streetwalker: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
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Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Expurgation
The act of purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. wiki
Monday, September 24, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Zeroshift
Zeroshift or seamless-shift gearbox is a type of automotive transmission which allows for changing gear without interruption of torque to the driving roadwheels. The Zeroshift principle was invented by Bill Martin, the company Zeroshift Ltd is based in Milton Keynes, England.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Incunabulum
An incunabulum is a book, single sheet, or image that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501 in Europe. These are very rare and valuable items. The origin of the word is the Latin incunabula for "swaddling clothes", used by extension for the infancy or early stages of something. The first recorded use of incunabula as a printing term is in a pamphlet by Bernhard von Mallinckrodt, De ortu et progressu artis typographicae ("Of the rise and progress of the typographic art"), (Cologne, 1639), which includes the phrase prima typographicae incunabula, "the first infancy of printing", a term to which he arbitrarily set an end, 1500, which still stands as a convention. wiki
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Boffin
In the slang of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, boffins are scientists, engineers, and other people who are stereotypically seen as engaged in technical or scientific research. The word conjures up a stereotype of mature men in thick spectacles and white lab coats, obsessively working with complicated apparatus. Alongside eccentric genius, portrayals of boffins usually highlight a naive ineptitude in social interaction.
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Geodesic
A geodesic is the shortest path between two points on a given surface.
e.g. a geodesic on a plane is a straight line, while a geodesic on a sphere is an arc on a great circle.
e.g. a geodesic on a plane is a straight line, while a geodesic on a sphere is an arc on a great circle.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Unconscionable
Unscrupluous.
e.g. I told my mom that flying in an airplane is unconscionable due to it's affect on the environment.
e.g. I told my mom that flying in an airplane is unconscionable due to it's affect on the environment.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Friday, September 7, 2007
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Monday, September 3, 2007
Sunday, September 2, 2007
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