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For the record "Kamala" means "lotus" (a flower) in sanskrit. It's another name for a goddess. (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2020 OP
That jackass reminds me of an old commercial Alliepoo Oct 2020 #1
Perdue... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #2
"And she ain't no fading flower." Bongo Prophet Oct 2020 #3
Please let's not make KH a goddess. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #4
+1 2naSalit Oct 2020 #6
I think you are reading too much into a light-hearted tweet, imo. n/t demmiblue Oct 2020 #7
Other weirdness. Collin County Texas has one of the highest JCMach1 Oct 2020 #5
Diana is also the name of a goddess Leith Oct 2020 #8

Alliepoo

(2,225 posts)
1. That jackass reminds me of an old commercial
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 12:28 PM
Oct 2020

About fast food chicken nuggets. The tag line was “parts is parts” said in a southern hick accent. Kinda fits ol’ Perdue perfectly- nasty chicken parts.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Perdue...
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 12:32 PM
Oct 2020

Perdue is from the French word, perdre, to lose, and Latin, perdere, to destroy.

perdu (ˈpɜːdjuː or perdue
adj
1. (Military) obsolete (of a soldier) placed on hazardous sentry duty
2. (Military) obsolete (of a soldier) placed in a hazardous ambush
3. (of a person or thing) hidden or concealed
n
4. (Military) obsolete a soldier placed on hazardous sentry duty
5. (Military) obsolete a soldier placed in a hazardous ambush
[C16: via French: lost, from perdre to lose, from Latin perdere to destroy]

Also:

per•du or per•due (pərˈdu, -ˈdyu, pɛr-)

adj., n., pl. -dus or -dues. adj.
1. hidden; concealed; obscured.
n.
2. Obs. a soldier assigned to a very dangerous mission or position.
[1585–95; < French: lost, past participle of perdre < Latin perdere to lose; see perdition]

LakeArenal

(28,837 posts)
4. Please let's not make KH a goddess.
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:39 PM
Oct 2020

She’s a normal human being. A very smart and successful human.

Had enough of the god/goddess stuff in politics.

Thanks.

JCMach1

(27,572 posts)
5. Other weirdness. Collin County Texas has one of the highest
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:51 PM
Oct 2020

Populations of South Asians in the Country. In deep red TX, the group tended to split kinda evenly. This cycle, is a whole other story. Harris is on the ticket and here in a purple county Rep. Van Taylor (R) was against a South Asian discrimination bill.

So here's to Kamala

Leith

(7,813 posts)
8. Diana is also the name of a goddess
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 03:01 PM
Oct 2020

How come they aren't so enthused about declaring that name "foreign" or "non-Christian?"

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