Ominous portent

By weeklyvolcano on April 19, 2008

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THE DAILY WORDBreakfastaffairs
Portent \POR-tent\, noun:
1. A sign of a coming event or calamity; an omen.
2. Prophetic or menacing significance.
3. Something amazing; a marvel.

USAGE EXAMPLE: Bobble Tiki ordered a double, but when the cocktail waitress returned to his table she carried only a small glass of vodka and cranberry juice â€" nowhere near the booze filled big gulp Bobble Tiki had hoped for. Bobble Tiki took this as a portent, and decided to find another watering hole.

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