"High dungeon" ???

[madamesilverspurs]

In the Senate: Ted Cruz just now accused Democrats of going “high dungeon” (sic) and engaging in political theater with their filibuster.


I'm laughing so hard that I missed whether or not he berated Dems for failing to read Dr. Seuss...

[nolabear]

1. BWAH! But I realized I didn't know the origin of "high dudgeon" so looked it up.

As always, words are fascinating!

http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/07/dudgeon.html

[MowCowWhoHow III]

2. Should be 'high dudgeon'

Although with Cruz ...

[Orrex]

3. Maybe he'll find a goblin skull with a garnet in it

#geekcheck

[Paladin]

4. Nice going, Ivy League Boy.

It's somehow fitting that he made that stupid error while in the midst of pimping for the pro-gun forces. Cruz makes me want to puke.

[Doc Holliday]

5. It wasn't Teddy-boy who said that.

It was actually Little Carmine.

Hard to articulate properly when you've got your head up your ass.

[RoBear]

6. Darn!

You beat me to it! I just heard it on MSNBC or CNN a little while ago, and about fell out of my chair. Maybe, being a person not born in America, he doesn't really get the language?

[Drumcrazy]

7. Idiots Trying To Sound Intelligent

For a supposedly educated person, Cruz has no idea what "dudgeon" (which is almost always used together with "high&quot means. He can join the long list of pols and newscasters who slaughter words and phrases with mispronunciations such as "pundants," "heighth," "eckcetera," "higharchy," "a mute point," "nucular (now a classic thanks to Dubbya)," "verbage," "Klu Klux Klan," "expecially," and so on.

Then again, his misanthropic ideas and behavior toward most people should be no surprise in how poorly he uses the English language.

[Qutzupalotl]

8. Welcome to DU!

Let me buy you an expresso.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

14. For all intensive purposes, you're right.

But many people won't except your assertion, and this has the affect of weakening the language.

[cloudbase]

9. I think he bumped his head on a basketball ring.

I'll give him a pass if that's the case.

[tanyev]

10. And they did it bigly!

[Eleanors38]

11. Well, we have quite a few Democrats in our d(g)ungeon.

[hatrack]

12. If he has a conscious, he'd better tow the line when it comes to English!

Two funny!

[madamesilverspurs]

13. Series!

[spanone]

15. 'green eggs and ham'

[pinboy3niner]

16. All hat...

...no cat.

[spanone]

17. bwahhaahahaaa

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Do you like green eggs and ham?

Would you eat them in a dungeon?

[Hekate]

19. Would that be just above moat-level?