yPad or WhyPad

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yPad or WhyPad: Facetious suggested nickname for the first version of the Apple iPad - socalled due to the WiFi connection issues for some of the new owners.  Also with reference to the apparent near total lack of physical connectors.  Indeed, if you can't connect this device one way or the other - why buy one???

FOM: Connection Issues Still Vex iPad Users and Official Site

Please Note: Not that we could ever be bribed should Apple ever give us an iPad then this definition might disap...



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Y-155

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Y-155: Name for a star that became so hot about 7 billion years ago it generated antimatter within itself and caused a great matter-antimatter explosion.


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FOM: Runaway Anti-Matter Production Makes for a Spectacular Stellar Explosion





(1) University of Notre Dame (2010, January 5). Runaway anti-matter production makes for a spectacular stellar explosion. ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 6, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2010/01/100104151933.htm









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DIY Birthing

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DIY Birthing: More women are giving birth without doctors, nurses, midwives...awww...c'mon!


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Mary: Yes, just wait until the kid finds out.





FOM: More women choose do-it-yourself births









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Persolar or USolar

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Persolar or USolar: Not to be confused with Val-U Solar. The portmanteaus/suggested Tradenames of person(al) or you and solar power. The development of flexible, fabric-type solar cells that are wearable as clothing, apparel and so on. © 2009.


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FOM: Solar Power from Your Windows and Clothing?









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VY Canis Majoris

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VY Canis Majoris: Is the largest star currently known to science. We're not experts, but we expect it will soon go supernova.


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FOM: Colossal star seen by Herschel telescope and HubbleSite - NewsCenter - Astronomers Map a Hypergiant Star's Massive Outbursts









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Bank 1 You 0 or B1Y0

Bank 1 You 0 / B1Y0: Your case against bank overdraft fees just got worse.

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FOM: Banks win on overdraft fees case and British Bankers Association





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Y2K + 12 = 2012?

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Y2K + 12 = 2012?: Remember the hype and panic over Y2K? Is 2012 similar? Chicken Little Redux?

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FOM: 2012 isn’t end of the world Mayan elder insists, 2012 and Eschatology.

Updated: Sunday, October 11, 2009.

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Geonolalia or Yolalia

Geonolalia / Yolalia: The portmanteau of yawning (from the Old English) and lalein [from the Greek: λαλεῖν (lalein) "to talk"]. (1) The transmission or communication of yawning from individual to individual. (2) The transmission or communication of yawning to an individual via animation.

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References: Chimps can 'catch' contagious yawning from animations, Yawning and lalein.

Revised/Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2009









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