Fauve
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(sometimes lowercase) any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:21 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 PKMKII on Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:12 pm
dongle
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1. a hardware device attached to a computer without which a particular software program will not run: used to prevent unauthorized use.
2. Also called wireless adapter. a device that can be plugged into a USB port to enable wireless access from a computer to an external Wi-Fi device, as a mobile phone, or to the Internet, via high-speed broadband, or to enable wireless connectivity in a printer or other peripheral.
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1. a hardware device attached to a computer without which a particular software program will not run: used to prevent unauthorized use.
2. Also called wireless adapter. a device that can be plugged into a USB port to enable wireless access from a computer to an external Wi-Fi device, as a mobile phone, or to the Internet, via high-speed broadband, or to enable wireless connectivity in a printer or other peripheral.
"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 DavidH on Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:44 am
doodad
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1. A word for a dongle when the speaker can't remember the word 'dongle'
2. A whizzgit, wossname, howsyerfather, thingy, doohickey, ohjesuschristwhatdoyoucallit.
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1. A word for a dongle when the speaker can't remember the word 'dongle'
2. A whizzgit, wossname, howsyerfather, thingy, doohickey, ohjesuschristwhatdoyoucallit.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:37 pm
tacket
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a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.
-noun
a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.
"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 Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:41 am
phagocytosis
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Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
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Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
"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 DavidH on Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:33 pm
foreign particles
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Small Frenchmen, often devoured by phagocytes.
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Small Frenchmen, often devoured by phagocytes.
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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:08 pm
Westboro Baptist Church
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Believes God hates phagocytes.
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Believes God hates phagocytes.
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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 Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:01 am
anatine
-adjective
1. of or pertaining to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
2. resembling a duck.
-adjective
1. of or pertaining to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
2. resembling a duck.
"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 DavidH on Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:20 pm
panatine
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A culinary vessel for the cooking of swans, geese, and ducks.
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A culinary vessel for the cooking of swans, geese, and ducks.
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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:43 pm
canatine
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Precooked and prepackaged convenience food version of the above.
-noun
Precooked and prepackaged convenience food version of the above.
"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.
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Re: Word of the Day
by DavidH on Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:01 pm
Tower of London
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What they lock you up in for eating Her Majesty's swans.
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What they lock you up in for eating Her Majesty's swans.
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Re: Word of the Day
by Ravi Oli on Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:34 pm
PKMKII wrote:anatine
-adjective
1. of or pertaining to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
2. resembling a duck.
3. Bleedingly obvious - if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.
Send lawyers, guns and money...
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Re: Word of the Day
by Rev. Rowan Redbeard on Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:43 pm
anatine
-adjective
1. of or pertaining to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
2. resembling a duck.
3. Bleedingly obvious - if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.
4. If she weighs as much as a duck, she's a witch.
-adjective
1. of or pertaining to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
2. resembling a duck.
3. Bleedingly obvious - if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.
4. If she weighs as much as a duck, she's a witch.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:57 am
agitpop
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the use of pop music to promote political propaganda.
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the use of pop music to promote political propaganda.
"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
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Re: Word of the Day
by DavidH on Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:07 am
agitprop
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A wooden support used for keeping unpleasant people upright.
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A wooden support used for keeping unpleasant people upright.
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