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1/28/03 - "...that is, that we shall be better, braver and more active men if we believe it right to look for what we don't know than if we believe there is no point in looking because what we don't know we can never discorver." -~Socrates~ |
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1/24/03 - Scuttlebug - Gossip; rumor. |
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1/23/03 - Hitler's response to losing 91,000 troops in the battle of Stalingrad: "The god of war has gone over to the other side." |
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1/9/03 - Quidnunc - One who is curious to know everything that passes. |
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1/4/03 - Slugabed - One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard. |
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1/4/03 - Quiddity - The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity of a thing. |
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1/4/03 - Gewgaw - A showy trifle; a trinket; a bauble. |
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12/28/02 - Doff - To take off, as an article of clothing. |
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12/25/02 - Jollification - Merrymaking; festivity; revelry. |
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12/24/02 - Subfusc - adj.; Dark or dull in color; drab, dusky. |
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12/24/02 - Callow - adj.; immature, lacking adult perception, experience, or judgement. |
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12/15/02 - Badinage - Light, playful talk; banter. |
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12/15/02 - "I wanted a perfect ending but now I am learning the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what is going to happen next. ~Unknown~ |
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12/11/02 - Cogent - adj; Having power to compel conviction; appealing to mind or reason; convincing. |
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12/9/02 - Palindrome - Word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same backward or forward. Ex. A man, a plane, a canal -- Panama! Madam, I'm adam. |
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12/4/02 - Booboisie - A class of people regarded as stupid or foolish |
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12/4/02 - Vim - Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor. |
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12/4/02 - Parlous - adj.; Attending with peril; fraught with danger; hazardous. |
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11/30/02 - Panacea - A remedy for all diseases, problems, or evils; universal medicine; a cure-all. |
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11/22/02 - Hale - adj.; free from disease and weakening conditions; healthy. |
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11/17/02 - Pukka - adj.; Authentic, genuine. Good of its kind, first-class. |
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11/15/02 - Seque - To proceed without interruption; to make a smooth transition. |
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11/7/02 - Mututinal - adj.; relating to or occuring in the morning; early. |
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11/4/02 - "People who serve as their own lawyers in court have either a fool for a client or a judge for a brother." ~The Scott, Foresman Handbook for Writers~ |
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10/14/02 - "And it will be the kiss by which all others in your life will be judged." ~Hearts in Atlantis~ |
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10/11/02 - "There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies, and statistics." |
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10/9/02 - Colloquial - Everday speech. |
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