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Provided by the compucert abnegate \AB-nih-gayt\, transitive verb:
- To refuse or deny oneself; to reject; to renounce.
- To give up (rights, claims, etc.); to surrender; to relinquish.
Abnegate is a back-formation from abnegation, from Late Latin abnegatio, abnegation-, from Latin abnegare, "to refuse; to refute," from ab-, "away" + negare, "to deny."
youtuber- One who spends so much time browsing youtube videos that they have metaphorically taken root, in the manner of a potato or other root vegetable. A couch potato of the new millenium.
"Oh man, I haven't showered in three days. I've just been sitting at my desk with a bag of cheetos watching Youtube videos!"
"Dude, you'd better watch out you're about to become a youtuber."
TriviaWhat was the first male name given to an Atlantic hurricane?
- Bob, in 1979. That was the first year the World Meteorological Organization began alternating between male and female names in alphabetical order. For the previous 26 years, only female names had been used—starting with Alice.
- Mexican War: was declared by US president James Polk; the resulting land expansion was widely justified by manifest destiny (1846)
- "blood, toil, tears and sweat": Winston Churchill famously offered these elements in his first address as prime minister; Theodore Roosevelt was the first to use the phrase 43 years earlier (1940)
- Pope John Paul II: was shot in Rome by militant right-wing Turkish militant Mehmet Ali Agca; the pontiff survived the assassination attempt (1981)
- Harvey Keitel (70): screen tough guy, Reservoir Dogs, Life on Mars; also, actors Bea Arthur (1922-2009), Zoë Wanamaker (60), Julianne Phillips (49) and Samantha Morton (32)
- Stevie Wonder (59): R&B musician who has garnered more than 20 Grammys; other musicians born on this date include Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), Ritchie Valens (1941-1959), Darius Rucker (43) and Mickey Madden (30)
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