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cyclopean \sahy-kluh-PEE-uhn, sahy-KLOP-ee-uhn\, adjective:
- (sometimes lowercase) gigantic; vast.
- of or characteristic of the Cyclops.
- (usually lowercase) Architecture, Building Trades. formed with or containing large, undressed stones fitted closely together without the use of mortar: a cyclopean wall.
Cyclopean refers to the mythical Greek creature Cyclops, a kind of giant who has one large eye in the middle of its face. This adjective has been used to mean "gigantic" since it entered English in the 1600s.
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- Mother I'd Like to Fuck
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Trivia
What was the original meaning of the word terrific?
- It meant “frightening” back in the 17th century, but by the early 19th century it had come to mean “very great or severe,” as in a terrific pain or terrific explosion. Its evolution continued, and by the end of the 19th century, it was being used colloquially to mean “excellent,” as in a terrific idea.
- SOS: Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the distress signal (1909)
- Alcatraz: island prison in San Francisco Bay received its first civilian inmates (1934)
- Hussein ibn Talal: 16-year-old was proclaimed king of Jordan after his father was declared mentally unfit (1952)
- Watts riots: civil disturbances in Los Angeles left 34 dead (1965)
- The Mall of America: the most-visited mall in the world opened on the site of Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota (1992)
- Robert Ingersoll 1833
- Carrie Bond 1862
- Lloyd Nolan 1902
- Jean Parker 1912
- Alex Haley 1921
- Carl Rowan 1925
- Mike Douglas 1925
- Arlene Dahl 1928
- Jerry Falwell 1933
- Virna Lisi 1937
- Anne Massey 1937
- Mike Hugg 1942
- Guy Villari 1943
- Jim Kale (The Guess Who) 1943
- Ian McDiarmid 1944
- John Conlee 1946
- Ian Charleson 1949
- Eric Carmen (Raspberries) 1949
- Steve Wozniak 1950
- Eric Braun (Iron Butterfly) 1950
Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea 1953- Joe Jackson 1955
- Richard Reinhardt (The Ramones) 1957
- Diana Woei 1965
- John Mitchell 1965
- Charlie Sexton 1968
- Chris Dave (Mint Condition) 1968
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad 1970
- Julia Anne Clarke 1972: aka Julie Clarke, Playmate 03/91, actress, model, hardbody
- Will Friedle 1976
- Chris Kelly (Kriss Kross) 1978
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