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moviePig
Oct 12, 2017, 5:03:53 PM10/12/17
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On 10/12/2017 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
> I heard somone use "bloviate" in a response to archconservative CNN
> commentator Ben Ferguson (a very appropriate application BTW), became
> interested in the word (even though I generally knew what it meant) and
> was surprised to see it doesn't appear at all in two printed
> dictionaries I own -- not even Webster's New World Dictionary Second Ed.
> which one of my old college English professors instructed my class to
> buy. Also, it doesn't even appear in Apple Computer's Dictionary app on
> my computer.
>
> So I had more success on the Web. This is how Wikipedia's Wiktionary
> defines it:
>
> ---
>
> bloviate: (US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful
> manner.
>
> Usage notes
>
> Particularly used of politicians, bloviate has passed in and out of
> fashion over the centuries, falling out of fashion by end of 19th
> century, but was popularized in the early 1920s with reference to
> president Warren G. Harding, again in the 1990s, [3] and then once more
> during the 2000 presidential election, and is currently in popular use
> in USA. [4]
>
> ---
>
> I guess the fact that the word "falls in and out of fashion" explains
> its absence in my printed dictionaries.
>
> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
I think bloviation requires some mastery of language in order to avoid
tiny, perseverant loops. I doubt Trump can manage it...
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> I heard somone use "bloviate" in a response to archconservative CNN
> commentator Ben Ferguson (a very appropriate application BTW), became
> interested in the word (even though I generally knew what it meant) and
> was surprised to see it doesn't appear at all in two printed
> dictionaries I own -- not even Webster's New World Dictionary Second Ed.
> which one of my old college English professors instructed my class to
> buy. Also, it doesn't even appear in Apple Computer's Dictionary app on
> my computer.
>
> So I had more success on the Web. This is how Wikipedia's Wiktionary
> defines it:
>
> ---
>
> bloviate: (US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful
> manner.
>
> Usage notes
>
> Particularly used of politicians, bloviate has passed in and out of
> fashion over the centuries, falling out of fashion by end of 19th
> century, but was popularized in the early 1920s with reference to
> president Warren G. Harding, again in the 1990s, [3] and then once more
> during the 2000 presidential election, and is currently in popular use
> in USA. [4]
>
> ---
>
> I guess the fact that the word "falls in and out of fashion" explains
> its absence in my printed dictionaries.
>
> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
I think bloviation requires some mastery of language in order to avoid
tiny, perseverant loops. I doubt Trump can manage it...
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Rhino
Oct 12, 2017, 6:53:28 PM10/12/17
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seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
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Rhino
moviePig
Oct 12, 2017, 7:02:43 PM10/12/17
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Ubiquitous
Oct 12, 2017, 8:25:27 PM10/12/17
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Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
FPP
Oct 12, 2017, 8:40:41 PM10/12/17
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On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>
>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>
>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>
> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>
It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>
>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>
>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>
> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>
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Trump University was a business that gave out business advice, that
literally went out-of-business -Ari Melber
Ubiquitous
Oct 12, 2017, 10:15:52 PM10/12/17
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In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>
>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>
>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>
>It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
>On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>
>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>
>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>
>It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
FPP
Oct 12, 2017, 10:33:50 PM10/12/17
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On 10/12/17 11:13 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>
>>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>>
>>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>>>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>>
>>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>>
>> It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
>
> Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
Yes... because it's *my* reading comprehension skills that are questionable.
> In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>
>>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>>
>>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>>>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>>
>>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>>
>> It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
>
> Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
You be sure to tell that to "Llam Neilson", won't you?
> On 10/10/17 5:05 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> I never give much thought to guest stars or how they got on a show, but I
>> think she and LIam Neilson have appeared on Family Guy.
Fuck, but you're funny!
I'm sure Llam would be amused...
bruce2...@gmail.com
Oct 13, 2017, 1:46:15 AM10/13/17
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web...@polaris.net, "Ubiquitous" wrote:
> In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>
>>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>>
>>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>>>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>>
>>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>>
>> It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
>
> Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
You still don't deny the comment.
> In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>
>>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>>
>>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>>>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>>
>>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>>
>> It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
>
> Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
trotsky
Oct 13, 2017, 6:01:29 AM10/13/17
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trotsky
Oct 13, 2017, 6:24:16 AM10/13/17
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On 10/12/17 8:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>
>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>
>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>
> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>
Much like his loofah.
> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>
>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>
>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>
> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>
FPP
Oct 13, 2017, 7:56:10 AM10/13/17
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Presidents remark on living in The White House:
Obama: "You couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder, gratitude about
this place and that never goes away."
Trump: "The White House is a dump."
