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Provided by the compucert hyperbole \hy-PUHR-buh-lee\, noun:
- Extravagant exaggeration.
- A point in a conversation where you say something that you really didn't mean to.
I told Robin that I saw Mike with some girl at the movie theater last night. It just came out of my mouth like Word Vomit.
Trivia
What was unique "and controversial" about the doll Growing Up Skipper introduced by Mattel in 1975?
- When her left arm was turned, she grew taller and developed small breasts and a narrower waistline. Her growth was reversed when her arm was turned in the opposite direction.
Today's Holiday
- Valentine's Day (Brazil), appropriately see last birthday on list...
- Virginia: became the first state to adopt a bill of rights — the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
- Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: shrine to the US national pastime's top figures and memorabilia was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York (1939)
- Loving v. Virginia: US Supreme Court struck down all bans on interracial marriages (1967)
- Gossamer Albatross: human-powered aircraft was flown by Bryan Allen across the English Channel (1979)
- US Treasury: unveiled a new and improved $50 bill designed to help elderly, hurt counterfeiters (1997)
- Johanna Spyri (1827-1901): author of Heidi; other writers born on this date include Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and Djuna Barnes (1892-1982)
- George H.W. Bush (84): US president who promised a "kinder, gentler nation"; another world leader who shared this birthday was Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
- Anne Frank (1929-1945): German Holocaust victim whose Diary of a Young Girl was published after her death
- Chick Corea (67): Grammy-winning musician who helped develop jazz fusion; musicians Vic Damone and Richard Sherman (both 80), Junior Brown (56), Meredith Brooks (50), John Linnell (49) and Kenny Wayne Shepherd (31) share this birth date
Adriana Lima (27): hottest supermodel now, virgin, Brazilian. Who doesn't love her on Valantine's Day (or any other day)?
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