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GOING ROGUE
By Susan Round
November 21, 2009
Saturday PM
The following definitions of the word ROGUE are provided by Merriam
Webster Online Dictionary:
ROGUE
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 : VAGRANT, TRAMP
2 : a dishonest or worthless person : SCOUNDREL
3 : a mischievous person : SCAMP
4 : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5 : an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological
variation
Function: adjective
1 : resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being
isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable
2 : CORRUPT, DISHONEST <rogue cops>
3 : of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law
or norms of international behavior <rogue states>
rogue elephant
Function: noun
1 : a vicious elephant that separates from the herd and roams
alone
2 : one whose behavior resembles that of a rogue elephant in
being aberrant or independent
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): rogued; rogu ing or rogue ing
: to weed out inferior, diseased, or nontypical individuals from
a crop plant or a field
I am curious by which of these colorful definitions our Sarah
intended to describe herself. Poor Sarah, once again the victim
of a failed vetting process; this time by her publisher. Tsk,
tsk Sarah, too mavericky for your own good.
Susan Round
Ketchikan, AK
About: "30 year Ketchikan,
Alaska resident and voter."
Received November 17, 2009
- Published November 21, 2009
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