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63. Of course I did. That's only a secondary meaning

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 02:21 PM

Jun 2016

The root is a Latin word for seed in general not the fluid that carries it in mammals, and the current English word has far more meanings unrelated to masculinity in the slightest than those narrow medical terms where seminal fluid is the subject.

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Oprah endorses Hillary Clinton: 'It’s a seminal moment for women' [View all] onehandle Jun 2016 OP

Did Hillary get a free car??? Gomez163 Jun 2016 #1

Yes, this one: femmocrat Jun 2016 #3

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!! Gomez163 Jun 2016 #4

Bazinga! n/t Ineeda Jun 2016 #5

I thought it was just the furniture they got to keep Major Nikon Jun 2016 #8

heehee 840high Jun 2016 #9

A ride worthy of the Lady :-) The Green Manalishi Jun 2016 #19

Turn around three times and spit. iandhr Jun 2016 #20

Seminal? Sanity Claws Jun 2016 #2

Right greymattermom Jun 2016 #6

Any suggestions? groundloop Jun 2016 #7

Singular. Pivotal. Fledgeling. Glass-ceiling-shattering. /nt localroger Jun 2016 #11

Pivotal ftw. mahina Jun 2016 #26

Phrasing! CanadaexPat Jun 2016 #13

Seminal eh? avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #31

Both come from the Latin word for 'seed' muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #40

LOL avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #43

Thx O Cryptoad Jun 2016 #10

Imagine my surprise spiderpig Jun 2016 #12

Ummm.... Oprah. Sweetness. Arguably well- intentioned. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2016 #14

K&R! stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #15

kick & recommended. William769 Jun 2016 #16

The easy choice. chapdrum Jun 2016 #17

What Oprah suggested here is the same as... ThinkCritically Jun 2016 #18

+1 nt phazed0 Jun 2016 #25

I agree alarimer Jun 2016 #42

I see, now Hillary's been anointed by the almighty. How could she lose now? YOHABLO Jun 2016 #21

I'm so over Oprah. phylny Jun 2016 #29

I find her narcissistic .. and a fraud. No one humble puts their picture on their own magazine. YOHABLO Jun 2016 #32

Especially every single month TexasBushwhacker Jun 2016 #60

Didn't she use to be on tv? TrueDemVA Jun 2016 #53

Both 'anointed' and 'almighty' are multi-syllabic, so I empathize with your accidental misuse of bot LanternWaste Jun 2016 #45

Seriously? What about those of us who could care less who Celebrities Endorse? KoKo Jun 2016 #22

What about you? If you're not interested just ignore it anigbrowl Jun 2016 #49

Is she going to give her a car? MrMickeysMom Jun 2016 #23

Why did I read this as... retrowire Jun 2016 #24

Would it have been a special moment if Carly Florina had been nominated? Ned_Devine Jun 2016 #27

and apparently any woman will do Pharaoh Jun 2016 #28

When Oprah moved to town maggies farm Jun 2016 #30

And HRC is just another Oprah. chapdrum Jun 2016 #48

She tries to present herself as some kind of intellectual .. she's not. She just has a lot of money. YOHABLO Jun 2016 #33

You and your family are less safe thanks to HRC's program for ME regime change brentspeak Jun 2016 #34

And Jill Stein isn't? blackspade Jun 2016 #35

First time a woman runs and will be President. onehandle Jun 2016 #36

She hasn't won yet. blackspade Jun 2016 #37

And utterly obnoxious, too. chapdrum Jun 2016 #50

She's the first female nominee from a major party. Meaning, the first one ever to have a shot of lunamagica Jun 2016 #55

Jill Stein leading the way didn't deminish... blackspade Jun 2016 #56

Leading the way? How? lunamagica Jun 2016 #57

Sigh.... blackspade Jun 2016 #58

Please, enlighten me lunamagica Jun 2016 #61

Oprah endorses Hillary Clinton: 'It’s a seminal moment for women' ... Jopin Klobe Jun 2016 #38

Yup. avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #44

The way I interpret what Oprah's saying.... LenaBaby61 Jun 2016 #39

not very seminal for working class and/or impoverished women. Cobalt Violet Jun 2016 #41

Why is this word so childishly questioned? whatthehey Jun 2016 #46

Excellent! nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #47

"A seminal moment for women" anigbrowl Jun 2016 #51

Yes it is funny and horrifying whatthehey Jun 2016 #59

I don't think you get my point anigbrowl Jun 2016 #62

Of course I did. That's only a secondary meaning whatthehey Jun 2016 #63

Really. So who performs an act of insemination? anigbrowl Jun 2016 #64

Just money supporting money. Jester Messiah Jun 2016 #52

Endorsing her not on politics but gender... peace13 Jun 2016 #54