R-Cubed, MotD, a WWftD - Tue. 01SEP09
Sep. 1st, 2009 07:23 am*
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Today, Tue. 01SEP09
Road Rage Remedy: Nocturne for Piano, Op. 27: #2 in D-flat major by Frédéric Chopin
March of the Day: The British 8th by Alonzo "Zo" Elliot
The Worthless Word for the Day: astunomologist
[fr. Gk astunomos, city magistrate] policeman (nonce word coined by Burgess?)
"I never saw the necessity of an astunomologist on the team.[...] It comes from the Greek for policeman. Policeman sounds horrible, of course.'" - Anthony Burgess, The End of the World News (1983)
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Today, Tue. 01SEP09
Road Rage Remedy: Nocturne for Piano, Op. 27: #2 in D-flat major by Frédéric Chopin
March of the Day: The British 8th by Alonzo "Zo" Elliot
The Worthless Word for the Day: astunomologist
[fr. Gk astunomos, city magistrate] policeman (nonce word coined by Burgess?)
"I never saw the necessity of an astunomologist on the team.[...] It comes from the Greek for policeman. Policeman sounds horrible, of course.'" - Anthony Burgess, The End of the World News (1983)