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Provided by the compucert hugger-mugger \HUH-guhr-muh-guhr\, noun:
1. A disorderly jumble; muddle; confusion.adjective:
2. Secrecy; concealment.
1. Confused; muddled; disorderly.adverb:
2. Secret.
1. In a muddle or confusion.transitive verb:
2. Secretly.
1. To keep secret.intransitive verb:
1. To act in a secretive manner.
The origin of hugger-mugger is unknown; it is perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger, "a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping," from Irish cogair!, "whisper!"
The time it takes to react to being rick rolled. I.e. how long it takes you to close your browser window after you've been rick rolled.
Jorge's rick roll reflex is madd quick. Rick didn't even get to the third linn drum hit.
Trivia.
What is April Fools’ Day known as in France, where the annual prank-pulling day is believed to have originated?
April Fish, or Poisson d’Avril, which is the phrase French youngsters shout after taping paper fish or pictures of a fish onto the backs of friends. The prank is linked to the old Julian calendar, when April was the start of the New Year and coincided with the sun’s leaving the zodiacal sign of Pisces, the fish constellation.
History
US House of Representatives: achieved a quorum for the first time and elected its first Speaker, Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania (1789)
Royal Air Force: branch of the British Armed Forces was formed (1918)
TIROS-1: the first weather satellite was launched; it took off from Cape Canaveral and was operational for 78 days (1960)
Apple Inc.: was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (1976)
Gmail: Google's web-based email service was launched (2004)
William Harvey (1578-1657): physician who explained blood circulation; plus, psychologist Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
Jean-Étienne Portalis (1746-1807): lawyer who helped draft the Napoleonic Code
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898): first chancellor of the German Empire
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Romantic composer
Milan Kundera (81): author, The Unbearable Lightness of Being; plus, writers Jorge Isaacs (1837-1895), Edmond Rostand (1868-1918), Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) and Anne McCaffrey (84)
Susan Boyle (49): singer who didn't win Britain's Got Talent, but became a star, anyway; also, musicians Rudy Isley (71), Gil Scott-Heron (61) and Bijou Phillips (30)
Barry Sonnenfeld (57): producer/director; also, actors Lon Chaney (1883-1930), Toshiro Mifune (1920-1997), Debbie Reynolds (78), Ali MacGraw (72), David Oyelowo (34), Sam Huntington (28) and Josh Zuckerman (25)
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