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Word of the Day for Tuesday, May 24, 2011prink \PRINGK\, transitive verb: 1. To dress up; to deck for show. intransitive verb: Tara has supermodel legs and is already getting used to being prinked and coiffed as she prepares for her first beauty contest in the autumn. The point is reinforced by a clutch of contemporary art photos . . . showing plump nudes prinking and preening like pouter pigeons, and, in one case, a couple of dancers deliberately posed to recreate a Degas painting. Prink is probably an alteration of prank, from Middle English pranken, "to show off," perhaps from Middle Dutch pronken, "to adorn oneself," and from Middle Low German prunken (from prank, "display"). | |||||||||
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  Why you should remember the following words every 13 years or soA vociferous buzz is radiating throughout parts of Alabama and making the news. From the brilliant first light of day to the still and dark of night, a serenade is being sung - a mating call thirteen years in the making. Millions of cicadas have come up from their underground bedrooms after completing a very... | |||||||||
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