You have to use this in a sentence, however you wish. Humor me here…it’s been a tedious day and I could use a laugh or two
The Word of the Day for February 3 is:
jingoism • \JING-goh-iz-um\ • noun
: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
Example sentence:
Albert Einstein found German jingoism in the 1930s so objectionable that he left his homeland never to return.
Did you know?
“Jingoism” originated during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, when many British citizens were hostile toward Russia and felt Britain should intervene in the conflict. Supporters of the cause expressed their sentiments in a music-hall ditty with this refrain:
“We don’t want to fight, yet by jingo if we do,
We’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men,
We’ve got the money, too!”
Someone holding the attitude implied in the song became known as a “jingo” or “jingoist,” and the attitude itself was dubbed “jingoism.” The “jingo” in the tune is probably a euphemism for “Jesus.”
Heh. I don’t actually drink Folgers myself, but that jingle’s been around so long (and so pervasively) that it was the first thing that popped into my head when I tried to think of an advertising jingle. Too much TV, I guess…
Aw, nano…and here I thought I could count on YOU to at least come up with something witty
As for the SOTU address, I didn’t watch it (or else I’m sure my day would have been even more tedious than it was), and I can’t even bring myself to read the thread concerning it. I’m not fond of nightmares
I only lived in Vegas for 6 months, and that was 5 years ago, but I still sing that jingle here in Swindon from time to time. I have a good friend in Chicago who regularly sends me Folgers Classic Roast one-cup sachets. I love the stuff, can’t get it here in the UK.
I even emailed Folgers, by jingo, asking them if there was an importer somewhere in Europe I could get it from, thinking maybe they marketed it here under a different name. Their reply was along the lines of “No, you Europeans have different tastes in coffee so we don’t sell it to you.”
What they actually meant to say was “The stuff you Europeans drink over there is crap, by jingo, and we’re keeping the good stuff for ourselves!”
High test, definitely, else I don’t wake up at all. Like non-alcoholic beer, I’ve never seen the point of decaff, by jingo! Yes, my friend ships me the little cardboard boxes that contain the tea-bag type sachets. 19 in a box I think, a very odd number! It costs too much to ship the big McLarge-Huge cans for the coffee-machine.
what a hideous display of jingoism!!! (in a warped way…). By jingo, you should sue the pants off of them! Although I will say, Gary, that Folgers HERE more than likely isn’t any better than what you have over there. By jove, it’s swill. You should get some of the good stuff. Newman’s Own Columbian Especial from Green Mountain Coffee…now that’s the stuff!
Can’t sue them Izzy, they’re right. The stuff that passes for coffee in the UK is dire indeed. Mostly instant too, and all the “filter coffees” I’ve tried really don’t come close to FCR. By jimminy, if there ever was a reason for us to claim our colony back, it’s the coffee!
