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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: BUMPTIOUS



SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:      BUMPTIOUS
PRONUNCIATION:
(BUHMP-shuhs) 

MEANING:
(adjective): Self-assertive in an obnoxious way.

ETYMOLOGY:
Probably a blend of bump + fractious or a blend of bump + presumptuous. Earliest documented use: 1803.


USAGE:
"A more prosperous, bumptious Turkey is jangling many nerves."
Is Turkey Turning Its Back on the West?; The Economist (London, UK); Oct 21, 2010. 

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Lady Supreme!!!!

 

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