Friday, July 02, 2010

Dependent

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

2010 Update: Worthy of charity and faith, but not hope.

14 comments:

k. riggs gardner said...

Do you mean, like, alms for the poor?

TLP said...

IRS deduction.

quilly said...

de- prefix from, away from, of, out of;

pend, v. to remain undecided or unsettled; to hang

-ent, suffix Performing, promoting, or causing a specified action

DEPENDANT, adj. one who promotes uncertainty and/or indecision in others, hence the parent's lament, "Will s/he ever grow up and get a job!?"

Anonymous said...

DEPENDENT, adj Dang I have none. No wonder I pay such high taxes LOL Have a great weekend :)

Susan at Stony River said...

And here I was waiting for a Depends joke. Of course I know you have more class than that, but ...

(but, ha ha)

Sorry.

Ariel the Thief said...

Very good definition, I have nothing to add.

k. riggs gardner said...

A.t.T.:

That's good because we have nothing to subtract.

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Anonymous said...

Within two days I have become highly dependent on my new iphone.

Or is that co-dependent?

TLP said...

I hate to admit it: I've become dependent on the Saturday story. But I can wait. I guess. Don't worry about me. Sunday is fine.

tsduff said...

I am dependent upon our Independence Day celebration to garner more hotdogs. Hope you get your share Doug.

Nessa said...

The update sounds like a triad of very frivolous girls.

k. riggs gardner said...

And one very "Messa" one!

*SMOOCH*

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Lara Hoke said...
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Doug The Una said...

I just might, Karen.

And a Trojan lawsuit, TLP.

Quilly, the question for parents, I suppose, is did they?

We're still money ahead, Thom.

Susan, you complete us.

Ariel, I was depending on it.

Karen, you and the mouse in your pocket?

Jenn, I think it's iPendent.

I know, TLP. I repent and mean to change my ways. Maybe next week.

Terry, we're doing ribs in Indiana. Ev'ry year, pretty much.

Nessa, the older I get, the harder it is to sound like everything else.

Karen, If Nessa's a messa, she's the bessa.

Every day, QB3.