Word of the Day for Sunday, July 8, 2007

didactic \dy-DAK-tik; duh-\, adjective:
1. Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, "didactic essays."
2. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively; moralistic.

Word of the Day for Saturday, July 7, 2007
acclimate \uh-KLY-mit; AK-luh-mayt\, transitive and intransitive verb:
To accustom or become accustomed to a new climate, environment, or situation.

Urban Word of the Day
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July 08, 2007: waffle crapper
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=waffle+crapper&defid=929123

• A chick so hot that you wouldn't care if she walked up and crapped on your waffle. In fact, you'd probably welcome it. Coined by [Adam Carolla].

She's no waffle-crapper but [I'd hit it].

July 07, 2007: 7
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=7&defid=187450

• The fiercest digit known to man.

7 is the fiercest digit because 7 8 9. Ha

Trivia:

How many copies of an album have to be sold for it to be certified “diamond”?

Ten million. The Recording Industry Association of America introduced its Diamond Awards for albums and singles in 1999.

What words were painted on the two nuclear bombs seen in the 1964 black comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb?

“Hi There!” and “Dear John.”

Bithdays:
July 8th
Raffi (59): singer of children's album Baby Beluga
Anjelica Huston (56): Oscar-winning actress and director
Kevin Bacon (49): actor who is never more than 6 degrees away
Milo Ventimiglia (30): Jess on Gilmore Girls

July 7th (07/07/07)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Viennese composer/conductor
Marc Chagall (1887-1985): Russian-French painter
Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1905?-1982): sensational pitcher
Pierre Cardin (85): French fashion designer
Doc Severinsen (80): leader of the NBC Orchestra for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Michelle Kwan (27): world figure skating champ