countervail \kown-tur-VAYL\, transitive verb:
- To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to counteract.
- To compensate for; to offset; to furnish or serve as an equivalent to.
- To exert force against an opposing, often bad, influence or power.
Urban Word of the Day
June 22, 2007: commercide
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=commercide&defid=2059836
- When a e-commerce site is so slow that you just can't buy anything from them.
The store committed commercide when it gave me that error message... I just left and bought someplace else.
Trivia:
In the 1989 romantic comedy Say Anything, what song did John Cusack, as heartbroken Lloyd Dobler, play on his boom box to win the girl of his dreams?
- “In Your Eyes,” by Peter Gabriel.
Today's Birthdays
- Dianne Feinstein (74): US senator and San Francisco's first female mayor
- Meryl Streep (58): actress, record holder for Academy Award nominations — 14
- Kris Kristofferson (70): actor, birth name: Kris Carson









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