Saturday, October 3, 2009

raffish \RAF-ish\, adjective:

1. Characterized by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity, crudeness, or rowdiness; tawdry.
2. Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; rakish.

Raffish derives from the noun raff (chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff), meaning "people of a low reputation."
maybe later

• a slightly less (or more) dick way of saying "no fucking way."

"Hey man wanna come over later and catch Dancing With the Stars?"

"Maybe later."

"You fuckin' dick."

Trivia

How old was schoolteacher Annie Taylor when she became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel?

• 63. She took the perilous plunge on her birthday in 1901—and survived.

Today in History

• The Mickey Mouse Club: children's variety show debuted on ABC (1955)
• German Unity Day: marks the date that East and West reunited after 45 years (1990)
• O.J. Simpson: after a sensational trial, the former football player was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife and her friend (1995)

Today's Birthdays

• Gore Vidal (84): author of Myra Breckinridge, Burr; other writers born on this date are Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) and James Herriot (1916-1995)
• Dave Winfield (58): MLB hall-of-famer; plus, hall-of-famers Marques Haynes (83) and Dennis Eckersley (55)
• Clive Owen (45): actor, Closer, Inside Man; actors Alan Rachins (67), Hart Bochner (53), Jack Wagner (50), Janel Moloney (40) and Neve Campbell and Keiko Agena (both 36) were also born on this date
• Kevin Richardson (38): singer who started out with The Backstreet Boys; other musicians born on this date include Eddie Cochran (1938-1960), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990), Lindsey Buckingham (60), Tommy Lee (47), Gwen Stefani (40) and Ashlee Simpson (25)