In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January).

Sip of the Day - September 4, 2008

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Titera's Tidbit: Spifflicate
The rare word "spifflicate" has nothing to do with the word "spiffy". In fact, in a sense the words are at opposite poles. "Spifflicate", which dates to 1796, means "to treat roughly, to destroy", the kind of handling intelligence agents would come to call "with extreme prejudice". As to it origins, the Oxford English Dictionary happily allows that it's a "fanciful formation".

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