Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Dictionary.com Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 27, 2007

roborant \ROB-uh-ruhnt\, adjective:

1. Strengthening; restoring vigor.
2. A strengthening medicine; a tonic; a restorative.


Urban Word of the Day
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March 27, 2007: mantastic
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mantastic&defid=1744819
  • Feeling fantastic after the successful completion of a particularly [macho] feat.
Following his fifth keg of beer, Kevin ripped the horn off of his pet [narwhal], and then nailed his porn-star girlfriend for hours. Subsequently, he felt mantastic.


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Word of the day:...........
'los extranjeros' [ex-tran-HHEH-rohs]
English translation:........foreigners

Spanish in the news:

Entre los capturados había dos extranjeros.
Amongst the captured were two foreigners.
Daily Trivia
  • What outspoken pro basketball star claimed he was misquoted—in his own autobiography?
Charles Barkley. His 1991 autobiography Outrageous (coauthored with Roy S. Johnson) contained several critical comments about Barkley’s Philadelphia 76ers teammates that he insisted he never made. He later said it was his own fault for not reading a prepublication copy of his book.

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