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Provided by the compucert verbiage \VUR-bee-ij\, noun:
- An overabundance of words; wordiness.
- Manner or style of expression; diction.
Verbiage comes from French, ultimately from Latin verbum, "word."
- A people traffic jam that occurrs in subway tunnels and bus stations. Caused by inconsiderate workaholics walking too slow while their noses are glued to their Blackberry device.
I was late for work because there was a Blackberry Jam getting out of the A train.
Trivia
What non-monetary payment was given to the doctor who delivered Dolly Parton?
- A sack of cornmeal. Dr. Robert Thomas’s medical bag is on display in the Chasing Rainbows Museum at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Today in History
- Scotland Yard: London's new police force — the bobbies, named for Sir Robert Peel — reported for duty (1829)
- The Catch: Willie Mays of the New York Giants snagged a 450-foot blast from the Indians' Vic Wertz in the World Series in one of baseball's most memorable plays (1954)
- Tylenol scare: began with the first of seven deaths in the Chicago area from ingestion of cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules (1982)
Today's Birthdays
- Enrico Fermi (1901-1954): pioneer in nuclear fission
- Miguel Aleman (1902-1983): Mexican president
Jean-Luc Ponty (66): jazz violinist; other musicians born on this date include Jerry Lee Lewis (73), Mike Post (64), Mike Pinera (60), Suzzy Roche (52) and Les Claypool (45) - Bryant Gumbel (60): TV journalist and sportscaster
- Drake Hogestyn (55): John Black on Days of our Lives; also, actors Greer Garson (1904-1996), Trevor Howard (1913-1988), Lizabeth Scott (86), Steve Forrest (84), Anita Ekberg (77), Ian McShane (66), Jill Whelan (42) and Emily Lloyd (38), Rachel Cronin (37)
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