny turns that life can take. that no matter how you try to outrun your destiny, some things are inevitable and there's always some bitter with the sweet.
without the bitter, would we even know what was sweet?
i love you guys...and hope for all that's magical and wonderful for you. my only advice is: remember where you came from and NEVER take it for granted.
:)
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