packsaddle 753 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Happy Birthday, scoutldr! Link to post Share on other sites
Eagledad 2765 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 >>(I turn 55 tomorrow and find myself thinking a LOT about mortality and how best to spend whatever remaining days I have left). Link to post Share on other sites
Trevorum 24 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Merlyn, I figure it to be cooties. Link to post Share on other sites
BadenP 93 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Ok Merlyn Let me add this, at this point in scouting I do regret that people like yourself have ruined relations between scouting and schools, but you know what I am not going to lose any sleep over it. As far as the issue of gays in scouting is concerned, that is Nationals call not mine but either way I can live with it. However, I still view you as the little boy at school telling tales on others to get them in trouble,or starting some misinformation to get others riled up, in other words a little fink. You still use the same kind of tactics as an adult with your one man crusade of pure nonsense that some buy into while most others ignore you, as everyone should do. Link to post Share on other sites
Merlyn_LeRoy 72 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 I think the word you're searching for is "uppity." That's an old favorite to describe people who force their own government to obey the constitution. Link to post Share on other sites
evmori 11 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I think the word you're searching for is "uppity." That's an old favorite to describe people who force their own government to obey the constitution. Huh???? Where did you find that! Uppity means arrogant! And is a Firefox add-on! Link to post Share on other sites
Trevorum 24 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Ed, the most common useage of "uppity" in American English is in reference to oppressed individuals, most often African Americans, who had the temerity to insist on the equality that is proclaimed in the Constitution. Link to post Share on other sites
evmori 11 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Not in my neck of the woods, Trev! Uppity meant snooty and arrogant! Link to post Share on other sites
Oak Tree 15 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 From dictionary.com/Random House uppity 1. affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish. 2. rebelliously self-assertive; not inclined to be tractable or deferential. Ed's using part 1, Merlyn and Trevorum part 2. I say they're both right. Link to post Share on other sites
evmori 11 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 uppity 1. affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish. 2. rebelliously self-assertive; not inclined to be tractable or deferential. Ed's using part 1, Merlyn and Trevorum part 2. I say they're both right. I still don't see I think the word you're searching for is "uppity." That's an old favorite to describe people who force their own government to obey the constitution. Link to post Share on other sites
erickelly65 10 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 The word uppity's etymology indicates it came from blacks commenting on their peers. From http://www.etymonline.com uppity 1880, from up; originally used by blacks of other blacks felt to be too self-assertive (first recorded use is in "Uncle Remus"). The parallel British variant uppish (1678) originally meant "lavish;" the sense of "conceited, arrogant" being first recorded 1734. Link to post Share on other sites
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