Friday, May 4, 2007

WORD OF THE DAY

LIMBO

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lim·bo [límbō]
noun (plural lim·bos)
West Indian dance: a West Indian dance that involves bending the body backward from the knees and moving under a horizontal bar or rope that is put into progressively lower positions (often used before a noun)
a limbo dancer

intransitive verb
dance the limbo: to dance the limbo
1. Lim·bo or lim·bochristianity place for souls of unbaptized children: in Roman Catholic theology, the place that is believed to be home to the souls of children who have died before baptism, and the souls of the righteous who died before Jesus Christ.
Although they are barred from entry to heaven, they are not condemned to the eternal suffering of hell.
2. state of oblivion: a state in which somebody or something is neglected or is simply left in oblivion
3. prison: a place for the confinement of prisoners (archaic)