Thursday, March 15, 2012

"...Law and Order, Cause and Effect...Six of One..."

Time for another "Increase Your Word Power".

con·tri·tion/kənˈtriSHən/
Noun: 1.The state of feeling remorseful and penitent.

Chicago (CNN) -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is scheduled to arrive at a Colorado federal prison Thursday to begin serving a 14-year sentence on a corruption conviction.

"This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do," he told a crowd of sign-wielding supporters outside his Chicago home Wednesday. "But this is the law and we follow the law."


i·ro·ny/ˈīrənē/
Noun:The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

"But this is the law and we follow the law".

just.des.serts
phrase:what is coming to them; what "they" deserve

She ran over my cat, but got her just desserts when she was hit by a bus.

Word.

No comments: