It’s [Adjective] Monday!
Posted by MyLaowai on Monday, January 19, 2009
Today’s adjective is:
mendacious
Definition:
1. telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
2. false or untrue: a mendacious report.
Pronunciation: men-dey-shuhs
Origin: 1616, from M.Fr. mendacieux, from L. mendacium “a lie,” from mendax (gen. mendacis) “lying, deceitful,” related to menda “fault, defect, carelessness in writing” (cf. amend, mendicant), from PIE base *mend- “physical defect, fault.” The sense evolution of mendax influenced by mentiri “to speak falsely, lie, deceive.” Mendacity is attested from 1646.
Example: “Another fanciful expenses claim? Damn the eyes of those bloody mendacious employees of mine!”
Wo Shi Laowai - Wo Pa Shui 
justrecently said
Another Example: Sinocidal´s comment there. Some people would do everything for two beers and one whore.
Suggestion for next adjective Monday: self-renunciatory. Origin: 1785 – 95.
Sinosceptic said
Justlately – that’s just all wrong on so many levels.
justrecently said
You sound phlegmatic, Sinosceptic. Just phlegmatic.
Sinosceptic said
I live in China – it’s more likely that I’m phlemlactic.
Sinosceptic said
We, the retarded, demand a higher level spell checker for made up words.
MyLaowai said
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