Thursday, October 28, 2010

Think about this the next time the rich guys suggest you make things better for them so that their wealth can "Trickle Down" to us:

1trick·le

 vi \ˈtri-kəl\
trick·ledtrick·ling

Definition of TRICKLE

1
a : to issue or fall in dropsb : to flow in a thin gentle stream
2
a : to move or go one by one or little by little trickle inb : to dissipate slowly trickled away

Examples of TRICKLE

  1. Tears trickled down her cheeks.
  2. Water was trickling out of the gutter.
  3. People trickled into the theater.
  4. Donations have been trickling in.

Origin of TRICKLE

Middle English trikelen, of imitative origin
First Known Use: 14th century


trick·le

  [trik-uhl]  Show IPAverb, -led, -ling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.
to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.
2.
to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The  guests trickled out of the room.
–verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to trickle.
–noun
4.
a trickling flow or stream.
5.
a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming,    going, or proceeding: a trickle of visitors throughout the   day.
Origin: 
1325–75;  ME triklen, trekelen  (v.), appar. sandhi var. of strikle, perh. equiv. to strike  (in obs. sense “flow”) + -le


trick·ling·ly, adverb


4.  dribble, seepage, drip. 


How kind of them to allow us to share a few drips of their overflow. I can see why everyone who buys into this digs it so much. By all means, let's get them some more tax cuts.

Suckers.

That's not money-water you feel sprinkling down on the back of your neck.

That's a fat-cat taking a leak.

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