May 27, 2009
sagacious
sagacious \suh-GAY-shus\ , adjective:
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.
Whatever the opposite of sagacious is, that's what I am.
My discernment is as dull as dishwater, my judgment is so not sound as to be deaf, and I am nearsighted, both literally and figuratively.
To top all that off, I don't even do a very good job of being self-deprecating.
Grill of My Dreams
(click for larger view)
Not sure what model this was, but it's a '40 Dodge. I took a couple more photos, but they weren't really good enough to publish.
Lovely grill, with cool looking Texas cutouts at the bottom.
These Quizzes
Drive me crazy:
You Are A Car |
 You're the type of person who likes to do things your way. You're a little stubborn. You're very expressive and a true individual. You don't like to compromise. You are a very private person. You value your alone time. While you may seem self centered to some, you are actually very cooperative when you need to be. |
Sometimes they're so off the mark they're funny, but some of them are spot-on.
May 26, 2009
pejorative
pejorative \pih-JOR-uh-tiv\ , adjective:
1. Tending to make or become worse.
2. Tending to disparage or belittle.
Although I've known this word for a long time (I remember it from a fifth grade spelling contest)and sometimes see people spell it with an "r" -perjorative-, the first time in recent memory I ever saw it was from my friend Barb when she and I were in a chat room talking about the name-calling that goes on in political forums.
I'm not so sure that pejorative wouldn't also be a noun, a name for this type of talk.
It doesn't matter what side of the aisle one sits, pejorative talk can be heard (or seen in on political msg. boards) being flung by either party, the most common jibes being "libtards" and "Rethugs". While an insult is an insult... pejorative...I wish people could at least be a little more clever with them. Calling someone a "Bush apologist" says volumes, yet keeps the crass slurs out of the argument. Giving a nod to popular culture AND slamming someone could be something like "You're an Obama fanboy".
JUST now on my headphones, as I ended the last sentence, I heard a caller to a popular political radio show compare the newest SC justice nominee as "from the Judge Judy school of law".
Now THAT'S clever pejorative.
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