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Provided by the compucert bilk \bilk\, verb, noun:
- to defraud; cheat
- to frustrate
- to escape from; elude
- a trick; fraud; deceit.
- a cheat, swindler
by 1651, from the noun (1633), first used as a cribbage term. Origin obscure, it was believed in 17th century to be "a word signifying nothing," perhaps of Arab origin; but it is rather perhaps a thinned form of balk. Meaning "to defraud" is first recorded 1672.
sexsuade- To convince someone to agree to, accept, or do something, usually by using the promise of sex (explicit or implicit) or by withholding sex until you get your way.
Girl 2: You need to sexsuade that man!
Trivia
How do scientists explain the vivid red sky that Norwegian artist Edvard Munch painted in his best-known work, The Scream?
- They note that in 1893, when Munch worked on the painting, the Indonesian volcanic island of Krakatoa erupted, spewing debris into the atmosphere that created spectacular bloodred twilights in Europe.
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- fair use: the US Supreme Court ruled in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music that parodies are not copyright infringements (1994)
- Lynn Swann (57): NFL hall-of-famer; also, sports pros Janet Guthrie (71), Ivan Lendl (49) and Jeff Kent (41)
- Jenna Fischer (35): The Office's receptionist, Pam Beesly; also actors Daniel J. Travanti (69), John Heard (63), Bryan Cranston (53), Rachel Weisz and Peter Saarsgard (both 38), and Laura Prepon (29)
- "Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?" — James Montgomery
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