irish?!
Je l'ai piqué de allogenes. //Et monsieur, quel est ton prénom?
Your Inner European is Irish!
Sprited and boisterous!
You drink everyone under the table.
Who's Your Inner European?
Irish! Something to tell Dave haha.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
--Jack London (1876-1916)
La fonction approprié de l'homme est à vivre, et n'est pas à seulement exister. Je ne vais pas perde mes jour en les prolongeant. Je vais utiliser le temps.
and for those tired of "nitpick" -
cavil \KAV-uhl\, intransitive verb:
To raise trivial or frivolous objections; to find fault
without good reason.
transitive verb:
To raise trivial objections to.
noun:
A trivial or frivolous objection.
Insiders with their own strong views, after all, tend to cavil about competing ideas and stories they consider less than comprehensive.
--Laurence I. Barrett, "Dog-Bites-Dog," [1]Time, October 30, 1989
It may seem churlish, amid the selection of so much glory, to cavil at a single omission, but I do think a great opportunity has been missed.
--Tom Rosenthal, "Rome sweet Rome," [2]New Statesman, February 5, 2001
He was determined not to be diverted from his main pursuit by cavils or trifles.
--William Safire, [3]Scandalmonger
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Cavil comes from Latin cavillari, "to jeer, to quibble," from cavilla, "scoffing."
and in place of retort,
riposte \ rih-POAST\ noun
1 : a fencer's quick return thrust following a parry
*2 : a retaliatory verbal sally : retort
3 : a retaliatory maneuver or measure
Example sentence:
Lyn is a master of verbal riposte, able to dash off the kind of replies that most people only think of in the car on the way home.
Did you know?
In the sport of fencing, a riposte is a counterattack made after successfully fending off one's opponent. English speakers borrowed the name for this particular maneuver from French in the early 1700s, but the French had simply modified Italian "riposta," which literally means "answer." Ultimately these words come from the Latin verb "respondēre," meaning "to respond." It seems fitting that "riposte" has since come full circle to now refer to a quick and witty response performed as a form of retaliation in the thrust and parry of a verbal contest.
Your Inner European is Irish!
Sprited and boisterous!
You drink everyone under the table.
Who's Your Inner European?
Irish! Something to tell Dave haha.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
--Jack London (1876-1916)
La fonction approprié de l'homme est à vivre, et n'est pas à seulement exister. Je ne vais pas perde mes jour en les prolongeant. Je vais utiliser le temps.
and for those tired of "nitpick" -
cavil \KAV-uhl\, intransitive verb:
To raise trivial or frivolous objections; to find fault
without good reason.
transitive verb:
To raise trivial objections to.
noun:
A trivial or frivolous objection.
Insiders with their own strong views, after all, tend to cavil about competing ideas and stories they consider less than comprehensive.
--Laurence I. Barrett, "Dog-Bites-Dog," [1]Time, October 30, 1989
It may seem churlish, amid the selection of so much glory, to cavil at a single omission, but I do think a great opportunity has been missed.
--Tom Rosenthal, "Rome sweet Rome," [2]New Statesman, February 5, 2001
He was determined not to be diverted from his main pursuit by cavils or trifles.
--William Safire, [3]Scandalmonger
_________________________________________________________
Cavil comes from Latin cavillari, "to jeer, to quibble," from cavilla, "scoffing."
and in place of retort,
riposte \ rih-POAST\ noun
1 : a fencer's quick return thrust following a parry
*2 : a retaliatory verbal sally : retort
3 : a retaliatory maneuver or measure
Example sentence:
Lyn is a master of verbal riposte, able to dash off the kind of replies that most people only think of in the car on the way home.
Did you know?
In the sport of fencing, a riposte is a counterattack made after successfully fending off one's opponent. English speakers borrowed the name for this particular maneuver from French in the early 1700s, but the French had simply modified Italian "riposta," which literally means "answer." Ultimately these words come from the Latin verb "respondēre," meaning "to respond." It seems fitting that "riposte" has since come full circle to now refer to a quick and witty response performed as a form of retaliation in the thrust and parry of a verbal contest.