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Provided by the compucert surly \SUR-lee\, adjective:
- Ill-humored; churlish in manner or mood; sullen and gruff.
- Menacing or threatening in appearance, as of weather conditions; ominous.
Urban Word of the Day
December 07, 2007: Libby
- To Libby (verb): to out someone's undercover role, as Lewis "Scooter" Libby (and others) did to CIA agent [Valerie Plame].
Her: Yes, I'm sort of a secret agent.
Him: Well, if you keep telling people it's not much of a secret is it?
Her: Oh, you're right! I need to work on my stealth. Sorry.
Him: Don't apologize to me - I'm not the one who Libbyed you.
Trivia
What bestselling author once described himself as “the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries”?
- Prolific chillmeister Stephen King.
- A day which will live in infamy: Japan bombed the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2,300; Congress declared war on Japan and officially entered WWII the next day
Today's Birthdays
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680): Italian sculptor, painter, architect
- Noam Chomsky (79): father of generative grammar theory
- Aaron Carter (20): teen pop star and younger brother of Backstreet boy Nick Carter
- Priscilla Barnes (52): actress, Three's Company, Miss Ivannah (Soothsayer with three nipples from Mallrats)
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