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A.Word.A.Day--pissoir Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio pissoir (pee-SWAR) noun A public urinal located on the street in some European countries. [French, from Old French, from pissier, to urinate.] "... Duchamp proclaimed, the only legitimate works of art were the products of engineering - skyscrapers, suspension bridges, or plumbing fixtures like the pissoir which he exhibited in 1917 and entitled `Fountain'. Peter Conrad, Art: not even as good as God, Independent on Sunday, 6 Apr 1997. This week's theme: pi words to mark Pi Day (March 14). X-Bonus The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. -Bertrand Russell

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