Tuesday, August 23, 2005

The Word of the Day is

Debacle
From the French, débâcle, from débâcler, to unbar, from Old French desbacler : des-, de- + bacler, to bar (from Vulgar Latin *baccul re, from Latin baculum, rod. )
1: A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout. 2: A total, often ludicrous failure.

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