Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Recompense
RECOMPENSE, n. Ingratitude.
2009 Update: Reward, typically inadequate for virtues such as humility and altruism or theft when demanded for goods and services. Unsatisfaction.
Recompense, wreck um Pence, wreck um! (Here is hoping that this will be a welcomed recompense for your trusting me to write an interesting comment on such an exciting word as recompense on a dull Monday morning.) ..
I can't think about "recompense" right now, because I'm very worried about where you're going to head with your weekend story. You've got me thinking I'm going to get my Hallmark ending, but then your comment to me on my comment to you has me fearing the worst. Who knows what horrors await Gretchen and Deitrich? I don't mind if you give Frau Braun a nasty illness or even have her fall off a cliff or something.
RECOMPENSE: You'll get yours. (I hope I don't get mine.)
ReplyDeleteRecompense, wreck um Pence, wreck um! (Here is hoping that this will be a welcomed recompense for your trusting me to write an interesting comment on such an exciting word as recompense on a dull Monday morning.)
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Recompense: we're all getting some
ReplyDeleteRecompense is a meal best served warm. Oh, I get recompensed every day for being born a dog. -Icy
ReplyDeleteRECOMPENSE, n.:
ReplyDelete1. What the market will bear; in a bear market, barely enough.
2. Rick Wagoner's portion.
Unsatisfaction.
ReplyDeleteIs that like the id to Mick Jagger's ego?
Recompense, the next best thing.
ReplyDeleteThat magic trick where the coin is tied to a string.
ReplyDeletebest i can do is offer a Thank You
ReplyDeletefor the morning Word.....Peace
To pay, or pay back. Confusingly, it does not mean to pay back again, as in to bail out and then bonusify.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite words. One never pays back enough in the eyes of the one owed. Might as well be upfront about it and say it with an accent.
ReplyDeleteI can't think about "recompense" right now, because I'm very worried about where you're going to head with your weekend story. You've got me thinking I'm going to get my Hallmark ending, but then your comment to me on my comment to you has me fearing the worst.
ReplyDeleteWho knows what horrors await Gretchen and Deitrich?
I don't mind if you give Frau Braun a nasty illness or even have her fall off a cliff or something.
:-)
You'll have our version by Thursday night.
Yeah, Jamie, chances are Ambrose Bierce will show up unexpectedly, shoot the pigs and take Dietrich with him to Mexico.
ReplyDeleteTLP, I wish us both the same.
ReplyDeleteJim, aren't you retired? Look outside! Look at the begonias! It's still Monday! (Ctsy GGM)
Whether we like it or not, huh, Pia?
Nice, Icy. Good girl!
Amoeba, I'll bear it in mind.
Sauerkraut, I'm pretty sure Brer Jagger has his own id.
To revenge, Ariel?
Nessa, I thought that was theft.
Peace, Bear. And you're welcome.
Well done, Weirsdo.
Exactly, Cooper. Now is the time for a French accent.
JD, I hadn't thought of the cliff. What's at the bottom?
Haha, Ariel. If every Magyar is as clever as you are, I wouldn't want to be Prime Minister, either.
You too, Actonbell. You deserve it.
recompense, n. never heard of it, never used it in a sentence...therefore it is nought!
ReplyDeleteAm so, Minka!
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