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Provided by the compucert forcible \FOR-suh-buhl\, adjective:
- Using force against opposition or resistance; effected or accomplished by force; as, "forcible entry or abduction."
- Characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful.
Urban Word of the Day
November 01, 2007: don't tase me, brohttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=don%27t+tase+me%2C+bro&defid=2599261
- An utterance emitted by [University of Florida] student Andrew Meyer on the evening of September 17, 2007 in efforts to ward off the vicious bite of a police [taser] after he was detained for getting uppity at a forum with U.S. Senator [John Kerry].
- A phrase used (with ironic reference to the above incident) to express feigned dissatisfaction with another's recent or impending actions or speech.
Trivia"The Meyer incident is in no way an issue of freedom of expression."
"Are you kidding? Don't tase me, bro!"
Who gave professional daredevil Bobby Knievel the nickname Evel?
- A prison guard, after Knievel was arrested for stealing hubcaps when he was 16 years old. Originally known as Evil, Knievel changed the spelling to Evel to avoid offending fans.
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