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Are you implying that all of the employees at Churches Chicken are black?
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Are you implying that all of the employees at Churches Chicken are black?
moreluck
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That word reminded me of a song fro my time.......wonder if the title meant the same? (Perfidea)
PERFIDEA - The Ventures - YouTube
PERFIDEA - The Ventures - YouTube
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
A LEGITIMATE definition. From the dictionary.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
Please follow my
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1[/SUP]re·quest[/h] noun \ri-ˈkwest\
[h=2]Definition of REQUEST[/h]1
: the act or an instance of asking for something
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: something asked for <granted her request>
3
: the condition or fact of being requested <available onrequest>
4
: the state of being sought after : demand
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[h=2]Examples of REQUEST[/h]
[h=2]Origin of REQUEST[/h]Middle English requeste, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *requaesta, from feminine of requaestus, past participle of requaerere to requireFirst Known Use: 14th century
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1[/SUP]re·quest[/h] noun \ri-ˈkwest\
[h=2]Definition of REQUEST[/h]1
: the act or an instance of asking for something
2
: something asked for <granted her request>
3
: the condition or fact of being requested <available onrequest>
4
: the state of being sought after : demand
See request defined for English-language learners »See request defined for kids »
[h=2]Examples of REQUEST[/h]
- They made a request to begin work immediately.
- She filed a formal request for more information.
- At your request, I am enclosing a full refund of your payment.
- Troops were sent at the request of our allies.
- This next song is a request from one of our listeners.
[h=2]Origin of REQUEST[/h]Middle English requeste, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *requaesta, from feminine of requaestus, past participle of requaerere to requireFirst Known Use: 14th century
dilligaf
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- biddable
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- \BID-uh-bul\
- DEFINITION
adjective
1
: easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
2
: capable of being bid
- EXAMPLES
"The twins are well-behaved children, biddable, meek, neat about their clothes, and always mindful of the proprieties they have learned at summer hotels." — From Willa Cather's 1915 novelThe Song of the Lark
"The dogs are highly biddable, responding to whistles, hand signals, and during training, a red flag on a long pole." — From an article by Lou Fancher in Contra Costa Times (California), April 12, 2012
- DID YOU KNOW?
A biddable individual is someone you can issue an order to—that is, someone who will do your bidding. The word dates to the late 18th century, and our earliest evidence for it is a quote in the Scottish National Dictionary. There are a number of words in English that do what "biddable" does. "Tractable," "amenable," and "docile" are three of them. As in the Cather quote above, "biddable" is often applied to children and indicates a ready, constant inclination to follow orders, requests, and suggestions. "Tractable" suggests characteristics that make for easy guiding, leading, ordering, or managing; its antonym "intractable" (as in "intractable problems") is more common. "Amenable" indicates a disposition to be agreeable or complaisant as well as a lack of assertive independence. "Docile" can stress a disposition to submit, either due to guidance and control or to imposition and oppression.
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dilligaf
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- eructation
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- \ih-ruk-TAY-shun\
- DEFINITION
noun
: an act or instance of belching
- EXAMPLES
Excessive eructation is a common side-effect of that particular medication.
"Granted, American political campaigns since 1789 have often been vicious, with presidential candidates accused (usually falsely) of sins ranging from bigamy, bribery and drunkenness to atheism, foreign birth or even habitual eructation." — From a column by Ed Corson in The Macon Telegraph (Georgia), October 15, 2010
- DID YOU KNOW?
"Eructation" is simply a fancier, and some might argue a more decorous, word for "belch." "Eructation" was borrowed from Latin in the 15th century; the verb "eruct," meaning "to belch," followed in the late 16th century. Both have their source in the Latin verb "eructare," which is the frequentative form of "erugere," meaning "to belch or disgorge." (A frequentative form is one that denotes a repeated or recurrent action or state.) "Eructare" shares an ancestor with Greek word "ereugesthai" as well as Old English "rocettan," both of which also mean "to belch."
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dilligaf
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- watershed
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- \WAW-ter-shed\
- DEFINITION
noun
1
a : a dividing ridge between drainage areasb : a region or area bounded peripherally by a divide and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water
2
: a crucial dividing point, line, or factor : turning point
- EXAMPLES
Historians generally agree that the battle was a watershed in the war.
"Penn State's 38–29 win over previously unbeaten Northwestern felt like a watershed, the end of purgatory at the very least." — From an article by Mike Gross in the Intelligencer Journal/New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), October 8, 2012
- DID YOU KNOW?
Opinion on the literal geographic meaning of "watershed" is divided. On one side of the debate are those who think the word can only refer to a ridge of land separating rivers and streams flowing in one direction from those flowing in the opposite direction. That's the term's original meaning, one probably borrowed in the translation of the GermanWasserscheide. On the other side of the argument are those who think "watershed" can also apply to the area through which such divided water flows. The latter sense is now far more common in America, but most Americans have apparently decided to leave the quarrel to geologists and geographers while they use the term in its figurative sense, "turning point."
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serenity now
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irony: opposite of wrinkly
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Turdferguson
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What the heck is this thread?
A crappy one.
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Turdferguson
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Good thing you bumped it then
An old thread. You can blame @scooby0048
