Recently used in an interview with George Bush. I vote we bring its antonym to life; feckful.
Slava
Feckless
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.feckless \FEK-lis\, adjective:
1. Ineffective; having no real worth or purpose.
2. Worthless; irresponsible; generally incompetent and ineffectual
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Dare I say it? I am feeling so tired. What I need is some good feck.Feckless
1599, from feck, "effect, value, vigor" (1470), Scot. shortened form of effect; popularized by Carlyle, who left its opposite, feckful, in dial. obscurity.
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
Anonymous
Anonymous
After the debate they repaired to the refecktory for a celebratory lunch. The press were steered clear of defecktors from the party line to avoid infeckting the public with heretical views.
In a prepared statement, the opposing candidate denounced the photo-op as a cheap "coattails effeckt" at wooing votes from the disaffeckted.
-gailr
In a prepared statement, the opposing candidate denounced the photo-op as a cheap "coattails effeckt" at wooing votes from the disaffeckted.
-gailr
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Hey, this place is getting pretty dull again, even with all the [obvious] feckful 'puns'.
Someone needs to liven up the place, get really funny, so, Perry,Gail, Sluggo here it is .... say something funny already, let's go crazy making fun puns and silly sayings.
I'll pick a topic, ok I got it; animal names of things, like a foxy girl with feckles and a PONY tail...
mark broke-a-piggy-today Bailey
I know this sounds fishy just don't go being slothful...
Someone needs to liven up the place, get really funny, so, Perry,Gail, Sluggo here it is .... say something funny already, let's go crazy making fun puns and silly sayings.
I'll pick a topic, ok I got it; animal names of things, like a foxy girl with feckles and a PONY tail...
mark broke-a-piggy-today Bailey
I know this sounds fishy just don't go being slothful...
Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Make the most of it...
kb
Actually, you and Gail did very well in the floridthread. I give you a literary reference (and it is one very dear to my heart) and you two out-foxed me.Hey, this place is getting pretty dull again, even with all the [obvious] feckful 'puns'.
Someone needs to liven up the place, get really funny, so, Perry,Gail, Sluggo here it is .... say something funny already, let's go crazy making fun puns and silly sayings.
I'll pick a topic, ok I got it; animal names of things, like a foxy girl with feckles and a PONY tail...
mark broke-a-piggy-today Bailey
I know this sounds fishy just don't go being slothful...
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
Anonymous
Anonymous
About that, Perry: I haven't read much Wodehouse, so I'm unfamiliar with skivvying foxes. Is that a British English usage or did he mean chivvying?
-gailr
who now wonders if chivvy is a possible etymology for shiv.
-gailr
who now wonders if chivvy is a possible etymology for shiv.
I think that I had a brain fart. But it's lucky for you that I did. Chivvying would have provided much less grist for your pun mill.About that, Perry: I haven't read much Wodehouse, so I'm unfamiliar with skivvying foxes. Is that a British English usage or did he mean chivvying?
-gailr
who now wonders if chivvy is a possible etymology for shiv.
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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