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…
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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… -
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(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;… -
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(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… -
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(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) -
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(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)
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goulash
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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.
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National Weather Service: then known as the United States Weather Bureau, was founded; it used to alert fruit growers to the approach of stormy weather by telegraph (1870)
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Davis Cup: international tennis competition was played for the first time; its donor, Dwight F. Davis, won (1900)
Davis Cup: international tennis competition was played for the first time; its donor, Dwight F. Davis, won (1900) -
war time: clocks were turned forward one hour in the US to aid the war effort; this change to daylight-saving time was year-round and lasted till the end of WWII (1942)
war time: clocks were turned forward one hour in the US to aid the war effort; this change to daylight-saving time was year-round and lasted till the end of WWII (1942) -
Satchel Paige: became the first Negro League player elected into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame (1971)
Satchel Paige: became the first Negro League player elected into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame (1971)
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