Chuckle 1014

Chuckle 1014
(Carrie M of Sacramento CA gets today’s chuckle thanks!)


~Happy Keester~
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day)

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• Today in history

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Word of the Day for Sunday April 16, 2006

hortatory \HOR-tuh-tor-ee\, adjective:Marked by strong urging; serving to encourage or incite; as, "a hortatory speech."

He later gave up the ministry in the conviction that he could reach thousands with his beguiling pen and only hundreds with his hortatory voice.-- Carl Van Doren, The American Novel, 1789-1939

Instead of "Home Run, Jack," the hortatory message that greets the batter at the plate is the subliminal one that surfaces: "Run Home, Jack."-- Marjorie Garber, Symptoms of Culture

The former West German Chancellor's book . . . is a call to action, and, even in this good translation, the book relies heavily on the hortatory language of political appeals.-- Tamar Jacoby, "Carrots and Sticks", New York Times, August 24, 1986
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