Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 12, 2007

fulminate \FUL-muh-nayt\, intransitive verb:

  1. To issue or utter verbal attacks or censures authoritatively or menacingly.
  2. To explode; to detonate.
  3. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures.
  4. To cause to explode.

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June 12, 2007: decidership
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=decidership&defid=2394926

  • A form of government with one person exercising absolute power and unrestricted control in a government who regularly disregards opinions, petitions or mandates of the people or elected representatives.

The misguided War On Terrorism has turned the United States of America from a Democracy to a Decidership.


Trivia:
  • Who was the last baseball player to win a major league batting title without hitting a single home run?
Rod Carew, in 1972 with the Minnesota Twins. He won the American League batting title with a .318 average.

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