Dictionary.com Word of the Day for Wednesday February 7, 2007

idee fixe \ee-day-FEEKS\, noun:

• An idea that dominates the mind; a fixed idea; an obsession.

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February 07, 2007: Casual Undertime
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• Getting paid for forty hours for the week when one has worked less than forty hours for the week. It is best when casual undertime is achieved by legitimate means, such as leaving early for the 4th of July Holiday with your bosses permission.

I work casual undertime during the work week before a three day weekend: I usually can leave four hours early on Friday and still be paid for them.

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Word of the day:...........'el vino tinto' [BEE-noh TEEN-toh]
English translation:........red wine

In the restaurant:

• Tomaré un vaso de vino tinto.
• I will drink a glass of red wine.

Daily Trivia:

• In the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee, what movie is playing on Mick Dundee’s hotel room TV while he’s in the bathroom?

Major Dundee, a 1965 Western starring Charlton Heston.