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Word of the Day for Thursday, January 27, 2011jobbery \JOB-uh-ree\, noun: The conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain. To a large portion of the people who frequent Washington or dwell there, the ultra fashion, the shoddy, the jobbery are as utterly distasteful as they would be in a refined New England City. Casting about for some way of breaking through this vicious circle, he saw but one expedient - to wit, some great service to be rendered to the government, or some profitable bit of jobbery. Jobbery combines the sense of job and robbery and reflects the historically negative connotation of job, whose definition may derive from gob, as in "a mass or lump." | |||||||||
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  Meet "Mercedonius," the annoying month that used to exist (sometimes)There are many reasons to be thankful for the benefits of modern living - antibiotics, airplanes, velcro . . . Another subtle but essential item is our calendar. It may have some frustrating moments, but consider how months used to work. Take heed of Mercedonius. In the days of the Roman calendar, an intercalary month was added in leap years... | |||||||||
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