Thursday, August 11, 2011

A Word for Thursday

Word of the Day

"Yawp" - noun & verb [$10] a Mencken word
Yawp means (noun) 1. a harsh or course cry; loud raucous cry; 2. (US) foolish talk; (verb) 1. utter a yawp; 2. (US) talk foolishly; 3. talk continuously and noisily.
Sentence:  The yawp on business news channels quickly becomes tiring:  hit the mute button.
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16 comments:

  1. BunkermanAugust 11, 2011 at 5:36 AM

    unemployment claims # OK;
    jobs stabilizing.

    Maybe everyone who can be fired has been fired?

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  2. Spin-emAugust 11, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    here ya go Bunk


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFQYbjYsso

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  3. BunkermanAugust 11, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    lol, thanks.

    What movie was that?

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  4. Spin-emAugust 11, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    Dead Poets Society...2 thumbs up

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  5. BunkermanAugust 11, 2011 at 6:58 AM

    JohnBoy "taking steps to fix teh problems"

    Uh ... he is part of the problem.

    I suggest he resign.

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  6. Spin-emAugust 11, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    caaaaaayyyyshhh...lol

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  7. BunkermanAugust 11, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    am heading off to the wilderness tomorrow

    hardtack, pemmican, MREs

    have my survival books, too, to practice the craft

    a fine tomahawk for "trouble"

    :)

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  8. Spin-emAugust 11, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    who gets to carry the 10 cases of beer?..lol...let John do it...lol

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  9. BunkermanAugust 11, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    lol, no beer - wine, cognac, Canadian whisky

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  10. BudAugust 11, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    will you take your iphone to the wilderness too ??

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  11. BunkermanAugust 11, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    I take it for a camera - there is no cell service there.

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  12. Spin-emAugust 11, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    dont forget paper/pen to play Greek hangman...lool

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  13. Spin-emAugust 11, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    when you're out there..I want you to think...America is 235 years old and all it took was your 30 year career with your wallstreet pals to torpedo the whole shooting match.....more ccgnac anyone???.....lol

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  14. BunkermanAugust 11, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    lol, I'll go a bit further.

    The ship has been taking water since about 1970 when the highly educated classes got more power and proceeded to take all the growth in productivity, screwing the plain people.

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  15. BunkermanAugust 11, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    re my Wall Street career, when I was active in investment banking (1981-2000), the stock market had a huge 20 year bull market.

    :)

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  16. Spin-emAugust 11, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    loool..I know bunk....have a great safe trip sir......say Hi to Big AL

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