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Provided by the compucert perspicacity \pur-spuh-KAS-uh-tee\, noun:
- Clearness of understanding or insight; penetration, discernment.
Urban Word of the Day
December 10, 2007: compunicatehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=compunicate&defid=873030
- When you are in the same room with someone, each on seperate computers, and you talk via Instant Messenger instead of speaking to them out loud, in person
Even though they are sitting right next to each other, Jesse and Justin only compunicate when they have to tell each other something.
Trivia
What is the most sparsely populated country in the world?
- Mongolia, which has a population of 2.7 million, and a population density of four people per square mile.
Today in History
- Magnolia State: Mississippi became the 20th US state; its name is Ojibwa (Chippewa) for "big river" (1817)
- Spanish-American War: came to an end as Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam to the United States and renounced its claims to Cuba (1898)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights: was adopted by the United Nations; it became the world's most translated document (1948)
- Melvil Dewey (1851-1931): creator of the Dewey Decimal System
- Kenneth Branagh (47): award-winning actor and director known for his interpretation of Shakespeare's greatest plays, including Henry V and Hamlet
- Raven-Symoné (22): actress/singer, That's So Raven
- Nia Peeples (46): actress / singer
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