Word: parroting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...slew of student group endorsements have found their way to friendly ears before they should—showing that we’re far more worried about getting that elusive pat on the back from our friends than supporting the integrity of our institutions. Our general willingness to parrot our favorite candidate’s pledges unquestioned does little service to campus discourse...
...Millie's misnomers made literal in Mathieu's drawings. One depicts a perplexed primate who finds himself serving as filler in a "gorilla cheese sandwich"; another shows the indignant weasel on whom the kids happily daub their paintings. As the school day ends, the kids have a snack of parrot sticks and quackers, then say butterfly and get on the octopus to ride home. Cox, herself a kindergarten teacher, knows that more than contusion reigns when 4- and 5-year-olds are teased into sorting out sound-alike words. In fact, if you recognize how much verbal comprehension is conveyed...
...record study group. In his speech, he likened an “egocentric band”—with a lead singer who cares only about himself—to an authoritarian regime, the students said. The study group ended on an amusing but sour note when a Parrot Head from the audience requested that Buffett play a song. When Buffett tried to tune the fan’s child-sized guitar, one of the strings snapped. “We were all sad,” says Daren S. Stanaway...
While my relationship with Parrot Boy never progressed beyond muttering my sympathies for his bird and his girlfriend, the fact that the boy through the other fire door in my room lived in the same entryway offered more opportunities for interaction. Our door refused to stay shut—which proved useful on the frequent occasions that I locked myself out and went sheepishly next door to gain access to my room. Establishing a relationship with the person through the fire door, even if it’s just one of convenience, makes the inevitable eavesdropping a bit less absurd...
When it comes down to it, after all, Ashlee doesn’t sound much better than a sick parrot anyway...