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).

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Titera's Tidbit: Off the Wall
Combining the senses of crazy, daring, and irreverent, this phase comes from the 1960s and the world of surfing. The "wall" is the breaking front of a tall, difficult-to-ride wave. Someone who goes "off the wall" successfully negotiates the wave and rides it as it collapses, a crazy and daring thing to do indeed.

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