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by koldkanuck on March 24th, 2008
Robin Given's parents coined it when she was born.
by TheicidalManiac on November 3rd, 2008
In 1879, according to the Online Etymological Dictionary.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=give&searchmode=none
by philosopher-saint on March 24th, 2008
Likely with mathematics? ;-)
by koldkanuck on March 24th, 2008
here it is
by zazzy_one on March 24th, 2008
I'm pretty sure from geometry where the parts of the equation which are provided are termed the "givens."
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HAHAHA!
by zazzy_one on March 24th, 2008
LOL
by koldkanuck on March 24th, 2008
OMG...I just put your name and your avatar together. That is a HOCKEY MASK. And here I was thinking you are a mass murderer! Um...theoretically, I guess, you could be BOTH a Canadian AND mass murderer.... Is that blood on your mask?
by zazzy_one on March 24th, 2008
Human blood,
actually hannibal lecter,or the worse goalie mask i've ever encountered.
by koldkanuck on March 24th, 2008
Sometimes I wish we could enlarge these avatars to do a closer analysis. (I'm SURE some higher tech people than me can actually do this.)
by zazzy_one on March 24th, 2008