Tim's post on the Canting Dictionary inspired me to add one of my favorite words. It's a bit more genteel than calling someone a no-good S.O.B.blackguard
SYLLABICATION: black·guard
PRONUNCIATION: blăg'ərd, -ärd'
NOUN: 1. A thoroughly unprincipled person; a scoundrel. 2. A foul-mouthed person.
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: black·guard·ed, black·guard·ing, black·guards
To abuse verbally; revile.
OTHER FORMS: blackguard·ism —NOUN
blackguard·ly —ADJECTIVE & ADVERB
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Blackguard
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Blackguard
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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Walt Kelley used it, spelling it as "blaggard" if I members kreckly.
[side note: I can no longer determine whether Walt's name has one or two letters E -anyone know for certain? I know the -ey spelling is a Protestant signature (the so-called "Scotch-Irish") while -y is the Catholic, so I lean to the former for the esteemed cartoonist, but I don't know for sure.]
[side note: I can no longer determine whether Walt's name has one or two letters E -anyone know for certain? I know the -ey spelling is a Protestant signature (the so-called "Scotch-Irish") while -y is the Catholic, so I lean to the former for the esteemed cartoonist, but I don't know for sure.]
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I saw that but I saw as many entries spelling "-ey" and, call me crazed, but I just don't fully trust Wikipedia for this fine a level of accuracy. Rowrbazzle!Walt Kelly according to Wikipedia.
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Then perhaps you'd believe one of the larger Capitalistic Enterprises on the 'Net?I saw that but I saw as many entries spelling "-ey" and, call me crazed, but I just don't fully trust Wikipedia for this fine a level of accuracy. Rowrbazzle!Walt Kelly according to Wikipedia.
Besides, Kelly and Pogo seem to me to be the kind of topics to attract finiky fans as watchdogs and editors.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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Latter point agreed, but no, I'm not ready to invest Amazon with ultimate authority either.Then perhaps you'd believe one of the larger Capitalistic Enterprises on the 'Net?I saw that but I saw as many entries spelling "-ey" and, call me crazed, but I just don't fully trust Wikipedia for this fine a level of accuracy. Rowrbazzle!Walt Kelly according to Wikipedia.
Besides, Kelly and Pogo seem to me to be the kind of topics to attract finiky fans as watchdogs and editors.
Maybe I'm just afflicted with a romantic ideal that our orthography may still have some wiggle room left before we hit the ailing wall of the Absolute, but I'm still torn by WK's own description of himself as, in part, 'Scotch-Irish' <wince>, which would favour an -ey ending. Nevertheless, since that very info came from his own autobiography, I am compelled to concede the Kelly spelling with reservation.
Then again, that bio was found on the Internet, so all bets are off!
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