MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of the glowworm, to a maggot.
2008 Update: Depleted of notoreity by the gas of an enthusiast's account or the the edge of a surgeon's blade. Indifferent.
magnificent - A penny examined under a microscope.
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magnificent: fresh out of grandiose delusions, she has no idea....
ReplyDeletehhhmmm... too many of our politicians have a habit of being magnificently indifferent to the requirements of their office. Exhibit A: Mr. Stevens.
ReplyDeletethe the... a so-so band with a couple of good tunes.
err, tu, rabbit?
A magazine deficient in print but large with pictures. Made for the average American.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent: Like having the b**bs of prison fence to a farmer's corral.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent: Like having an Arkansas lady visit you agan while she is in California. Will she make to your place?
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MAGNIFICENT, n. The American dollar. Which buys now what a penny would buy a mere 100 years ago.
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Magnificent: A pastel sky, Olympic gymnasts, show horses, and Bubba's six-legged sow.
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the practice of certain bakeries, restaurants, and other public eateries to vent their cooking odors, unfiltered, into the surrounding neighborhood -- which also helps magnify their stacks of cents.
Not insipid.
ReplyDeleteYes, Karma!
ReplyDeleteWow. No one mentioned that I was missing a word. You guys are polite.
ReplyDeleteActually, Poobah, for a pun that's pretty good.
Pia, a woman with no idea is magnificence itself.
Sauerkraut, I can think of a hundred examples in the Senate alone.
TLP, I subrscribed to several like that but the renewal cards had such small letters.
Jim, I think we'll meet in the city. My place is kind of boondocky, which in LA, means a long drive.
Amoeba, you're tempting me to quote from Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Exactly, that many, K, and Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen were magnificent enough for the other 5.
Hahaha, JD. Safe travels.
Quilly, that's a fine habit.
Weirsdo, that was the standard although I think the advent of blogs has lowered it some.
Ariel, I'd have bet you were a fan of that film.
Wow. No one mentioned that I was missing a word. You guys are polite.
ReplyDeleteActually, Poobah, for a pun that's pretty good.
Pia, a woman with no idea is magnificence itself.
Sauerkraut, I can think of a hundred examples in the Senate alone.
TLP, I subrscribed to several like that but the renewal cards had such small letters.
Jim, I think we'll meet in the city. My place is kind of boondocky, which in LA, means a long drive.
Amoeba, you're tempting me to quote from Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Exactly, that many, K, and Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen were magnificent enough for the other 5.
Hahaha, JD. Safe travels.
Quilly, that's a fine habit.
Weirsdo, that was the standard although I think the advent of blogs has lowered it some.
Ariel, I'd have bet you were a fan of that film.
you're funny.
ReplyDeleteyou're funny.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent: - the complete view of the Yosemite Valley as I saw it this past weekend, unobscured by smoke from nearby fires.
ReplyDeleteNo so much a fan but I kinda like it.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent: A fantastic magnet!
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