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A.Word.A.Day--facadePronunciation: WAV or RealAudiofacade (fuh-SAHD) noun 1. The face of a building, especially the principal face. 2. An artificial or deceptive front. [French, from Italian facciata, from faccia, face, from Vulgar Latin *facia, from Latin facies.] "To cover the ugliness, he built a colorful plywood facade of an irregular shape, outlined with wide bands of orange and green and bearing the admonition: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Repair. The facade has holes through which recyclers will throw their items." Marianna Riley, 5 Art Projects Decorate City, Washington U. Students Show Creativity, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 22 Apr 1996. "`The name sounds innocuous,' he said, `but lurking behind the facade is a white supremacist group.'" Kate Harries, `Heritage' week halted, The Toronto Star, 14 Oct 1998. This week's theme: yours to discover.
X-BonusFanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. -George Santayana
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