Dictionary.com Word of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2007

perforce \pur-FORS\, adverb:

• By necessity; by force of circumstance.

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March 22, 2007: BiPodding
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• Sharing a single set of headphones attached to one iPod. One person holds the [iPod] and takes the left earbud, the other takes the right earbud. Can be performed while moving.

They biPodded down the street; Jane had the left ear-piece, Sarah the right.

Daily Trivia

• What was the original use of the Calypso, the oceanographic research ship on which underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau made about 30 voyages?

It was a U.S. Navy minesweeper that was used in the Mediterranean during World War II. After the war it served as a ferry between Malta and the island of Gozo—and was named for the nymph Calypso who, according to Homer, lived on Gozo.

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Word of the day:...........'la comisaría' [coh-mee-sah-REE-ah]
English translation:.......police station

Phrase:
¿Dónde está la comisaría?
Where is the police station?