Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Word of the Day

o·le·ag·i·nous [oh-lee-aj-uh-nuh s] –adjective
  1. having the nature or qualities of oil.
  2. containing oil.
  3. producing oil.
  4. unctuous; fawning; smarmy.
Usage example:
It had not escaped McCain’s attention that Palin had blasted through the oleaginous Alaska network dominated by Frank Murkowski and Ted Stevens, much in the same manner that McCain saw himself doing when he was a young congressman.

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