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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
(31,131 posts)Vinca
(50,318 posts)SharonAnn
(13,780 posts)Luciferous
(6,086 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,386 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)boston bean
(36,224 posts)SledDriver
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tblue37
(65,502 posts)malaise
(269,219 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
(269,219 posts)mountain grammy
(26,659 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Cadfael
(1,299 posts)Gag-inducing.
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)Solly Mack
(90,792 posts)tanyev
(42,636 posts)Yavin4
(35,450 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
(9,673 posts)Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)Hideous
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)Coventina
(27,215 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Phoenix61
(17,021 posts)Mendocino
(7,514 posts)yardwork
(61,715 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,900 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
(31,409 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
(45,025 posts)Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)underpants
(182,950 posts)CANADIANBEAVER69
(357 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Azathoth
(4,611 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,502 posts)superpatriotman
(6,253 posts)That's one word
Siwsan
(26,308 posts)Takket
(21,644 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,900 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,228 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)onecaliberal
(32,931 posts)mcar
(42,403 posts)irisblue
(33,037 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,811 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)GP6971
(31,226 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)Turbineguy
(37,375 posts)tblue37
(65,502 posts)Bettie
(16,132 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
(33,037 posts)But are much less useful then bats, & not as cute.
madokie
(51,076 posts)tasteless to the extreme
muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)Eugene
(61,965 posts)Garish, tacky, obnoxious and loud fit but are already listed.
maxrandb
(15,364 posts)erinlough
(2,176 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)spanone
(135,900 posts)sorry took me four.
maxrandb
(15,364 posts)kydo
(2,679 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 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
(182,950 posts)BigMin28
(1,184 posts)n/t
Squinch
(51,053 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)A place for pretentious pricks to gather
muntrv
(14,505 posts)nikibatts
(2,198 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,064 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)GOT
TDale313
(7,820 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)denbot
(9,901 posts)FSogol
(45,555 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)of massa trumpfuhrer
3catwoman3
(24,072 posts)...gly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tikki
(14,560 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
(38,565 posts)neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)Everybody sing!
hopeforchange2008
(610 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,202 posts)...
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)CanisCrocinus
(109 posts)nt
jmowreader
(50,567 posts)Does Trump own one building - just one - that DOESN'T look like he bought the set of Caligula?
ananda
(28,885 posts)As a Twumper would spell it.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Sorry, I couldn't do one word.
nevergiveup
(4,768 posts)mia
(8,363 posts)Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)!
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,683 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
(111,383 posts)Ghastly.
benld74
(9,911 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
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(53,061 posts)pnwmom
(109,011 posts)revmclaren
(2,534 posts)Donkees
(31,483 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