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Provided by the compucert - Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
- Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
- The act of celebrating an event before it has been fully resolved. Sometimes quickly followed by an embarrassing retraction when things turn out differently.
The Pulp Fiction quote by the Winston Wolf character "Let's not start sucking each other's dicks just yet, Gentleman." is a great example of premature joculation.
Trivia
How many pounds of cottage cheese does 100 pounds of milk yield?
- 15.
- bananas: became popular at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition; they were served wrapped in foil (1876)
- Robert Kennedy: US presidential candidate was shot by Sirhan Sirhan; he died the next day (1968)
- John Couch Adams (1819-1892): mathematician and astronomer who predicted the existence of the planet Neptune
- Federico García Lorca (1898-1936): passionate Spanish poet, playwright and musician
- Ken Follett (59): author of Eye of the Needle; also born on this date was writer Margaret Drabble (69)
- Liza Weil (31): Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls; actors Bill Hayes (83), Mark Wahlberg (37) and Navi Rawat (31) were also born on this date
- Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (56): bad-ass drummer from Iron Maiden
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