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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe challenge: Use ONE word to describe this photo of Mar-a-Lago, the "Southern Winter White House."
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)Vinca
(50,267 posts)SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)Luciferous
(6,078 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)boston bean
(36,221 posts)SledDriver
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tblue37
(65,336 posts)malaise
(268,949 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)coffee drinkers think alike
TransitJohn
(6,932 posts)n/t
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)So dark and heavy
JHan
(10,173 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)Liberace was at least good at playing piano and we can respect him for that. Well, at least I can. I'm sort of a wannabe pianist myself.
There are no endearing qualities of dt.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)all over this joint" style.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)malaise
(268,949 posts)mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Cadfael
(1,296 posts)Gag-inducing.
MineralMan
(146,287 posts)Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)tanyev
(42,552 posts)Yavin4
(35,437 posts)Decor shouldn't call attention to itself. Elegance allows you to slowly discover it because it recognizes that you are intelligent enough to find it on your own.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)Hideous
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)Coventina
(27,101 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)Mendocino
(7,486 posts)yardwork
(61,598 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)I'll add more words: This, and SCROTUS' NYC digs, are what a poor person might think a rich person lives in. Both places are what you might imagine Baroque whorehouses to look like; Versailles redecorated by Saddam Hussein's pimp.
mnhtnbb
(31,384 posts)1. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved:
a pretentious, self-important waiter.
2. making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)underpants
(182,777 posts)CANADIANBEAVER69
(339 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Azathoth
(4,607 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)That's one word
Siwsan
(26,260 posts)Takket
(21,562 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,223 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)onecaliberal
(32,828 posts)mcar
(42,302 posts)irisblue
(32,968 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,800 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)GP6971
(31,141 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,445 posts)Turbineguy
(37,320 posts)tblue37
(65,336 posts)Bettie
(16,092 posts)It doesn't look like people live there. None of the pictures of his homes look like anyone lives there.
I suspect he and his family sleep in pods or coffins.
irisblue
(32,968 posts)But are much less useful then bats, & not as cute.
madokie
(51,076 posts)tasteless to the extreme
muriel_volestrangler
(101,307 posts)Eugene
(61,872 posts)Garish, tacky, obnoxious and loud fit but are already listed.
maxrandb
(15,322 posts)erinlough
(2,176 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)spanone
(135,827 posts)sorry took me four.
maxrandb
(15,322 posts)kydo
(2,679 posts)struggle4progress
(118,280 posts)gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)chillfactor
(7,574 posts)JDC
(10,127 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Blanks
(4,835 posts)Love it!
underpants
(182,777 posts)BigMin28
(1,176 posts)n/t
Squinch
(50,949 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)A place for pretentious pricks to gather
muntrv
(14,505 posts)nikibatts
(2,198 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(9,978 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)GOT
TDale313
(7,820 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)denbot
(9,899 posts)FSogol
(45,480 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)of massa trumpfuhrer
3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)...gly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Tasteless, classless, tacky.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)And no, I do not swim in the pool.
Let them have it. We have Hogan.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Louis1895
(768 posts)dchill
(38,472 posts)neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)Everybody sing!
hopeforchange2008
(610 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,162 posts)...
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)CanisCrocinus
(109 posts)nt
jmowreader
(50,555 posts)Does Trump own one building - just one - that DOESN'T look like he bought the set of Caligula?
ananda
(28,858 posts)As a Twumper would spell it.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Sorry, I couldn't do one word.
nevergiveup
(4,759 posts)mia
(8,360 posts)Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)!
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)Frogg
(365 posts)Merriam-Webster dictionary dacha
Definition of dacha. : a Russian country cottage used especially in the summer.
Aimee in OKC
(158 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Warpy
(111,247 posts)Ghastly.
benld74
(9,904 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)to live there or even visit.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)ornotna
(10,799 posts)It's a fake palace for a fake emperor.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)PPPPP
Pretentious Palace 4 Prick Pussy-grabbers& Pee-ers
2naSalit
(86,565 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
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(189 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,311 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)revmclaren
(2,515 posts)Donkees
(31,385 posts)Derived from: noun (pl) trompe l'oeils (trɔ̃p lj)
1.
a painting or decoration giving a convincing illusion of reality
Word Origin
from French, literally: deception of the eye