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Provided by the compucert corroborate \kuh-ROB-uh-rayt\, transitive verb:
- To strengthen or make more certain with other evidence.
Corroborate is from Latin corroboratus, past participle of the verb corroborare, "to strengthen," from com-, "with" + roborare, "to strengthen," and is related to robust.
- To respond to a question before it is finished, often confusing the asker.
Wendy: So are you avail-
Jimmy: No. (Presponse)
Wendy: -ible Monday?
(silence)
Wendy: Are you?
Trivia
What baseball great gave Pete Rose the nickname Charlie Hustle?
- Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford, who was known as the Chairman of the Board during his years with the New York Yankees.
- Federalist Papers: the first of a series of essays was published, calling for the ratification of the US Constitution (1787)
- the IRT: the original New York City subway opened (1904)
- Wall Street crash: trading was halted for a cooling-off period after the Dow fell more than 500 points (1997)
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919): 26th POTUS; he and first wife, Alice Lee, were married on this date in 1880
- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953): playwright and poet; writers Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) and Fran Lebowitz (58) share this birth date
- John Cleese (69): actor who played Basil Fawlty, Nearly Headless Nick and Q; also, actors Nanette Fabray (88), Ruby Dee (84) and Peter Firth and Robert Picardo (both 55)
Ivan Reitman (62): director/producer, Ghostbusters; director/producer Roberto Benigni (56) also celebrates his birthday today - Scott Weiland (41): rock singer and songwriter, Velvet Revolver; also, musicians Niccoló Paganini (1782-1840), Lee Greenwood (66), Garry Tallent (59), K.K. Downing (57), Simon LeBon (50) and Kelly Osbourne (24)
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