Answers

  • add this feed to my.Alltop
    No.stupid.answers

  • The 7 weirdest Olympic sports.

    Liz
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:45 pm
    The 2010 Winter Olympics are set to kick off in Vancouver this Friday, featuring 15 winter sports. While that sure is a bag of fun, are you aware of the weirdest Olympic sports of all time? Learn about it below. Oh, and be prepared - a bunch of them involve animals. The 7 weirdest Olympic sports Biathlon. Biathlon: Sounds like a contest to see how much biology you know. In general, it’s a sporting term for one event with two disciplines. In relation to the Olympics, it’s a winter sport combining-cross country skiing and… rifle shooting. Yeah… I’ll stay a safe…

  • Too close for missiles, I’m switching to words.

    Liz
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:04 am
    The sky is a little bit closer now that the 250+ titles on ReferenceAnswers include an Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation. The new reference book provides definitions and illustrations for the entire spectrum of aviation: aerodynamics, navigation, meteorology, aircraft equipment and maintenance, aerial photography, avionics and more. So where else are you going to learn the science of the reflex camber, check out an illustration of an absolute angle of attack, or learn that ‘eyelid’ is a term for… wait, what?

  • Three Cheers for 4Jays!

    Crystal
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:03 am
    Once upon a very long time ago, I was a cheerleader. And of course, everyone knows it’s the job of a cheerleader to pump up the crowd and get them standing on their feet. So pull out your pom poms and get ready to cheer for this week’s Featured Contributor: Give me a J. Give me a J. Give me a J. Give me a J. No. I haven’t gone wacky for the letter J. I’m just giddy because this Contributor Corner rock star is 4Jays (Get it?). He’s a Floating Supervisor, Gold Contributor and Mentoring Program graduate who once worked at Walt Disney World as a monorail driver! Wut wut? Yep. Read on…

  • Sponsoring with a splash.

    Liz
    7 Feb 2010 | 12:36 am
    Last week Answers.com sponsored VatorSplash, an event showcasing emerging technology, organized by Bambi Francisco at Vator TV. Robert Scoble hosted the event, where start ups demoed and Mark Pincus of Zynga gave a talk.

  • Sophie200: My voice

    Matthew
    5 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    You may have happened across Sophie200’s last contribution to the Poetry Cafe, Wait for me. It was so great we’re welcoming back Sophie for an encore. When it comes to answering on Answers.com you’ll often find her in the Hamsters section. Sophie wishes she had an unusual hobby like trainspotting or skydiving but, alas, she does not. But don’t think that makes her easy to understand. She’s complicated to decode, just like the essence of her poems. One of her favorites is published below. [If you would like your original poetry profiled on this blog, please e-mail…
 
  • add this feed to my.Alltop
    Answers.com: Today's Birthdays

  • William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)

    William Henry Harrison (1773-1841): US president who served only 1 month before dying of pneumonia

  • Carole King (68)

    Carole King (68): singer/songwriter, "You've Got a Friend"; plus, musicians Gasparo Angiolini (1731-1803) and Joe Ely (63),

  • Judith Light (61)

    Judith Light (61): Claire Meade on Ugly Betty; also, actors Kathryn Grayson (88), Janet Suzman (71), Joe Pesci (67), Mia Farrow (65), Charles Shaughnessy (55), Julie Warner (45), Jason George (38), Charlie Day (34), A.J. Buckley (33), Zhang Ziyi (31) and David Gallagher (25)

  • Alice Walker (66)

    Alice Walker (66): Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple; other writers born on this date include Amy Lowell (1874-1925) and J. M. Coetzee (70)
 
  • add this feed to my.Alltop
    Answers.com: Word of the Day

  • daltonism

    (DAWL-tuh-niz-em)noun: Color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish between red and green.EtymologyAfter John Dalton (1766-1844), chemist and physicist, who gave us Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures. He studied his own color blindness as well.Usage"Theodore R. Weeks refers to 'national daltonism: the extreme difficulty nationalists had... in perceiving and appreciating the viewpoints or needs of members of other nationalities." — Stephen D. Corrsin; Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia; Canadian Slavonic Papers (Ottawa); Sep-Dec 1999. Usage"Theodore R. Weeks refers to…

  • methuselah

    (meh-THOO-zuh-luh)noun:1. An extremely old man.2. An oversized wine bottle holding approx. 6 liters.EtymologyAfter biblical figure Methuselah, who was said to have lived 969 years.Usage"Five restaurant years would be about equivalent to 30 human years, so Bambino's, which has been around since 1983, is a veritable Methuselah among eateries." — A.C. Stevens; Why Cook Tonight?; The Boston Herald; Feb 11, 2001."Meet Frank Ahern, the Methuselah of Seattle high-school coaches, a revered urban legend in his second half-century of helping city youth." — Craig Smith; A Coach For The Ages;…

  • keelhaul

    (KEEL-hawl)verb tr.1. To haul under the keel of a ship.2. To rebuke sharply.EtymologyFrom Dutch kielhalen, from kiel (keel) + halen (to haul). In the olden times this form of punishment was inflicted in the Dutch and British navies. The punished sailor was tied to a rope looped under the ship and thrown in the water. Then he was dragged along the bottom of the ship to the other side. The result was either severe injuries from brushing against the barnacles on the ship's bottom or death from drowning. Thankfully, in modern times keelhauling is performed only metaphoricallyUsage"A determined…

  • lexiphanes

    (lex-SIF-uh-neez)nounOne who uses words pretentiously.EtymologyFrom Greek lexiphanes (phrase monger), from lexis (word or phrase) + -phaneia (to show).] Usage"The danger is in becoming so seduced by the lexiconic that we become lexiphanes. There's no excuse for indulging in the bombastic at any time, of course." — Murray Waldren; That's Language; The Australian (Sydney); Jul 16, 2005. (© Wordsmith.org)

  • disport

    (di-SPORT)verb tr., intr.: To divert or amuse (oneself).noun: A diversion or amusement.EtymologyFrom Old French desporter (to divert), from dis- + porter (to carry).Usage"On the island, as on a stage, the people of Paris disport themselves in every attitude of summer recreation." — T.J. McNamara; Seurat's Grand Triumph of Light; New Zealand Herald; Jan 23, 2010. Weekly themeverbs (© Wordsmith.org)
  • add this feed to my.Alltop
    Answers.com: FOOD Word of the Day

  • goulash

    [GOO-lahsh] Known as gulyás in its native Hungary, goulash is a stew made with beef or other meat and vegetables and flavored with Hungarian paprika. It's sometimes garnished with dollops of sour cream and often served with buttered noodles.© Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
 
  • add this feed to my.Alltop
    Answers.com: WINE Word of the Day

  • Optima

    [OP-tee-muh] German white-wine variety created in the 1970s that is a cross of müller-thurgau and a sylvaner-riesling hybrid. Optima grapes, which tend to grow in less than choice conditions, are low in acid and high in sugar. The wines they produce can be very sweet and are generally used to boost the sugar content of other wines.© Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Log in