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Monday TOONs - Action Against An Immanent Threat (Original Post) JHB Jan 2020 OP
Yay! Toons! planetc Jan 2020 #1
Thank you! 2naSalit Jan 2020 #2
K&R and thanks. nt tblue37 Jan 2020 #3
Thank you for posting these toons! thecrow Jan 2020 #4
K&R and thank you. mountain grammy Jan 2020 #5
Uh... MineralMan Jan 2020 #6
Yes, but consider it again. Is it wrong? JHB Jan 2020 #8
I thought it was word-play, blending "imminent" with "iman." n/t royable Jan 2020 #14
It was JHB Jan 2020 #15
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #7
Thank you. murielm99 Jan 2020 #9
Kicktoons! Hekate Jan 2020 #10
Thank you for the toons! Nitram Jan 2020 #11
What a mess! Thanks for focusing on the problems!❤ Karadeniz Jan 2020 #12
Thank you for the cartoons Gothmog Jan 2020 #13
Thanks burrowowl Jan 2020 #16

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
6. Uh...
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 11:10 AM
Jan 2020

im·ma·nent
/ˈimənənt/

adjective
existing or operating within; inherent.
"the protection of liberties is immanent in constitutional arrangements"
Similar:
inherent
intrinsic
innate
built-in
latent
essential
fundamental
basic
ingrained
natural

(of God) permanently pervading and sustaining the universe.
Similar:
pervasive
pervading
permeating
omnipresent
ubiquitous
present everywhere
permeative
suffusive
permeant
Opposite:
transcendent
Tip
Similar-sounding words
immanent is sometimes confused with imminent

JHB

(37,160 posts)
15. It was
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 07:39 PM
Jan 2020

Congress rightly using its constitutional power is both an imminent and an immanent threat to Trump.

But so many people mix up those terms I can see how it would be perceived as yet another typo. I probably should have done a "Tom Toles" and had a follow-up quip to better highlight that, but I didn't think of that at the time.

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