Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Word of the Day for Tuesday, August 12, 2008

enervate \EN-ur-vayt\, transitive verb:

  1. To deprive of vigor, force, or strength; to render feeble; to weaken.
  2. To reduce the moral or mental vigor of.
Enervate is from the past participle of Latin enervare, "to remove the sinews from, to weaken," from e-, ex-, "out of, from" + nervus, "sinew."
  • (test-OSS-ih-cross) v. The movie moment when every man in the theater crosses his legs and moans, right after someone's groin has been pummelled onscreen.
"Oh! DUDE! That was the worst testosticross moment EVAR!"
Trivia
What actress wore the first two-piece bathing suit ever seen on the silver screen?
  • Dolores Del Rio, in Flying Down to Rio. The 1933 film marked the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (who were billed fifth and fourth, respectively).
Today in History
Today's Birthdays
  • Linda O'Neil (34): actress and the most famous body model that you probably don't know.

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