First :D

plugins/word.py

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+import re
+from util import hook, http
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+
+@hook.command(autohelp=False)
+def wordu(inp, say=False, nick=False):
+    ".word -- gets the word of the day
+    return "true"
+    page = http.get('http://merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day')
+
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(page)
+
+    word = soup.find('strong', {'class' : 'main_entry_word'})
+    function = soup.find('p', {'class' : 'word_function'})
+
+    #definitions = re.findall(r'<span class="ssens"><strong>:</strong>'
+    #                        r' *([^<]+)</span>', content)
+
+    say("(%s) The word of the day is: \x02%s\x02 (%s)" % (nick, word, function))