posted on December 30, 2005 11:10:06 PM new
Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year 2005
Want to know what the most "looked up" word of the year was?
I found this very interesting. I also wonder how many people really understood the definition?
http://www.m-w.com/info/05words.htm
Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year 2005
the #1 Word of the Year for 2005 was:
1. integrity
Pronunciation: in-'te-gr&-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English integrite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French integrité, from Latin integritat-, integritas, from integr-, integer entire
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY
2 : an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS
3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS
synonym see HONESTY
posted on December 31, 2005 05:32:54 AM new
It was the Liberals that were looking it up. They heard the Conservatives had it and they always want something they don't have.
Now they’re fighting to have the government give it to them as a benefit.
I’ve seen the marchers holding up their home made signs with the motto:
We want integrity. NOW
posted on December 31, 2005 07:40:59 AM new
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY
2 : an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS
3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS
synonym see HONESTY
doesn't fit anyone in the Bush administration
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
