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Friday, September 19, 2008

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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

brio

 \BREE-oh\, noun:
Enthusiastic vigor; vivacity; liveliness; spirit

"Genius, determination, strength, brio: These are the words that define the members of the Village People."

"But Charles had no shortage of brio. He literally had buckets of it. And that's not all he had buckets of...

I'll leave it you to decide what that last part means."

"You, me and brio, that makes three-o!"

Monday, September 08, 2008

canard

\kuh-NAHRD\, noun:
1. An unfounded, false, or fabricated report or story.

“...And that was how I discovered that Bigfoot was nothing more than a canard,” reminisced the Loch Ness Monster.

2. A horizontal control and stabilizing surface mounted forward of the main wing of an aircraft.

“That's the last time I take a ride with Freddy ‘Delapidated Canards’ Jackson!”

Friday, September 05, 2008

tchotchke

\CHOCH-kuh\, noun:
A trinket; a knickknack.

"Never judge a man by the size of his tchotchkes." - Ancient Chinese Proverb

"I can't get one producer to even look at my script for Tchotchkes: The Movie."

Thursday, September 04, 2008

protean

\PRO-tee-un; pro-TEE-un\, adjective:  

1. Displaying considerable variety or diversity.
2. Readily assuming different shapes or forms.

"The new Handi-Vac 5000 is about as a protean as Lucifer himself, the King of Liars!"

"If you don't think Ted Koppel is protean, take another look at that alley cat that just walked by..."