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Provided by the compucert diffident \DIF-uh-dunt; -dent\, adjective:
- Lacking self-confidence; distrustful of one's own powers; timid; bashful.
- Characterized by modest reserve; unassertive.
Urban Word of the Day: ice maker
- The opposite of ice breaker. Something you do that makes it super awkward, right after meeting someone.
Dan: Hey, you're in my spanish class right? I'm Dan.
Christine: Oh yeah, I'm Christine. We should totally hang out some time.
Tony (butting in): Dude DAN we gotta go over to my place, we're gonna have a huge orgy with these Brazilian quadruplets.
Dan: Uh...(Tony has introduced an ice maker.)
Trivia
The title of what popular Frank Sinatra song is inscribed on his tomb?
- “The Best Is Yet to Come.” Sinatra is buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.
- Great Blizzard of 1888: hit the northeastern US, 400 died
- Salt Satyagraha: Gandhi began a civil disobedience campaign against the British salt tax in India with a 241-mi. march (1930)
- fireside chats: FDR began a series of morale-boosting evening radio addresses to the American public (1933)
- Jack Kerouac (1922-1969): beat generation's author of On The Road; other writers born on this date include Edward Albee (80) and Carl Hiaasen (55)
- Liza Minnelli (62), singer / actor, hero of the gay community
- Al Jarreau (68): only singer to get Grammy awards in three different categories (jazz, pop, and R&B)
- Mitt Romney (61): ex-Massachusetts governor who quit his run for president last month
- Steve Harris (52): Bassist and founder of Iron Maiden
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