December 2009
279 posts
Word of the day:
surreptitious
Definition: done, made, or gotten by stealth; also, marked by stealth.
-adjective
suhr-uhp-TISH-uhs; suh-rep-
-adjective
1. Done, made, or gotten by stealth.
-adjective
1. Acting with or marked by stealth.
Example:
1. The monitoring is not surreptitious; on the contrary, the defendant and his or her attorney are required to be given notice of the government’s listening...
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Word of day:
expediate
Definition: to speak or write at length.
-intransitive verb
ek-SPAY-shee-ayt
-intransitive verb
1. To speak or write at length or in considerable detail.
-intransitive verb
1. To move about freely; to wander.
Example:
1. He had told her all he had been asked to tell—or all he meant to tell: at any rate he had been given abundant opportunity to expatiate upon a young man’s...
madeofstarstuff:
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a very rare autosomal dominant inherited priondisease of the brain. The gene mutation responsible has been found in just 50 families worldwide; if only one parent has the gene, the offspring have a 50% chance of inheriting it and developing the disease. The disease’s genesis and the patient’s progression into complete sleeplessness is...
Getting older is definitely not a part of my plan.
(via glueckskeks)
Seconded..
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Word of the Boxing Day:
hauteur
Definition: haughtiness; arrogance.
-noun
haw-TUR; (h)oh-
-noun
1. Haughty manner, spirit, or bearing; haughtiness; arrogance.
Example:
1. My silence, I hoped, would be taken as expressive of the hauteur of a man who was above it all — a man with a mission, in fact, a mission authorized from somewhere on high. Facing the Congo Jeffrey Tayler.
Sheikhs and presidents have often...
Merry Christmas, lots of love and peace on Earth to you all.
Jay/The Beaker.
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Why healthcare reform is important:
The following blows my mind:
“To give some perspective from a personal standpoint, I am currently unemployed, and am eligible to continue my previous company’s health insurance for 18 months. Since the premium is no longer subsidized by the company, I am on the hook for $1200 a month for my family. That’s about $14,000 a year. On top of that, I have a $6,000 annual deductible....
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Q&A: US healthcare reform. →
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Comparisons between American and European... →
For those interested.
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Well they finally saw sense, well done Barack...
US Senate passes landmark healthcare reform bill.
From BBC.co.uk/news -
US senators have passed the final Senate version of a historic healthcare reform bill. The bill aims to cover 31m uninsured Americans and could lead to the biggest change in US healthcare in decades.
President Barack Obama welcomed it as offering “real and meaningful” reform, saying it was the most important...
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Word of the day:
lambent
Definition: playing on the surface; flickering.
-adjective
LAM-buhnt
-adjective
1. Playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering; as, “a lambent flame; lambent shadows.”
-adjective
1. Softly bright or radiant; luminous; as, “a lambent light.”
-adjective
1. Light and brilliant; as, “a lambent style; lambent wit.”
Example:
1. I have an image in my...
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“Hey, why don’t you put down your copy of The Rules, man-trap!”
– Chandler Bing
I love how my mind works
gibbyphills:
Get chatting to a stunning blonde in the lift and as a exit onto my floor, I try to enter my office using my train ticket…
I too love how your mind works. Brilliant.
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Word of the day:
clinquant
Definition: glittering; tinsel-like; also, tinsel.
-adjective, noun
KLING-kunt
-adjective
1. Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
-noun
1. Tinsel; imitation gold leaf.
Example:
1. Leaves flicker celadon in the spring, viridian in summer, clinquant in fall, tallying the sovereign seasons, graying and greening to reiterate the message of snow and sun. Beyond the Aspen Grove Ann...
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See a penny, pick it up...
(via glueckskeks)
…Oi theif! Give my penny back!
fmylife:
Today, I learned about Brittany Murphy dying. That reminded me of the sex scene in 8-Mile, so I looked it up and masturbated to it. I then realized that I had just gotten turned on and jacked of to the video of a girl who had died less than 24 hours ago. I’m a sick person. FML
On the contary, you are actually very normal.
Only in America...
A senior police official in Washington DC has said an off-duty officer who drew a gun at a snowball fight behaved in a “totally inappropriate” way.
Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said video footage left “no doubt” the office drew his gun after his vehicle, a hummer, was pelted with snowballs.
The footage showed an angry crowd gathering, chanting: “You...
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Word of the day:
collude
Definition: to act in concert; to conspire.
-intransitive verb
kuh-LOOD
-intransitive verb
1. To act in concert; to conspire; to plot.
Example:
1. More perniciously still, well-heeled contributors and interest groups that seek political power routinely collude with needy office-seekers to find new paths around the hollow contribution limits. New York Times Magazine Max Frankel February...
@ Jen.
You posted the wrong picture…
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Best answer to a question ever?
anthonybergen answered your question:
Just how far would people go with complete anonymity?
I’d randomly inject dark-skinned people with Hepatitis if guaranteed anonymity.
Also, I wouldn’t fuck a baby but I’d watch you fuck one.
Alas Anthony we will never be a part of such a utopian society…
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Formspring...
…allows people to be creepy and sleazy all the while veiled in this cloak of invisibility* and I don’t like it.
Heck, I am sure it’s just a few weirdo’s abusing the system in reality.
It does bode an interesting question though -
just how far would people go with guarenteed anonymity?
*that wasn’t a fucking Harry Potter reference - geek.
formspring.me
polyjuice:
would you ever hook up with another girl?
i like penis thanks
Ask me anything
I really pity women who have anonymous formsprings. Even though I am ever so slightly amused that the majority of questions girls seem to get is invitations to sex (anonymously?!) and questions about their sexual preferences. I actually lose a little bit of faith in humanity when...
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Hasta Luego G&T.
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“First do what it is that scares you, then you get the courage.”
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fuckyeahlydia:
Mindy White and Anthony Green -...
Egg on toast it is!
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Pâté or Egg on toast?
…………?
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Goodbye Hannah.
ginandtattoos:
thebeaker:
Adios G&T.
You’ll be missed…
Until I see you in person lol.
Thanks lovely, hope to see you soon xx
Text me and we can do dinner :-)
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Word of the day:
dolorous
Definition: marked by, causing, or expressing grief or sorrow.
-adjective
DOH-luh-ruhs
-adjective
1. Marked by, causing, or expressing grief or sorrow.
Example:
1. Climbing out on to a narrow ledge, we waving cheerily at the people passing by on the street below, until my mother was informed of our misdemeanour — by a waitress wickedly known to great-aunt Mary, behind her table...
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Education Mondays! →
Why do people laugh at creationists part 9.
Goodbye Hannah.
Adios G&T.
You’ll be missed…
Until I see you in person lol.
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Crumbs...
…Brittany Murphy died.
Tragic.
Now at least she has something in common with her career…
Shame, I bet it was drugs :-(