Word of the Day for Friday, October 10, 2008

legerdemain \lej-ur-duh-MAIN\, noun:

1. Sleight of hand.
2. A display of skill, trickery, or artful deception.

Legerdemain is from Old French leger de main, literally "light of hand": leger, "light" + de, "of" + main, "hand."

Shoplift the Pooty

• When a man sleeps with a single mother with a small child. Also, when a man expresses false adornment for a women's child in order to sleep with her.

Dude, look at John and Sara. He straight up shoplifted the pooty.

Trivia

What does the PT in PT boat stand for?

• Patrol Torpedo. PT boats were small, fast Navy vessels used during World War II to attack larger ships. The most famous was PT-109, commanded by future president John F. Kennedy.

Today in History

• US Naval Academy: was established in Annapolis, Maryland, as the Naval School (1845)
• Fiji: became independent of Britain (1970)
• Outer Space Treaty: international agreement went into effect (1967)

Today's Birthdays

• Thelonious Monk (1917-1982): jazz pianist/composer, pioneer of bebop
• Harold Pinter (78): playwright who won 2005's Nobel Prize in Literature
• Bradley Whitford (49): Emmy-winner for his portrayal of Josh Lyman on The West Wing; also, actors Peter Coyote (66), Ben Vereen and Charles Dance (both 62), Jessica Harper (59), Julia Sweeney (49), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (30) and Aimee Teegarden (19)
• Brett Favre (39): NY Jets quarterback
• Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (34): winner of the 2004 Daytona 500