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.
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14 comments:

  1. k. riggs gardner9:53 AM

    Do you mean, like, alms for the poor?

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  2. TLP9:58 AM

    IRS deduction.

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  3. quilly10:29 AM

    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!?"

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  4. Anonymous10:40 AM

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

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  5. Susan at Stony River11:21 AM

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

    (but, ha ha)

    Sorry.

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  6. Anonymous11:31 AM

    Very good definition, I have nothing to add.

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  7. k. riggs gardner11:34 AM

    A.t.T.:

    That's good because we have nothing to subtract.

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  8. Anonymous3:49 PM

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

    Or is that co-dependent?

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  9. TLP7:14 AM

    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.

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  10. tsduff11:02 AM

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

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  11. Nessa12:05 PM

    The update sounds like a triad of very frivolous girls.

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  12. k. riggs gardner1:22 PM

    And one very "Messa" one!

    *SMOOCH*

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  13. Lara Hoke6:21 PM

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  14. Doug The Una6:37 PM

    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.

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