NYC-GAL
This one was on another Audi. I will hazard a guess and say that she is not a native of St. Louis.
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Quote for the Day – Alexandre Dumas
Love is the most selfish of all the passions.”~ Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers
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Word of the Day – Zounds
- Interjection: Zounds
- Used a mild oath
- Synonyms:
- None found
- Usage:
‘”Zounds! I think it does indeed!” cried the Gascon, who reckoned upon this letter for making his way at court. “It contained my fortune!”’
- Encountered:
Reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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Word of the Day – Portmanteau
- Noun: Portmanteau
- a large suitcase
- a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)
- Synonyms:
- Carryall
- carry-on
- grip
- handbag
- holdall [chiefly British]
- suitcase
- wallet
- Usage:
“This doublet and hose, though new, were creased, like traveling clothes for a long time packed in a portmanteau. “
- Encountered:
Reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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Vanity Plate for the Day – F14USN
F14USN
This one was on a Mazda RDX. I’m going with retired naval aviator.
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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits
“If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home. ” ~ Tom Waits
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Vanity Plate for the Day – CHICKS
CHICKS
This one was on the back of a Volvo XC 90. Is an apostrophe needed between the K and the S? Or does it have something to do with orientation? Or is the person into fuzzy, yellow avian? A middle age woman was driving it.
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Word of the Day – Hegemony
- Noun: Hegemony
- preponderant influence or authority over others : domination <battled for hegemony in Asia>
- the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
- Synonyms:
- leadership
- dominance
- dominion
- supremacy
- authority
- mastery
- control
- power
- sway
- rule
- sovereignty
- Usage:
- “Yet, in an American context, we face again a hegemony that allows us to narrate a single Jewish memory, i.e., a European one. ”
- Encountered:
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Quote for the Day – Thomas Merton
“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.”~ Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain
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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits
“the earth is not my home, I’m just passing by” ~ Tom Waits
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