Monday, March 16, 2009

March 16

prescient - adj. knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight. "He had prescient foreknowledge." (Dictionary.com)

discography - n. pl. a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor "He won CDs from the discography of U2." (Dictionary.com)

writ large. [repeat] adj. Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree. (Free Online Dictionary)

burlesque. n. an artistic composition, esp. literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity. adj. involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject. "They had the whole burlesque theme going in the Noxzema ad." (Dictionary.com)

cachet. superior status; prestige "BMW seems to have maintained its cachet, despite employing [a low ball attractor] strategy."

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