Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Dictionary.com Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 28, 2007

presentiment \prih-ZEN-tuh-muhnt\, noun:

  • A sense that something will or is about to happen; a premonition.

Urban Word of the Day

March 28, 2007: shocklog
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shocklog&defid=2315552
  • A [weblog] intended to shock. The term was coined to describe a number of Dutch websites that have specialized in presenting shocking, irritating or "irresponsible" material. Shocklogs have become enormously popular in the Netherlands.
In 2006 the shocklog Geenstijl published confidential information on Ernst Wesselius, a member of the justice department in the Netherlands Antilles, along with his erotic writings.


Daily Trivia
  • In the 1997 movie Titanic, whose hands are seen when Jack draws a picture of Rose wearing her diamond necklace?
Those of director James Cameron—not Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays Jack in the film. Cameron also drew all the pictures shown in Jack’s sketchbook.

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