When I ennobled "facetious" as a $10 word, I got some flack, but a friend of mine pointed out that "facetious" has a special property that very few English words have. "Facetious" contains all five vowels of common English - a, e, i, o and u - in the alphabetical order. He also wrote that at least four other words have that property: abstemious, abstentious, adventitious and parecious. I have a good idea about the meaning of "abstentious", but all clearly are $10 words, except "parecious" which is a $100 word at least.
He also wrote at least six English words have all the common vowels in reverse alphabetical order: duoliteral, quodliteral, subcontinental, uncomplimentary, unoriental and unnoticeably. I know the meanings of the last four of those, but for the first two I'll have to check the dictionaries to be certain.
Hmmm ... some of these would be good selections for this week's "Words of the Day".
Markets
The big rally last week held. Futures are up this morning as were Asian markets and European markets in early trading.
WaMu got a $5 billion capital infusion. Mining stocks are strong.
Barron's intermediate grade bond index fell by 7 bps to 8.35%, a good sign if it continues. FNMA 30-year fixed rate conventional loan rates fell 21 bps on the week to 5.67%; Freddie Mac's comparable rate fell 18 bps to 5.35%. All this is good news.
For all the screeching, I think the jobs picture is muddled. ADP provides hard numbers. I read that the US jobs number is compiled from forms filled out by human resources departments. So one must ponder why there are inconsistent readings. Or are the diferences statistical measuring errors for changes in very large numbers ? Time will tell.
Holding all stocks and looking for a few more. Alpha Fund is 150% long.
Words of the Day
"Adventitious" - adjective [$10]
Adventitious means 1. acquired by accident, not inherent. 2 (biol.) appearing in an unusual place or in an irregular manner.
Sentence: (A) If it survives for 500 years, the Giant Sequoia tree in Bunkerman's front yard might be seen in the future as an adventitious specimen of Massachusetts arboreal diversity.
"Misprision" - noun [$10] pronounced mis prizh' en, all short vowels.
Misprision is a term of law meaning 1. maladministration of public office; 2. neglect in preventing or reporting a crime.
Sentence: [from Shakespeare's sonnet #87, lines 11-12]
"So thy great gift, upon misprision growing,
Comes home again, on better judgement making."
Another usage comes to mind for misprision, viz. describing the pardons of Bill Clinton in the final days of his presidency.
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mr G in financial times today
"it's not my fault"
http://blogs.ft.com/wolfforum/2008/04/alan-greenspan-a-response-to-my-critics/
Elmer morphed into a squealing pig, whining about blame with his snout in the trough of the beefers. Sheeesh, what an egotistical knave.
that is truly funny!
if it is anyones fault, its his. and we all know it.
Mr. G....lmaooooooooooooo
"hank and ben" "ben and hank"
As Ben Bernanke recently put it: “The deterioration in underwriting standards …appears to have begun in late 2005.” I assume that judgment reflected the increased delinquency behavior that is now evident for loans initiated in late 2005 and subsequently.
LOL!
try by 2003 they were writing 120% loans like they were candy
man this article is hilarious!
where's frosty??
prolly cryin like a bitch when he read the clintons made 109m
i luv it!! good for them
the clinton haters are so jealous
they made 109m ....10m to charity and paid 31% taxes
"release the tax reurns!!!!!" and they did......now what??
die obama die !!!!!!
Dear Sal
send mo money...oregon I drew 1500 in high school gym...obamayomama filled three 35 k arenas and they were scalping tickets...the end is near.
yet she keeps losing at least a super delegate a day.
i luv obama is playing uncle tom, as hildog just bitches and complains. and then after obama beats her a lot of hildog supporters will flip and vote for big john. so u care more about hildog than our troops coming home?
nice
Aside from far greater efforts to ferret out fraud (a long time concern of mine), would a material tightening of regulation improve financial performance? I doubt it. The problem is not the lack of regulation, but unrealistic expectations about what regulators are able to anticipate and prevent.
in other words. "given human nature and history did i think the ARM situation wud get out of hand when i suggested ARMS, to congress, when fed funds was 1%?"
um im RETARDED and saw that meatball that day. most anyone with an IQ north of 18, saw it.
Hillary can't win oregon
she absolutely must win in PA and indiana
else it's over
and then
Mac is back !! Mac is back !!!
