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I thought I might be late, but thankfully your country is so far in the past, I can literally post my word as late as 4:29pm on Friday my time and still be considered to have posted on Thursday!

By the way, the future is awesome. Your new President will do something funny in a few hours - watch out for it.

Anyway! Today's word is:

Vilipend [vil'i-pend]
verb

To despise; to make light of; to disparage mockingly.

From Latin vilis (worthless) and pendere (to weigh).

I've sat here for about half an hour trying to think of a good sentence to describe how to use the word vilipend - regrettably, I have a case of the dumb today. You may all start vilipending me for my lack of funny. D:

Apr. 10th, 2009 - Crapulence

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crap·u·lence [ kráppyələnss ]
noun
Definition:

1. overindulgence: overindulgence, especially in alcoholic drink
2. sickness: sickness caused by overindulgence in good food and, especially, alcoholic drink ( dated )

crap·u·lent adjective

Crapulence. Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/crapulence.html (accessed: April 10, 2009).

Example:
As usual Bob overindulged during Passover. Some social drinks before dinner, the standard four cups of wine, some more wine during the meal, and some after dinner drinks; a night of crapulent behavior. All was mostly fine, but Bob still can't remember where he hid the Afikomen.