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Provided by the compucert factious \FAK-shuhs\, adjective:
- Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.
- Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.
Urban Word of the Day
June 27, 2007: get your weight up
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=get+your+weight+up&defid=1683303
- To say that someone needs more experience in something. To tell someone they need to practice.
Trivia:
When it comes to horseback riding, why is a moderate gallop called a canter?
- It’s a shortened form of Canterbury gallop or Canterbury pace, the name given the easy gait favored by pilgrims bound for Canterbury to visit the shrine of the martyr Thomas à Becket.
Today's Birthdays
- H. Ross Perot (77): wealthy Texan who ran for president
- Tobey Maguire (32): reflective and empathic star of Spider-Man 3, Seabiscuit and The Cider House Rules
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