The word "retro" derives from the Latin prefix retro, meaning "backwards" or "in past times" -- particularly as seen in the words retrograde, implying a movement toward the past instead of a progress toward the future, ...

想用英語字典來當我的 graph:每個英文字看成一個 vertex若果兩個英文字是同義的話就用一條 edge 去連住它們於是走去做了少去 web searchingThe Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. [ht...

es·ca·pade [es-kuh-peyd, es-kuh-peyd]–noun 1.a reckless adventure or wild prank. 2.an escape from confinement or restraint. [Origin: 1645–55; < F < Sp escapada, equiv. to escap(ar) to escape + -ada -ade1] —Synonyms caper, antic, caprice....

Sigh... such a bad rap for those who happen to be white, educated, and socially aware. WHY???Many of what people call elitism">Elite are actually NOT. Free Dictionary has all this to say about the word...e·lit·ism or é·l...

График релизов DVD : R5 DVD Release Dates / Scheduleдатам : dates

Ok. I need to get this out of my system.I have a lot of peeves. When you don't spell something right, I'm gonna have the urge to slap you.I'm not talking about IM'ing. People have their own little ways of spelling stuff....

It seems that naming kids is getting to be a big thing.  At least there sure seems to be a lot of baby names books and websites out there.I just don't understand why anyone would need to buy a book or look at a website to come up with a name....

blog- n. Short for weblog. A meandering, blatantly uninteresting online diary that gives the author the illusion that people are interested in their stupid, pathetic life. Consists of such riveting entries as "homework s...

It has been so long since I have had one of these.Mimple (noun)- the indent above the lip and below the nose.  BC just calls it that.  I have no idea how or why.  It rhymes with pimple, though.

Here's a few more words I've learned recently! (definitions lifted from webster.com)cadre1: frame: framework 2: a nucleus or core group especially of trained personnel able to assume control and to train others; broadly :...