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Provided by the compucert fractious \FRAK-shuhs\, adjective:
- Tending to cause trouble; unruly.
- Irritable; snappish; cranky.
Fractious is from fraction, which formerly had the sense "discord, dissension, disharmony"; it is derived from Latin frangere, "to break."
stealth abs- When your ripped six pack is covered by a thick layer of fat.
This isn't a beer belly, it's my stealth abs. I just needed to avoid attracting too many ladies with my well defined stomach.
TriviaWhen it comes to U.S. currency, which state’s quarter features George Washington on both sides?
- New Jersey’s. Heads on the quarter, issued in 1999, is the same as all other state quarters, with Washington shown in profile. On the reverse side, the first president is shown crossing the Delaware River with members of the Colonial army.
- Woolworth's store: general-store clerk Frank Woolworth opened his first five-and-dime store, in Utica, NY (1879)
- Miracle on Ice: the US beat the Soviet Union at ice hockey in a major upset at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (1980)
- Securitas depot robbery: a group of men pulled off Britain's biggest crime in terms of cash stolen — £53 million (2006)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950): first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; plus, writers James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) and Seán Ó'Fáolain (1900-1991)
- Marni Nixon (80): ghost singer who sings the leading lady roles on the soundtracks of West Side Story,The King and I, My Fair Lady; plus, singer/songwriter James Blunt (33)
- Edward Kennedy (1932-2009): longtime US senator from Massachusetts who drowned a woman he was having an affair with, possible zombie
- Kyle McLachlan (51): Desperate Housewives' Orson Hodge; also, screen personalities Don Pardo (92), Paul Dooley (82), Julie Walters (60), Ellen Greene (58), Steve Irwin (1962-2006), Rachel Dratch (44) and Jeri Ryan (42)
- Vijay Singh (47): pro golfer
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