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Provided by the compucert - Deserving to be execrated; detestable; abominable.
- Extremely bad; of very poor quality; very inferior.
Execrable derives from Latin exsecrabilis, execrabilis, from exsecrari, execrari, "to execrate, to curse," from ex-, "out of, away from, outside of" + sacer, "sacred."
- Subtly adding the fact that you have a boyfriend into the conversation in order to deter anyone who is potentially interested. The first time this happens is the boyfriend drop. Also can be used in describing this event by the other person who was interested. Related to girlfriend drop.
Harvey: 'She boyfriend dropped in our last conversation but I'm still interested.'
Trivia
What animal was the first to have its genome decoded?
- The nematode. In 1998 scientists at the Sanger Center in Cambridge, England, and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, announced that the millimeter-long worm has 19,099 genes spread out among 97 million base pairs of nucleotides in its DNA.
- Statue of Liberty: France's gift to the US was dedicated in New York Harbor by president Grover Cleveland (1886)
- Prohibition: US Congress passed the Volstead Act, overriding president Woodrow Wilson's veto; manufacture, sale or transport of alcoholic beverages were banned (1919)
- Nostra Ætate: the Second Vatican Council under Pope Paul VI absolved the Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus (1965)
- Roger P. (36): t3h bax0jayz brother and financial coach
- Georges Escoffier (1846-1935): world-class chef
- Cleo Laine (81): jazz singer; other musicians with birthdays today include Charlie Daniels (72), Wayne Fontana (63), Caitlin Cary (40), Brad Paisley (36) and Justin Guarini (30)
- Julia Roberts (41): Oscar-winning actress; also, actors Joan Plowright (79), Jane Alexander (69), Dennis Franz (64), Telma Hopkins (60), Annie Potts (56), Mark Derwin (48), Lauren Holly (45), Jami Gertz (43), Andy Richter (42) and Joaquin Phoenix (34)
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