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ex post facto
(eks' pōst fak'tō)

Done or made afterward, especially when having retroactive effect. From Latin, meaning from after the action.

The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative ( Read more... )

syncope (sin'kə pē)

Fainting, or a loss of consciousness.

"The light that long ago had struck me into syncope, recalled in this vision, seemed glidingly to mount the wall, and tremblingly to pause in the centre of the obscured ceiling."
From Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

I am a finalist in lj_nanowrimo's "A Novel Competition" (writing book blurbs for our 2011 NaNoWriMo NaNovels)! Go, me! Here's the entry with the winner and other finalists:  http://lj-nanowrimo.livejournal.com/200700.html

But in case you don't want to read anyone's but mine...

Detective Richard Tracy isn't your average dick. He's a werewolf, but no one else on ( Read more... )

mummer - (mum' ər)

Any of the masked and costumed people (especially in England) who travel about, often at Christmastime, acting out short pantomimes.

I wanted an adventure, and I went with the mummers. I played the part of the Turkish Knight.
From Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native.

Obdurate
Not easily moved to pity, hard hearted, hardened and unrepentant

'You will not persist in saying that,' rejoined the gentleman, with a voice and emphasis of kindness that might have touched a much harder and more obdurate heart. 'Think now. Tell me.'
Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist

mammock (mam' ək)

To break or tear into fragments or shreds; the fragments, shreds, or scraps themselves.

"We have nothing else to tear it with," replied Wamba; "but [my hands] are scarce fit to make mammocks of freestone and mortar."

From Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe

DECIMATE - transitive verb

1. To select by lot and kill every 10th man
2. To exact a 10% tax from
3. a - To reduce drastically in number
    b - To cause great distruction or harm to

but I just found out today...

http://forum.gateworld.net/threads/82770-Chevron-7.8-24th-to-26th-February-2012-AMANDA-TAPPING-ROBIN-DUNNE

Chevron 7.8 24th to 26th February 2012 - AMANDA TAPPING & ROBIN DUNNE

As per Showmasters forum

http://showmastersonline.com/forums/...howtopic=71261

Hi everyone,

We are DELIGHTED to announce that Chevron 7.8 ( Read more... )