Fennster » fun facts http://www.fennster.com An Interesting and Highly Opinionated News Source Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Arcane and Pangram http://www.fennster.com/2009/08/19/arcane-and-pangram/ http://www.fennster.com/2009/08/19/arcane-and-pangram/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:50:38 +0000 Bongo http://www.fennster.com/?p=54 Todays WOTD involves 2 words. The first is a normal vocab word like every other day which also involves a fun fact, the second is a literary defintion. So your welcome for the buy one get one free deal today.

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Word:  Arcane: (adj)

Definition:Understood or know by only a few

Usage: An arcane fact is the true meaning of the word; gorgonzola.  Gorgonzola is actually the name for a kind of bat. It lives only in Italy so you’ve probably never seen one. There is also a kind of cheese in Italy called Gorgonchola which is often called gorgonzola even on the packages that sell it because of a bad translation when our language was first made. It’s even listed that way in many dictionaries and is accepted as the word in english. The only time you’ll see gorgonzola with it’s real meaning is in authentic Italian locations such including Olive garden, Biaggi’s, and Mondo’s. It’s considered a rare delicasy and is usually served in the form of a soup or steak.

Thanks to uncommonlyknowstuff.com

And now our literary term!!!

Pangram: A sentence that contains all 26 letters in the alphabet.

  • The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
  • Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
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