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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Paterfamilias - my arse !

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Definition of PATERFAMILIAS
1: the male head of a household
2: the father of a family
3: a man who originates or is a leading figure in something (as a movement, discipline, or enterprise)
Origin of PATERFAMILIAS: Middle English, from Latin, from pater father + familias, archaic genitive of familia household
First Known Use: 15th century
Rhymes with PATERFAMILIAS: materfamilias
Britannica.com: Learn more about "paterfamilias" at Britannica.com

Example:
M.G.Gandhi was the "paterfamilias" of India. (The father of the nation)
The word from India in the 21st century, is that…
Now India has a weakling “pater famila arse” PUPPET on the string/s of a certain omni-POWERFUL “materfamilias”.
Is that true ?

Charlie Brown