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Provided by the compucert pukka \PUHK-uh\, adjective:
1. Authentic; genuine.
2. Good of its kind; first-class.
Urban Word of the Day
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=booty+call&defid=1567315
- A late night summons-often made via telephone-to arrange clandestine sexual liasions on an ad hoc basis.
Trivia
Who wrote, “God’s in his heaven/All’s right with the world”?
- Robert Browning, in his play Pippa Passes.
Today in History
- Zululand: the last king, Cetshwayo, who defied the British, was captured; his land eventually became part of South Africa (1879)
- I have a dream: civil rights rally at Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, was site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech (1963)
- Princess Di: 15-year marriage to Prince Charles ended in divorce (1996)
Today's Birthdays
- Rita Dove (55): first African-American US poet laureate
- LeAnn Rimes (25): country music singer
- Jack Black (38): actor/musician, School of Rock
- Jason Priestley (38): actor
- Ron Guidry (57): baseball great
- Shania Twain (42): country music singer / MILF
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