Word of the Day for Thursday, January 10, 2008

remonstrate \rih-MAHN-strayt; REH-mun-strayt\, intransitive verb:

1. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings -- usually used with 'with'.
2. To say or plead in protest, opposition, or reproof.

Urban Word of the Day

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January 10, 2008: church on the move
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• When it's time to go,you yell "Church on the move"-- everyone you're with knows to leave the location.

Snoop Dogg-- when you're at the club and its time to bounce you yell "Church on the move" and everyone knows its time to get up outta there!

Trivia
In maritime circles, what does the acronym STROG represent?

• The Strait of Gibraltar.

Today in History

• Common Sense: Thomas Paine published (anonymously) his influential pamphlet calling for American independence from Britain via revolution (1776)
• League of Nations: precursor to the United Nations held its first meeting; though it was proposed by a US president, the US never did join (1920)
• Vatican City: the US reestablished full diplomatic relations with the Holy See (1984)
• Where's the beef?: Wendy's ad campaign began; it quickly morphed into a political slogan (1984)

Today's Birthdays

• Ray Bolger (1904-1987): The Wizard of Oz's Scarecrow
• Max Roach (1924-2007): jazz percussionist and composer, played with Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington
• Tintin (79): fictional Belgian reporter in Hergé's comic book series The Adventures of Tintin
• K.C. Williams (38): t3h pr0n
• Donald Knuth (70): computer science pioneer, developer of TeX
• George Foreman (59): boxer, grill-meister
• Rod Stewart (63): raspy-voiced singer, songwriter, zombie; other singers born today include Donald Fagen (60), Pat Benatar (55), Shawn Colvin (52), Jim Croce (1943-73), Frank Sinatra Jr. (64)
• Jake Delhomme (33): quarterback for the Carolina Panthers
• Cash Warren (29): film crew, dude who knocked up Jessica Alba