scene-stealing , adj :
That steals the scene (“dominates a performance through charisma, humour, or powerful acting”). The 90th Academy Awards, which honour the best films of 2017, take place today in 2018.
Saturday, 3 March 2018
Picture of the day for March 4, 2018
Wikipedia picture of the day on March 4, 2018: Melanitis leda, Common Evening Brown, is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. This is wet season form. http://ift.tt/2FkNZ4M
Friday, 2 March 2018
trilemma: Word of the day for March 3, 2018
trilemma , n :
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable or, put another way, in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time. (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable or, put another way, in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time. (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.
Picture of the day for March 3, 2018
Wikipedia picture of the day on March 3, 2018: Entrance to building on Sonnenstraße 15, Munich. http://ift.tt/2F9nTTk
Thursday, 1 March 2018
montage: Word of the day for March 2, 2018
montage , n :
A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
Picture of the day for March 2, 2018
Wikipedia picture of the day on March 2, 2018: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany, escalator to former coal washing plant. http://ift.tt/2FghIMc
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
bork: Word of the day for March 1, 2018
bork , v :
(transitive, intransitive, US, politics, often pejorative) To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy. […] (transitive, slang) To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device. […] Robert Bork, a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and legal scholar, whose last name gave rise to the word, was born on this day in 1927.
(transitive, intransitive, US, politics, often pejorative) To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy. […] (transitive, slang) To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device. […] Robert Bork, a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and legal scholar, whose last name gave rise to the word, was born on this day in 1927.
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