Showing posts with label Words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Words. Show all posts

Friday, March 26, 2010

Dictionaries, They Are Big Books with a Lot of Words...


For much of the day today, conservatives around the nation have been wetting their pants with excitement as Sarah Palin returns to the stage to campaign for John McCain as he pulls out all the tricks to keep hold of his  Arizona senate seat. I know I've posted this before, but lest anyone forget or not know what the word "rogue" really means, here it is again. I, after all, do like to keep people educated and informed.

rogue (noun):

1. vagrant, tramp
2. a dishonest or worthless person: scoundrel
3. a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
4. an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

rogue (adjective):

1. resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable
2. corrupt, dishonest
3. of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior

rogue (verb):

1. to weed out inferior, diseased, or nontypical individuals from a crop plant or a field

Monday, November 16, 2009

Going Tramp...

In light of Sarah Palin's new book, Going Rogue, I thought I'd share a few definitions of rogue courtesy of the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

rogue (noun):
1. vagrant, tramp
2. a dishonest or worthless person: scoundrel
3. a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
4. an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

rogue (adjective):
1. resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable
2. corrupt, dishonest
3. of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior

rogue (verb):
1. to weed out inferior, diseased, or nontypical individuals from a crop plant or a field

So these are supposed to be good qualities?