The D's are really cutting out the votes of a lot of voters in those big states by going to Obama. If Hillary takes PA by 10 pts, I really think she might win a floor fight to seat FL adn MI delegates, or Obama will look bad.
Then it's a brawl.
super delegates can switch back, too.
Hillary..."I can feel your pain when you can't pay your heating bill"....lmaooooooooooooooo...at least W doesnt pretend to give a sh%$t......
i hope so Bman....but i doubt it.......f'ng liberals are in control of the party bosses
the ultra left liberal wing of the democratic party has hijacked the party
it kind of reminds me of the right wing neo-cons taken over the GOP after W got elected
Hillary winnin all the states with the Reagan democrats
but Obama is winnin the latte drinkin volvo drivin liberals and the blacks
blacks and liberals ain't gonna vote for hillary.......and reagen democrats ain't gonna vote for obama
what's the link to the mccain victory fund??
slow down bud.
wait and see big john and obama pick as mates.
i still think its obamas race to lose.
the only thing that worries me is that no poor white men or women vote for the negro, and that is about 80% of the country. im betting they r so dumb and poor they dont vote, but if they do, ill be worried
he shud ask hildog. he stands a better chance of not getting assainated if she is waiting in the wings. if he asks edwards, obama wont see the inaguration.
man that article is off the chain. elmer all but uses plausible denability as an excuse.
sir alan greenspan, indeed.
what a joke!
mr G article is pure comedy...no doubt
Bunkerman's hero morphed, now that is funny...a new street slut is doing his bidding now, kick elmer to the curb indeed.
W F-n with S America now...hey why the hell not.looooool
the dems would rather lose than join forces?....lmaoooooo
John from Cincy.."get back in the game mern"
spin am i gonna need to pay the greens fees next weekend??
28bux times 4
rolling rocks .....puke
i'd rather drink some horse urine
is john from cincy back on the air?
i saw one on the other nite.
i watched the first 9 episodes and then it vanished on me.
luv ed oneil in that show
i wonder who mfl's pitchin coach is?
prolly frosty......55footer.....weak
if that's the best you got......pick up another sport
hop skotch maybe...........frosty good at it.......like most schoolgirls
jon from cincy cancelled
they lost everyone with that last episode
That's the general site.
The Google link is cool -> search for McCain for President
This Obama movement is McGovern deja vu. The superdelegates were supposed to resist these manias.
Elmer was never my hero - I've bashed him for two decades. Totally overrated.
he cost me $$$ big in 1987 - jerk.
And then gave us Clinton ... grrr.
Spin I thought you switched over to the $20 grey gooses on the rocks at your local lounge?
gimme a f'ng break
Clinton 1000times better president than either Bush1 or Dole
economy did very well under Bill
millions of 'poor' upgraded to the middle class in the 90s
uh....i was one of them
under W......i'm back to 'poor'
the only grey goose on that course is by the 7th green...loooool
grey goose
lmaoooooooooooooooo
28bux greens feees......they prolly only carry old milwaukee......maybe schaeffers lite too
"i'd rather drink some horse urine"
interesting choice of words.....Im jusayin..looool
what did clinton do that was so brilliant on the economy?
he rode secular tailwinds into 2000. that is when the tech bubble blew up, which was what balanced the budget (all the tax dollars from that) the other tailwind was the end of communism and the deflationary trends that followed in the 90's.
bush is an idiot but was dealt an awful hand by clinton and greenspan. he made the economy worse but not being true to the party and practicing fiscal discipline.
clinton had to know what was going on at the accounting firms but never did anything to rock the boat.
also loving how he cant believe bill richardson lied to his face, no less than 5 times. he is shocked anyone wud lie to his face.
"i did not have sexual relations with that women!"
and hillary what a role model for the young ladies. "its ok if your hubby cheats, as long as u can benefit politically and financially, who cares?"
y does chelsea not think that is in the publics interest? how hillary handled that situation just shows her character, or lack there of.
she shud have left him solid, if she had any backbone at all. she cant run a marriage and she wants to run the country?
"poor golfer" is an oxymoron except perhaps regarding ability ;-)
Golf is a rich man's sport, like tennis.
The common man plays B-ball or softball. Or goes hunting or fishing or to the range.
Clinton had the same effect on the economy as Coolidge; same end result, too.
uhh mern, Clinton's VP, Mr. Al Gore, invented the internet.....that led to the "new economy" paradigm sir....
