expatiate \ek-SPAY-shee-ayt\, intransitive verb:
- To speak or write at length or in considerable detail.
- To move about freely; to wander.
Expatiate is from Latin expatiari, "to walk or go far and wide," from ex-, "out" + spatiari, "to walk about," from spatium, "space; an open space, a place for walking in."
christmas tight- The period of time after Christmas and New Years where the clothes you wore prior to the holidays that fit well, all of a sudden are a little tighter than they should be.
"I got this new dress shirt for Christmas. I went to wear it with my favorite work pants, but they are a little Christmas tight now."
TriviaWhat movie topped the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 funniest films ever?
- Some Like It Hot, the 1959 Billy Wilder classic starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. The list was compiled in 2000.
- Carry Nation: hatchet-wielding temperance activist smashed her first saloon (1900)
- Radio City Music Hall: world's largest indoor theater staged its first show (1932)
- World Bank: was formed to fund postwar reconstruction in Europe; later, the focus turned to developing third-world countries (1945)
- Afghanistan: was seized by Soviet forces; president Hafizullah Amin, was overthrown, executed and replaced with Soviet-supported Babrak Karmal (1979)
- Free Aceh Movement: Indonesia's Aceh rebels formally disbanded their military wing, ending a 30-year armed struggle for independence, in accordance with a peace deal that came out of the 2004 tsunami (2005)
- Louis Pasteur (1822-1895): microbiologist who developed pasteurization; scientists Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) and George Cayley (1773-1857) shared this birth date
- Cokie Roberts (66): political journalist, author
- T.S. Monk (60): jazz drummer and vocalist; other musicians born on this date include David Knopfler (57) and Matt Slocum (37)
- Masi Oka (35): actor and digital effects expert who plays Hiro Nakamura in Heroes; also, actorsSydney Greenstreet (1879-1954), Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992), John Amos (70), Gérard Depardieu (61), Tovah Feldshuh (57), Maryam D'Abo (49), Eva La Rue (43) and Emilie de Ravin (28
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