Thursday, July 23, 2009

random latin word of the day

functus officio. This one is so obscure, even its Black's Law Dictionary definition is unclear. I think it means when a bureaucrat is out of a job because they performed all the functions they were commissioned to perform. More literally, it translates to... a great way to piss off your reader with an obscure phrase. Of course, it's obscure b/c why would bureaucrats finish all their work and thereby lose their authority?

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