June 09, 2004

Knowledge is power

Todays random factoid and word of the day

A study at the University of Michigan reported that the incidence of colds is greater among the better-educated.

braggadocio \brag-uh-DOH-see-oh; -shee-oh; -shoh\, noun:
1. A braggart.
2. Empty boasting.
3. A swaggering, cocky manner.

Braggadocio is from Braggadocchio, a boastful character in
Spenser's Faerie Queene.

Posted by sherry at June 9, 2004 01:03 PM
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