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Provided by the compucert supererogatory \soo-puhr-ih-ROG-uh-tor-ee\, adjective:
- Going beyond what is required or expected.
- Superfluous; unnecessary.
Urban Word of the Day: smack talk
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smack+talk&defid=1144522
- The art of telling another person off, belittling them or calling their momma fat, while in the heat of competition.
Senator Obama was talking smack about Hillary.
Trivia
When was the last leap year with the same calendar as this year—with February beginning and ending on a Friday?
- 1980—28 years ago. The next won't be for another 28 years, in 2036.
- Christopher Columbus: used a correctly predicted lunar eclipse to convince Jamaicans to provide supplies for his crew (1504)
- Hattie McDaniel: became the first African American to win an Academy award for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1940)
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide: president of Haiti resigned after rioting opposition forces surrounded the capital (2004)
Today's Birthdays
- Herman Hollerith (1860-1929): statistician who invented a mechanical tabulator and turned his business into IBM
- Balthus (1908-2001): stage designer and figurative painter
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