Monday, July 13, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009

sartorial \sar-TOR-ee-uhl\, adjective:

  1. Of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring.
  2. Of or relating to clothing, or style or manner of dress.
  3. [Anatomy] Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.
Sartorial derives from Latin sartor, "a patcher, tailor," from sartus, past participle of sarcire, "to patch, to mend."
butter face
  • n. A girl who is hot, except for her (but her, butter) face.
If J.Lo had her face torn apart by wild dogs, people would call her a butter face.
Trivia
What celebrity’s 1969 autobiography is titled I Can’t Wait Until Tomorrow . . . ’Cause I Get Better-Looking Every Day?
  • Football star Joe Namath’s.
Today in History:
  • Jean Paul Marat: physician and radical French revolutionary was stabbed in his bath by noblewoman Charlotte Corday; she was swiftly guillotined (1793)
  • Hollywood Sign: the iconic landmark was officially dedicated (1923); until 1949 it read "HOLLYWOODLAND"
  • Live Aid: benefit concert took place in London and Philadelphia, raising £150 million for famine relief; Phil Collins performed at both venues, traveling by Concorde (1985)
  • presidential disability clause: President Ronald Reagan transferred power for 7 hours to his vice president, George Bush, before undergoing surgery for cancer; it was the first time the clause was invoked (1985)
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