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- adjective Common misspelling of
presumptuous .
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Examples
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I also note how no one identifies shyt like that as 'playing the race card' either ... just like the Hilton/spears (known for being scantily clad) in the other ad were not ideentified as 'playing the race card' nor is calling the candidate 'presumptious' playing the race card 'nor putting his face on the 100 dollar bill playing the race card when the GOP does it. .it is not' playing the race card '
New McCain Ad: Will "Biggest Celebrity In The World" Help Your Family? 2009
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I saw Obama as one up on the "presumptious" scale when McCain's boys went to Georgia.
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This action brought forth a petition from the church of Boston in Wheelwright's behalf, which the court declared "presumptious" and rejected.
England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894
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I inwardly vowed that my soldiers, at least, should be as "presumptious" as I could make them.
Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867
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Paulson didn't ask for oversight because he'd be, cough, cough, 'presumptious'
memeorandum 2008
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Paulson didn't ask for oversight because he'd be, cough, cough, 'presumptious'
memeorandum 2008
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Paulson didn't ask for oversight because he'd be, cough, cough, 'presumptious'
Blogrunner 2008
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North Korea bars UN inspectors from reprocessing plant: watchdog The Rachel Maddow Show: Steve Benen On Which Candidate Is Winning On The Economy Maliki: Bush Pushed For Later Withdrawal Date To Help McCain-UPDATED with Video Lehman Brothers Still Paying Out $2. 5B of Bonuses to 10,000 Workers Paulson didn't ask for oversight because he'd be, cough, cough, 'presumptious'
WriteChic Press 2008
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North Korea bars UN inspectors from reprocessing plant: watchdog The Rachel Maddow Show: Steve Benen On Which Candidate Is Winning On The Economy Maliki: Bush Pushed For Later Withdrawal Date To Help McCain-UPDATED with Video Lehman Brothers Still Paying Out $2. 5B of Bonuses to 10,000 Workers Paulson didn't ask for oversight because he'd be, cough, cough, 'presumptious'
WriteChic Press writechicpress 2008
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The Rachel Maddow Show: Steve Benen On Which Candidate Is Winning On The Economy Maliki: Bush Pushed For Later Withdrawal Date To Help McCain-UPDATED with Video Lehman Brothers Still Paying Out $2. 5B of Bonuses to 10,000 Workers Paulson didn't ask for oversight because he'd be, cough, cough, 'presumptious'
WriteChic Press 2008
bilby commented on the word presumptious
Only listed twice?
May 7, 2008
sionnach commented on the word presumptious
Well, it's not as if it's an actual word, so why should it be listed at all?
Except, perhaps, as a common misspelling of presumptuous.
May 7, 2008