How you like that pitch Bud? looks like you swung right through it arod...
Maybe history does sort of repeat:
Lust of Harding + leadership of Coolidge = Clinton.
aaah.....the sweet smell of vindication
"i'm so bullish.......it's scary"
i believe i was ridiculed here by some for sayin that
now i am ready for some beefer ping pong
low and outside
i hate al gore......he's one of the liberals that is rootin for obama and tryin to bully hillary.....neutral my ass
2-0 count now....hitters count
my advice.......intentionally walk me.......or come inside like frosty tries to...... and i'll take you yard
french chase the chicoms with pitch forks...put out the olympic flame...LMAOOOOOOO
ching ming wang looks like a real ace
uh wait......it's april
die yankees die !!!!!!
Jays turn on Roomba..sweep up sox
"ching ming wang"....lmaoooo
if that's not racist then someone please define racism for me...
Chien-Ming Wang is the man's name sir....
im bullish on the sixers and flyers. its one of their yrs.
IT JUST HAS TO BE!
Bunkerman...are you making any more sales this week or are you done.
Bunkerman must be hanging in the gentle ben fan club chat room today.
did someone say vindication????
lmaooooooooooooo
beefer ping-pong.......sweet
well done sammy....
"vindication"
taking a nap.
If GOOG hits 500, I'll sell a bit.
That's about it.
was watching family feud in the workout room.
this really made me LOL.
question: name something a women needs before she gets married.
answer: an examination. they asked her to be more specific (im thinking blood test). she says "pap smear"
ROFLLLLLLL
When they choose sides for football games in the yard at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., Michael Vick is the popular pick.
Twice for the same game, it seems.
In an interview with the New York Daily News, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Vick is playing ball in prison to keep his body in shape, his arm limber and to pass the time.
"Apparently, there was a prison football team and he played quarterback for both sides," Blank told the Daily News in Monday's editions.
I wonder how many picks he threw...pfffttt....
HILLDOG BOYCOTT??
Bud???????
vick playing ball in the can???????????????
i thought he wud be studying for his dog breeding license or maybe get the law degree he has always wanted.
do u think he sits on a donut, yet?
he is pretty gud looking!
How Jimmy Carterish of you maam....
Bud your donations just went poooof
i'm with the people of tibet
the chinese oppression of those peacelovin buddhists is a disgrace
olympics are a sideshow.....i don't care boycott or not
but we have to make it clear to the communist party and hu jintao to release the political prisoners in china and tibet
PS.....good thing for yankees that ching ming wang knows how to swim
or did ching ming wang come to US at stowed in a merchant ship on 1 bowl of rice a day ?
Mike Vick supports Barack Obama....well done mike...
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
Greenspan endorses John McCain...
oh no big john!
"but we have to make it clear to the communist party and hu jintao to release the political prisoners in china and tibet"
or what?????...war????
or a strongly worded memo
make up your mind
your sooo fulla shit..lmaooooooo
..at the same time Buds buyin Ag steel,oils but..... hes with the people of Tibet
lmaoooooooooooooo
In spirit guys....Im witcha!!!!!
tie your big ass shoes BOZO!!!!
uh mern........vick is in jail
time to move on
PS.....are you still pissed about OJ too?
Dear Sal,
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Dear Sal,
If you could donate a few more dollars I'd really appreciate it...my flobee isn't working properly-i think ill have to buy a new one...
Cheers,
Hillary Clinton
oh, I sent my single load to Big John ... he provided a Fed Ex envelope prepaid.
um bud i bet 100 bucks vick wud goto jail, the day the story broke.
i think he belongs in prison, with bonds and clemens
bman going for the money shot!
i hate u when aim for the tits and u catch an eye, and there is no visine in the house.
lol
'provided a fed ex envelope prepaid'
lmaooooooooooooooooo
i'll send you a hooker prepaid if you send me 2300 bux
mccain/rice?
i wud love that!
obama wud kill that ticket!
bud what kind of hookers do u get for 2300?
any tread left on the tires or is just like throwing a hotdog down a hallway?
ohhh maan.....looool mern
family guy quote.
i highly rec that show!
I think "Condi" would be a great choice. If we're playin the race and woman card, that'a a bullet...Does she have a Latino fiance?
As for the "W" taint?....she served at the pleasure of the president......
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