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Provided by the compucert mimetic \mim-ET-ik\, adjective:
- Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.
- Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, "mimetic species; mimetic organisms."
Urban Word of the Day
January 08, 2008: srsly
- An abbreviation for "seriously".
Dinosaurs are srsly [scene].
You should srsly get your act together.
Trivia
What is the only product for which Elvis Presley did a commercial?
- Donuts—Southern Maid Donuts, to be precise. In 1954 he sang the company’s jingle on the Louisiana Hayride radio show in Shreveport.
- Battle of New Orleans: the US defeated the British in the final battle of the War of 1812; a peace treaty had already been signed, but the news hadn't yet reached New Orleans (1815)
- 14 Points: US President Woodrow Wilson presented his plan for post-WWI peace in Europe; it held the Allies together for the remainder of the war and established him as their moral leader (1918)
- Music City Miracle: controversial pass won an NFL post-season game for the Tennessee Titans; the team subsequently made it to the Super Bowl (2000)
- Sander Vanocur (80), Charles Osgood (75): veteran broadcast journalists for NBC and CBS, respectively
- Stephen Hawking (66): theoretical physicist who specializes in the physics of black holes; wrote A Brief History in Time
- David Bowie (61): rock star and actor, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Prestige; also known as Ziggy Stardust
- Elvis Presley (1935-1977): the "King of Rock 'n Roll"
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