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Their favorite adjective is Kennedyesque, they all talk about his hair and his teeth, they talk about no substance, nothing about his record, they don’t talk about his being open to abolishing [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], they don’t talk about his wanting to impeach the president. – Peter Doocy	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Perfection is an adjective, not a state of being. – Taylor Pennington	added by taylor_p 6 years ago
The adjective `abnormal’ is judgmental, i don’t think it should appear in a psychiatry manual. – Christian Joyal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Yes, I know it makes great TV. I think the guy went way overboard -- offensive, outrageous, pick your adjective, but what Marco Rubio said has as much of an impact in terms of where the Republican Party is today as anybody on that stage, and it is deeply troubling. And it should be to the press, not just to those of us who have been doing this work for so long. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Oh, it could mean love; sometimes it's a noun; sometimes it's a verb; sometimes it's an adjective; it's all, there's a spirit attached to it, you know, my dad uses it. My brothers use it. I use it. I'm sitting here, I'm hoping maybe I won't use it with my son, but I don't know if I'll be honest if I didn't use it with my son. You know, my friends use it. I call my white friends 'what's up, my n**?' You know, that's, it has taken on this term to us, but it's blown out of proportion outside the world, so I don't know. – Terrence Howard**	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but frivolous. – Angela Carter	added by anonymous 9 years ago
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. – Clifton Fadiman	added by anonymous 10 years ago

Their favorite adjective is Kennedyesque, they all talk about his hair and his teeth, they talk about no substance, nothing about his record, they don’t talk about his being open to abolishing [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], they don’t talk about his wanting to impeach the president.

– Peter Doocy

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Perfection is an adjective, not a state of being.

– Taylor Pennington

added by taylor_p
6 years ago

The adjective `abnormal’ is judgmental, i don’t think it should appear in a psychiatry manual.

– Christian Joyal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Yes, I know it makes great TV. I think the guy went way overboard -- offensive, outrageous, pick your adjective, but what Marco Rubio said has as much of an impact in terms of where the Republican Party is today as anybody on that stage, and it is deeply troubling. And it should be to the press, not just to those of us who have been doing this work for so long.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Oh, it could mean love; sometimes it's a noun; sometimes it's a verb; sometimes it's an adjective; it's all, there's a spirit attached to it, you know, my dad uses it. My brothers use it. I use it. I'm sitting here, I'm hoping maybe I won't use it with my son, but I don't know if I'll be honest if I didn't use it with my son. You know, my friends use it. I call my white friends 'what's up, my n****?' You know, that's, it has taken on this term to us, but it's blown out of proportion outside the world, so I don't know.

– Terrence Howard

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but frivolous.

– Angela Carter

added by anonymous
9 years ago

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

– Clifton Fadiman

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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