Rhino
Oct 13, 2017, 10:11:25 AM10/13/17
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The character in Sea Hunt was Mike NELSON, not Neilson.
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Rhino
trotsky
Oct 13, 2017, 2:20:44 PM10/13/17
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underwater.
FPP
Oct 13, 2017, 7:12:05 PM10/13/17
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Or, more to the point: The entire point of the exercise was to
incorrectly spell everything "Neilson".
Except, of course, when it comes to people like Connie Nelson. Or
Connie Neeson.
irishra...@gmail.com
Oct 13, 2017, 8:14:23 PM10/13/17
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I have always respected your in-depth knowledge and keen insight about movies. However, in politics you are just another ignorant, biased left wing snow flake with you head up your arse. Stick to what you know Boyo.
Irish Mike
moviePig
Oct 13, 2017, 9:54:18 PM10/13/17
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FPP
Oct 14, 2017, 1:43:38 AM10/14/17
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Tell us again how Trump's election is going to make all your dreams come
true.
I love a good fairy tale.
So much winning! All that *legislation* he's passed! All those great
bills that have been signed into law!
How *do* you stand getting everything you want?
bruce2...@gmail.com
Oct 14, 2017, 1:56:08 AM10/14/17
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FPP
Oct 14, 2017, 2:01:19 AM10/14/17
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http://www.b99.tv/video/wearing-grin/
trotsky
Oct 14, 2017, 6:07:31 AM10/14/17
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Ubiquitous
Oct 15, 2017, 10:23:10 PM10/15/17
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In article <orp8mc$v0k$1...@news.albasani.net>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>On 10/12/17 11:13 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>>>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>>>>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>>>
>>>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>>>
>>> It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
>>
>> Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
>
>Yes... because it's *my* reading comprehension skills that are questionable.
>You be sure to tell that to "Llam Neilson", won't you?
"Spelling" "flame" noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to
>On 10/12/17 11:13 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>>>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty sure I've
>>>>> seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>>>
>>>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>>>
>>> It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
>>
>> Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
>
>Yes... because it's *my* reading comprehension skills that are questionable.
>You be sure to tell that to "Llam Neilson", won't you?
make.
irishra...@gmail.com
Oct 15, 2017, 10:24:08 PM10/15/17
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On Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 1:43:38 AM UTC-4, FPP wrote:
And Fecal Piss n' Pus, and his sock puppets, roll in right on schedule.
Yawn, so pathetically predictable.
Irish Mike
l
Yawn, so pathetically predictable.
Irish Mike
l
Ubiquitous
Oct 15, 2017, 10:27:38 PM10/15/17
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no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>On 2017-10-13 7:56 AM, FPP wrote:
>> On 10/13/17 6:01 AM, trotsky wrote:
>>> On 10/12/17 9:33 PM, FPP wrote:
>>>> On 10/12/17 11:13 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>> In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>>>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>>>>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty
>>>>>>>> sure I've seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
>>>>
>>>> Yes... because it's *my* reading comprehension skills that are
>>>> questionable.
>>>> You be sure to tell that to "Llam Neilson", won't you?
>>>
>On 2017-10-13 7:56 AM, FPP wrote:
>> On 10/13/17 6:01 AM, trotsky wrote:
>>> On 10/12/17 9:33 PM, FPP wrote:
>>>> On 10/12/17 11:13 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>> In article <orp226$hhq$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/12/17 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>>>> no_offlin...@example.com wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2017-10-12 4:17 PM, super70s wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I was amused that it's "currently in popular use in the USA" and you
>>>>>>>>> don't need a million guesses who is responsible.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you're asking me to guess, I'd say Ann Coulter. I'm pretty
>>>>>>>> sure I've seen her use "bloviate" in some of her columns.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> O'Reilly's been using it for years and years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's his habit, much like his sexual harassment...
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, there goes your poor reading comprehension skills again!
>>>>
>>>> Yes... because it's *my* reading comprehension skills that are
>>>> questionable.
>>>> You be sure to tell that to "Llam Neilson", won't you?
>>>
>>> Is LIam Neilson the one who comes up with the Neilson ratings?
>>
>> No... I think that was Mike Neilson of Sea Hunt fame.
>>
>Speaking of the pot calling the kettle black....
>The character in Sea Hunt was Mike NELSON, not Neilson.
You can tell FPP is upset over losing a debate with me when he has to resort
>>
>> No... I think that was Mike Neilson of Sea Hunt fame.
>>
>Speaking of the pot calling the kettle black....
>The character in Sea Hunt was Mike NELSON, not Neilson.
to "spelling" "flames" he looked up on Google. The sockpuppets chiming in just
makes it more sad and pathetic.
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