Sunday, September 02, 2007

Word of the Day for Sunday, September 2, 2007

solecism \SOL-uh-siz-uhm\, noun:

1. A nonstandard usage or grammatical construction; also, a minor blunder in speech.
2. A breach of good manners or etiquette.
3. Any inconsistency, mistake, or impropriety.

Urban Word of the Day
September 02, 2007: errorist
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=errorist&defid=2564492
  • Someone who repeatedly makes mistakes. Says stuff he believes is true, but anyone with common sense can see he's wrong. A dumbass.
Gore is talking on tv again. What a fucking errorist.





Trivia


What does an arctophile collect?
  • Teddy Bears.



Today in History
Great Fire of London: started in a baker's shop on Pudding Lane; 80% of the city's structures were destroyed (1666)
"Speak softly and carry a big stick": advice was cited by US vice president Theodore Roosevelt at the Minnesota State Fair (1901)
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: ravaged the Florida Keys, killing over 400
Ho Chi Minh: declared Vietnam independent of France (1945)
Japan surrender: ceremony aboard USS Missouri officially ended WWII (1945)



Today's Birthdays
Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986): teacher who died in Challenger space shuttle explosion
Terry Bradshaw (59): Steelers star QB, actor, singer
Keanu Reeves (43), Salma Hayek (41): actors

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