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.

16 comments:

Bunkerman said...

unemployment claims # OK;
jobs stabilizing.

Maybe everyone who can be fired has been fired?

Spin-em said...

here ya go Bunk


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

Bunkerman said...

lol, thanks.

What movie was that?

Spin-em said...

Dead Poets Society...2 thumbs up

Bunkerman said...

JohnBoy "taking steps to fix teh problems"

Uh ... he is part of the problem.

I suggest he resign.

Spin-em said...

caaaaaayyyyshhh...lol

Bunkerman said...

am heading off to the wilderness tomorrow

hardtack, pemmican, MREs

have my survival books, too, to practice the craft

a fine tomahawk for "trouble"

:)

Spin-em said...

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

Bunkerman said...

lol, no beer - wine, cognac, Canadian whisky

Bud said...

will you take your iphone to the wilderness too ??

Bunkerman said...

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

Spin-em said...

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

Spin-em said...

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

Bunkerman said...

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.

Bunkerman said...

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

:)

Spin-em said...

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