Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Word of the Day for Wednesday, May 21, 2008

boulevardier \boo-luh-var-DYAY; bul-uh-\, noun:
  1. A frequenter of city boulevards, especially in Paris.
  2. A sophisticated, worldly, and socially active man; a man who frequents fashionable places; a man-about-town.

meatatarian

  • A person who eats meat virtually to the exclusion of vegetables. The meatatarian often claims to be conserving veggies for those who would actually eat them, and keeps the veggies out of the waste stream, helping the environment, or keeping produce costs down.
Waiter: "What can I get you?"
Mary: "A cheeseburger deluxe, hold the lettuce, tomato, coleslaw, and pickle."
Waiter: "So you just want the burger and fries."
Mary: "Yep, I'm a meatatarian."

Trivia
What was the first engineering school in the United States?
  • The U.S. Military Academy at West Point. When the academy was established in 1802, Congress required that the Corps of Engineers be based there, and that the school be under its direction. It remained so until 1866.
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