Friday, November 06, 2009

felicitous \fuh-LIS-uh-tuhs\ , adjective;

1. Suitably applied or expressed; appropriate; apt.
2. Happy; delightful; marked by good fortune.

Origin: Felicitous is derived from Latin felicitas, "fertility, hence success, happiness," from felix, "fertile, successful, happy."

to your point

• Phrase used to contradict another person's ideas, while making it feel like you have agreed with them.

Her: I don't think we should see each other anymore. You're just not there for me emotionally and I need more than that.

You: To your point, I think we should limit our relationship to strictly sexual, and I look forward to that. Im glad we agree on this.

Can also be used in the 3rd person.
Jim: Peyton Manning rules.
You: Im with Jim on this one. And to Jims point, Tom Brady is the best QB in the NFL.
Trivia
What entertainer has “happy face” tattoos on his knees?

• Oddball rocker Ozzy Osbourne, who said he acquired the tattoos because he hates to be lonely, explaining, “When I’m pissing people off, they don’t want to talk to me, so I can always pretend they’re alive and talk to them.”

Today in History

• Jefferson Davis: was elected president of the Confederate States of America (he'd already been serving as president under the provisional constitution), one year to the day after Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States of America (1861)
• college football: Rutgers beat Princeton in the first intercollegiate game (1869)
• October Revolution: the Bolshevik uprising began in St. Petersburg; the October / November discrepancy is due to Russian Old Style dates (1917)
• Meet the Press: the Sunday morning talk show debuted; it is the longest-running TV program in the world (1947)
• Australia: voted to keep Queen Elizabeth as its head of state (1999)

Today's Birthdays

• Adolphe Sax (1814-1894): inventor of the sax; composers John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) andIgnace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) share this birth date
• James Naismith (1861-1939): inventor of basketball
• Mike Nichols (78): multiple award-winning director of stage and screen
• Glenn Frey (61): rock musician, The Eagles; plus, musician Arturo Sandoval (60)
• Maria Shriver (54): newscaster and author
• Kelly Rutherford (41): Gossip Girl's Lily van der Woodsen; also, actors Sally Field (63), Lori Singer(52), Lance Kerwin (49), Peter DeLuise (43), Ethan Hawke (39), Thandie Newton and Rebecca Romijn (both 37) and Zoe McLellan (35)
• Ana Ivanović (22): tennis player