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Word of the Day for Friday, July 30, 2010casuistry \KAZH-oo-uh-stree\, noun: 1. Specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, esp. in questions of morality. The popular objection to casuistry is similar to the popular objection to the maxim that the ends justify the means. "And how will it work in infinite time? It's nothing but casuistry, casuistry. It's a way of explaining my own impotence." Casuistry comes from the French casuiste and the Latin casus, "case," perhaps related to making a case or justifying behavior. | |||||||||
 Words of the Day? How about words of timeless wisdom?Introducing our Quotes channel! "Life itself is a quotation." - Jorge Luis Borges | |||||||||
  Right now, 100s of people are calling Justin Bieber "Bustin Jieber." This is known as a "spoonerism," but why?You probably expect that we can discover meaning in anything, since all we do is sit around and read the dictionary. Well, here's a test: can we uncover something meaningful even in the goofiest situation? You be the judge. Justin Bieber, the 16-year-old pop singer whose charisma results in the pandemonium of screaming teenagers at shopping malls, is a... | |||||||||
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