Showing posts with label I. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

ingravescent


INGRAVESCENT

A medical term used of illnesses growing worse or more severe. Suggested for use instead as a descriptive for your less savoury acquaintances. "So how is James these days?" "Oh, ingravescent, I'm afraid.. distinctly ingravescent." 

Sunday, May 22, 2011

ibid

IBID

Ibid is an abbreviation of the Latin term ibidem, meaning "in the same place; in the same book; on the same page." It is also abbreviated as id. The term is often used in citing a case in support of arguments made in a legal brief.