Drabble/Icon Challenge 2023: Day 23

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Today's prompts:
A phrase: Oh, my darling...
Words: wings, flight
A song title: I Can't Help Loving You
Color: Magenta



Do with them as you will. Remember no interpretation is wrong!

Daily Count reminder

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How is the writing thing going for you? Any bumps or hiccups in remembering the days you're accountable for?

If not, great! If so, that's still great! We're going to help you with that!

Here are the next 7 people for the month! Let's cheer them on to get those words!!

MO 8 – flipflop_diva
TU 9 – backrose_17
WE 10 – cmk418
TH 11 – bratfarrar
FR 12 – itsanonyx
SA 13 – shanachie_quill

SU 14 – cmk418

Happy continued writing!

Word of the Day 05/08/23 Prerogative

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Prerogative (noun, adjective)
prerogative [ pri-rog-uh-tiv, puh-rog- ]

noun
1. an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
2. a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category: It was the teacher's prerogative to stop the discussion.
3. a power, immunity, or the like restricted to a sovereign government or its representative: The royal prerogative exempts the king from taxation.
4. Obsolete. precedence.

adjective
5. having or exercising a prerogative.
6. pertaining to, characteristic of, or existing by virtue of a prerogative.

WORDS RELATED TO PREROGATIVE
immunity, perquisite, advantage, appanage, authority, birthright, choice, claim, due, exemption, liberty, sanction, title, droit

See synonyms for prerogative on Thesaurus.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR PREROGATIVE
1. See privilege.

HISTORICAL USAGE OF PREROGATIVE
The English noun prerogative has always been a legal or political term, first in Latin, then in Old French and Anglo-French. In Latin, praerogātīva was the tribe or century (a company of soldiers, also one of the units into which Roman citizens were assigned for voting) to which the first vote fell by lot (this vote was counted before the other centuries or tribes voted and was very influential).
Praerogātīva also meant “the verdict or vote of this tribe or century; a prior verdict, election, right, or claim.” Medieval Latin developed the sense ““a previous choice, sure sign, special right, privilege,” and in Anglo-French and Old French prerogative meant “a privilege accorded to certain dignitaries, a special right or privilege exercised by the monarch.” By the early 15th century, Middle English prerogative meant “a precedence, superiority, or preeminence,” a meaning now obsolete. The common thread that remains in the current senses of the word in English are aspects of meaning related to a right, privilege, or power.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin praerogātīvus (adjective) “voting first,” praerogātīva (noun use of feminine of adjective) “tribe or century with right to vote first.” See pre-, interrogative

HOW TO USE PREROGATIVE IN A SENTENCE
There’s got to be a better way for the city to register community engagement, even while duly elected representatives retain their voting prerogative.
POLITICS REPORT: WHAT THE DRAMATIC COUNCIL PRESIDENT CONTEST TAUGHT US|SCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTS|DECEMBER 12, 2020|VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

Competitive trail running, and, for that matter, the fevered pursuit of random FKTs, remains largely the prerogative of affluent amateurs with enough disposable income and time to spend their weekends endlessly gallivanting in the Marin Headlands.
BEHIND THE SCENES OF A UNIQUE FKT ATTEMPT IN KENYA|MARTIN FRITZ HUBER|NOVEMBER 24, 2020|OUTSIDE ONLINE

As for which prerogative takes precedence, it’s a line we all have to draw somewhere and adjust daily.
HOW DOES YOUR COVID-19 RISK TOLERANCE COMPARE TO OTHERS?|CHRIS WILSON|OCTOBER 19, 2020|TIME

The company’s “mission” is his prerogative, so long as he is in charge.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ‘APOLITICAL CULTURE’|RHHACKETTFORTUNE|SEPTEMBER 30, 2020|FORTUNE

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.