fasciotomy
-noun
incision through a fascia.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Tue May 22, 2012 12:53 pm
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Re: Word of the Day
by pieces o'nine on Tue May 22, 2012 6:11 pm
fascistotomy
-noun
incisive removal of an overbearing, anti-human rights government.
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incisive removal of an overbearing, anti-human rights government.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Wed May 23, 2012 1:41 pm
egence
-noun
the state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
-noun
the state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Thu May 24, 2012 8:07 pm
vambrace
-noun
1. a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon.
2. plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.
-noun
1. a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon.
2. plate armor for the arm, usually including upper and lower cannons and a couter.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Fri May 25, 2012 1:49 pm
couteau
-noun, plural couteaux
a knife, especially a large double-edged one formerly carried as a weapon.
-noun, plural couteaux
a knife, especially a large double-edged one formerly carried as a weapon.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Fri May 25, 2012 2:06 pm
cocteau
-noun
some sort of drunken foreign arty-type that other drunken arty-types invoke when they want to appear more clever than you (plural: cocteau twins)
-noun
some sort of drunken foreign arty-type that other drunken arty-types invoke when they want to appear more clever than you (plural: cocteau twins)
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"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Sat May 26, 2012 2:20 pm
Procrustean
-adjective
1. pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
2. (often lowercase) tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
I, uh, have one of their albums
-adjective
1. pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
2. (often lowercase) tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
Roy Hunter wrote:cocteau
-noun
some sort of drunken foreign arty-type that other drunken arty-types invoke when they want to appear more clever than you (plural: cocteau twins)
I, uh, have one of their albums
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Sat May 26, 2012 4:24 pm
Me tooPKMKII wrote:I, uh, have one of their albums
stuffedcrustean
-adjective
1. pertaining to or suggestive of pizza
2. tending to produce hypercholesterolaemia, atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease.
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks.
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
unkle vanya
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
unkle vanya
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Re: Word of the Day
by Ravi Oli on Sat May 26, 2012 4:37 pm
Anticrustean [a]
1. pertaining to someone who can't eat their sammiches with the crust on.
2. not conducive to producing curly hair.
1. pertaining to someone who can't eat their sammiches with the crust on.
2. not conducive to producing curly hair.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Sun May 27, 2012 4:14 pm
extrinsic
-adjective
1. not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality; extraneous: facts that are extrinsic to the matter under discussion.
2. being outside a thing; outward or external; operating or coming from without: extrinsic influences.
3. Anatomy. (of certain muscles, nerves, etc.) originating outside the anatomical limits of a part.
-adjective
1. not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality; extraneous: facts that are extrinsic to the matter under discussion.
2. being outside a thing; outward or external; operating or coming from without: extrinsic influences.
3. Anatomy. (of certain muscles, nerves, etc.) originating outside the anatomical limits of a part.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Re: Word of the Day
by black bart on Mon May 28, 2012 8:27 am
Roy Hunter wrote:Me tooPKMKII wrote:I, uh, have one of their albums
stuffedcrustean
-adjective
1. pertaining to or suggestive of pizza
2. tending to produce hypercholesterolaemia, atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease.
That's nothing to be ashamed of is it? Liz Fraser has an amazing voice.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Mon May 28, 2012 6:20 pm
memsahib
-noun
(formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
-noun
(formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Re: Word of the Day
by Mad Willyum Bonney on Mon May 28, 2012 10:37 pm
Me tooRoy Hunter wrote:PKMKII wrote:I, uh, have one of their albums
Me three
Remembering St. John
Remembering Auntie DeeDee
Remembering times of innocence
Remembering Auntie DeeDee
Remembering times of innocence
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Tue May 29, 2012 12:26 pm
metrist
-noun
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
-noun
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Re: Word of the Day
by Roland Deschain on Tue May 29, 2012 7:17 pm
What's wrong with the Cocteau Twins? They have lovely voices, the music isn't bad, and it's a little different, too.
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