Wednesday, June 10, 2009

disport \dis-PORT\, intransitive verb:

1. To amuse oneself in light or lively manner; to frolic.
2. To divert or amuse.
3. To display.

Disport derives from Old French desporter, "to divert," from des-, "apart" (from Latin dis-) + porter, "to carry" (from Latin portare) -- hence to disport is at root "to carry apart, or away" (from business or seriousness).

Beat feet

• To leave a selected area.

"Yo there's a a lot of penis at this party, it's time to beat feet"
Trivia
What color was the first spray paint?

• Aluminum. Edward Seymour of Chicago, Illinois, came up with the first spray paint can in 1949 to demonstrate an aluminum paint he had developed for steam radiators. It proved so popular as a spray paint, he began manufacturing it.

Today in History:

• Bridget Bishop: the Salem, Massachusetts, tavern owner became the first person to be executed in the Salem witch trials (1692)
• University Boat Race: Oxford bested Cambridge in the first of what is now an annual rowing race (1829)
• Alcoholics Anonymous: was founded by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill W., on the date of Smith's last drink (1935)
• Affirmed: the thoroughbred became the eleventh and most recent winner of the Triple Crown (1978)

Today's Birthdays:

• Gustave Courbet (1819-1877): leading Realist painter; artist André Derain (1880-1954) shared this birth date
• Prince Philip (88): Duke of Edinburgh and royal consort to Queen Elizabeth II
• Maurice Sendak (81): author and illustrator of children's books, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen; novelist Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was also born on this date
• Kate Flannery (45): Meredith Palmer on The Office; also, actors Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), Judy Garland (1922-1969), Lionel Jeffries (83), Jürgen Prochnow (68), Gina Gershon (47), Elizabeth Hurley (44), Shane West (31) and Leelee Sobieski (27)
• Tara Lipinski (27): Olympic gold medal-winner in figure skating