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Provided by the compucert hermitage \HUHR-muh-tij\, noun:
- The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.
- A monastery or abbey.
- A secluded residence; a retreat; a hideaway.
- (Capitalized) A palace in St. Petersburg, now an art museum.
Urban Word of the Day
December 26, 2007: mctyt
- Short form of "[Merry Christmas] to you, too"
girl 1: merry christmas!
girl 2: mctyt :)
Trivia
How did the bobcat get its name?
- From its typically stubby—or bobbed—tail.
Today's Holiday
- Kwanzaa (7-day African-American holiday)
- Winston Churchill: became the first British prime minister to address a joint session of US Congress, warning against the Axis (1941)
- Time magazine: Man of the Year was "the computer" (1982)
- tsunami: huge wave triggered by Indian Ocean earthquake killed more than 216,000 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and as far away as Somalia and Madagascar (2004)
Today's Birthdays
- Henry Miller (1891-1980): author of Tropic of Cancer
- Chris Daughtry (28): rock musician/singer/songwriter and American Idol contestant
- Lars Ulrich (44): crappy drummer
- John Walsh (I) (61): from America's Most Wanted
- Phil Spector (68): music producer
- Jared Leto (36): actor, Paul Allen from American Psycho, musician: 30 Seconds to Mars
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