Saturday, June 28, 2008

Word of the Day

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::music::Pipedreams 0821-Paul Jacobs at Verizon Hall

vicissitude

noun
1. the quality or state of being changeable. natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs

Example:
"A sense of constancy can be derived from unchanging marks that can be carried along no matter what the physical, temporal, or geographical vicissitudes at hand. Tattoos stay, while all else may change." A. Martin, On Teenagers and Tattoos

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