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The Roman god Janus’ name means “I circle” in Latin and the Romans regarded the month that bears his name as the beginning and end of the year. This is regarded as proof that the Romans were aware that the Earth circled the sun.

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From Merriam-Webster.

Vitriol

Pronunciation: \’vi-trē-əl\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vitriole, from Medieval Latin vitriolum, alteration of Late Latin vitreolum, neuter of vitreolus glassy, from Latin vitreus vitreous

Date: 14th century

1 a: a sulfate of any of various metals (as copper, iron, or zinc); especially: a glassy hydrate of such a sulfate b: oil of vitriol

2 :something felt to resemble vitriol especially in caustic quality; especially: virulence of feeling or of speech

- vit·ri·ol·ic \’vi-trē-’ä-lik\ adjective

"Do they merit vitriol, even a drop of it? Yes, because they corrupt the young, persuading them that the mature world, which produced Beethoven and Schweitzer, sets an even higher value on the transient anodynes of youth than does youth itself. For this they stink to heaven." – Anthony Burgess on intellectuals who praise pop music. Snarky old toff, ennee?

The American Dialect Society has voted on the word of the year for 2008. The winner is "bailout".

bailout, the rescue by the government of companies on the brink of failure, including large players in the banking industry.

The Management is pleased that it’s not alone in wasting your tax dollar and is looking forward to regaling The Young People of Tomorrow with frightening tales of deprivation and hardship.

"You kids today don’t know how good you’ve got it! Back in Aught-Nine all twenty-seven of us lived in a box in the middle of I-10 and paid a man $7.28 a day just to let us work! We got up four hours before we went to bed and lived nothing but ramen noodles and local brand bottled water! AND WE LIKED IT!"

The word voted most likely to succeed is "shovel-ready".

shovel-ready: Used to describe infrastructure projects that can be started quickly when funds become available.

The Management is disappointed with this choice. It sounds a lot like “off the shelf”, “out of the box”, or “just add water”. Y’know…like ramen.

"And we didn’t have all the fancy toys you little ingrates have got nowadays! We had to make do with cellphones, teh intarwebs, laptops, PDAS, Bluetooth accessories, plasma TVs, and ramen! AND WE LIKED IT!"

Joyeaux Elvismas!

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