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Ed Hawco : Bullet holes, Tokyo Restaurant, Montreal
Leon "Acme::" Brocard on pipelines
"But luckily pipelines seem to only go through very beautiful places."
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : pornobyte
a figure representing the sum total of all the world's bandwidth and computer memory devoted to depictions of hot teens, college girls, dripping wet cheerleaders, young hung farm boys, certain japanese terms for which no god-fearing human would want the translation, and exploited midgets. An exponentially expanding, vast number.
ex. "Whoa, we've got a pornobyte of data to wade through this weekend to get that report ready"
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : arrogate
Arrogate \Ar"ro*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arrogated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Arrogating}.] [L. arrogatus, p. p. of adrogare,
arrogare, to ask, appropriate to one's self; ad + rogare to
ask. See {Rogation}.]
To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or
presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or
baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope
arrogated dominion over kings.
He arrogated to himself the right of deciding
dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. --Macaulay.
web1913
arrogate
v 1: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or
title to: "He claimed his suitcases at the airline
counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions
because he is a foreign resident" [syn: {claim}, {lay
claim}] [ant: {forfeit}]
2: make undue claims to having [syn: {ascribe}, {assign}]
3: take control of; take as one's right or possession; "He
assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the
town"; "he usurped my rights" [syn: {assume}, {usurp}, {take
over}]
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