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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
(31,121 posts)Vinca
(50,310 posts)SharonAnn
(13,779 posts)Luciferous
(6,086 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,383 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)SledDriver
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tblue37
(65,490 posts)malaise
(269,188 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
(26,505 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
(26,505 posts)all over this joint" style.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)malaise
(269,188 posts)mountain grammy
(26,656 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Cadfael
(1,299 posts)Gag-inducing.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)tanyev
(42,623 posts)Yavin4
(35,446 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
(27,172 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)Mendocino
(7,511 posts)yardwork
(61,712 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 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
(31,406 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
(45,021 posts)Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)underpants
(182,911 posts)CANADIANBEAVER69
(356 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Azathoth
(4,611 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,502 posts)superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)That's one word
Siwsan
(26,295 posts)Takket
(21,635 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,228 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)mcar
(42,376 posts)irisblue
(33,035 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,809 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)GP6971
(31,220 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)tblue37
(65,490 posts)Bettie
(16,129 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
(33,035 posts)But are much less useful then bats, & not as cute.
madokie
(51,076 posts)tasteless to the extreme
muriel_volestrangler
(101,377 posts)Eugene
(61,964 posts)Garish, tacky, obnoxious and loud fit but are already listed.
maxrandb
(15,360 posts)erinlough
(2,176 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)spanone
(135,886 posts)sorry took me four.
maxrandb
(15,360 posts)kydo
(2,679 posts)struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)chillfactor
(7,584 posts)JDC
(10,135 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Blanks
(4,835 posts)Love it!
underpants
(182,911 posts)BigMin28
(1,181 posts)n/t
Squinch
(51,022 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)A place for pretentious pricks to gather
muntrv
(14,505 posts)nikibatts
(2,198 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,053 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)GOT
TDale313
(7,820 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)denbot
(9,901 posts)FSogol
(45,529 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)of massa trumpfuhrer
3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)...gly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tikki
(14,559 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
(38,547 posts)neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)Everybody sing!
hopeforchange2008
(610 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,190 posts)...
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)CanisCrocinus
(109 posts)nt
jmowreader
(50,566 posts)Does Trump own one building - just one - that DOESN'T look like he bought the set of Caligula?
ananda
(28,878 posts)As a Twumper would spell it.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Sorry, I couldn't do one word.
nevergiveup
(4,764 posts)mia
(8,363 posts)Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)!
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,647 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
(111,359 posts)Ghastly.
benld74
(9,910 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)to live there or even visit.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)ornotna
(10,807 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
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(189 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,316 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)pnwmom
(108,997 posts)revmclaren
(2,532 posts)Donkees
(31,466 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