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Provided by the compucert scuttlebutt \SKUHT-l-buht\, noun:
- A drinking fountain on a ship.
- A cask on a ship that contains the day's supply of drinking water.
- Informal. Gossip; rumor.
Scuttlebutt comes from scuttle, "a small opening" + butt, "a large cask" -- that is, a small hole cut into a cask or barrel to allow individual cups of water to be drawn out. The modern equivalent is the office water cooler, also a source of refreshment and gossip.
different hats- A tired metaphor for the different tasks a single person in a particular occupation is responsible for performing, primarily employed by stupid, annoying, pretentious people. Avoid these people if you can.
Annoying guy: In my particular line of work, I find that I must put on many different hats. I make copies, staple papers, and eat potato chips.
Trivia
Trivia
What’s the difference at birth between the hair of a hare and the hair of a rabbit?
- Newborn hares are covered with hair; newborn rabbits are hairless.
Today in History
- Old Ironsides: the United States Navy frigate USS Constitution was launched in Boston Harbor (1797)
- Battle of Trafalgar: with the simple declaration "England expects that every man will do his duty," Admiral Horatio Nelson won a tremendous victory over Napoleon's fleet off Spain's southwestern coast; it came at the cost of his life (1805)
- Guggenheim: stunning Frank Lloyd Wright structure housing a museum of modern art opened on Museum Mile in New York (1959)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993): jazz trumpeter; and, musicians Georg Solti (1912-1997), Celia Cruz(1925?-2003), Manfred Mann (69) and Lee Loughnane (63)
- Martin Gardner (95): math puzzler
- Benjamin Netanyahu (60): Israeli PM
- Kim Kardashian (29): socialite/reality TV star, Keeping Up With the Kardashians; also, actors Joyce Randolph (85), Carrie Fisher (53), Ken Watanabe (50), Will Estes (31) and Matt Dallas (27)
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