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*FREE* Inkjet Cartridges ..*FREE* Inkjet Cartridges ! Buy ONE Cartridge, Get TWO Free On Most Epson and Most Canon Inkjet Printer Cartridges! Separate Pricing For HP and Lexmark. CLICK HERE for complete list of cartridges and media paper. http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/35937/113062/113062 <a href="http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/35937/113062/113062"< AOL users click here </a< \-----------------------------------------------------------------/ Word of the Day for Sunday November 18, 2001: acerbic \uh-SUR-bik\, adjective: Sharp, biting, or acid in temper, expression, or tone. But more than that, he is a social critic, and an efficient one, acerbic and devastating. --Benoit Aubin, "Quebec's King of Comedy," [1]Maclean's, August 27, 2001 Since I started out as a writer many years ago, I have built a reputation as an acerbic, mean-spirited observer of the human condition. --Joe Queenan, [2]My Goodness: A Cynic's Short-Lived Search for Sainthood Joey gained a reputation as a smart aleck adept at delivering acerbic one-liners. --"Joseph Heller, Author of 'Catch-22,' Dies at 76," [3]New York Times, December 14, 1999 _________________________________________________________ Acerbic comes from Latin acerbus, "bitter, sour, severe, harsh." References 1. http://www.macleans.ca/ 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786884665/lexico 3. http://www.nytimes.com/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: susan.w.pereira@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-301289Q@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2001, Lexico LLC.
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