Monday, May 17, 2010

majuscule \MAJ-uh-skyool\, adjective:

1. Of letters written either as capitals or uncials.

noun:

1. A large letter, either capital or uncial, used in writing or printing.

Majuscule derives from the Latin majuscula, related to "major."
pretext

• Verb, portmanteau - To pretend to text someone or reply to someone's text message to avoid awkward situations. This happens most often when talking to someone you don't really know or when you don't want to look weird while waiting for the bus.

My crush, Addie, and I have run out of things to talk about so I will pretext to avoid any awkward silences.
CUL8R

• In order to save time (like 4 seconds, tops) people leave out letters while trying to type sentences. CUL8R directly translates to 'see you later'

Danny : G2G, CUL8R
TriggerHappy : ooooooo kk
sea kittens

• An attempt by PETA to convince the general public to call fish by a name too cute to eat.

Eating Sea Kittens is WRONG and you will be ridiculed by beautiful, sexy women everywhere.  
Trivia

When baseball phenom Barry Bonds joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, he wore a size 42 uniform jersey. What size was the scandal-tainted slugger wearing ten years later?

• Size 52. During the same period his shoe size increased from 10 ½ to 13.

History

• Norway: became a constitutional monarchy (1814)
• Kentucky Derby: horse race was run for the first time; Aristides won (1875)
• Brown v. Board of Education: the US Supreme Court unanimously banned segregation (1954)
• Watergate: the US Senate began hearings about the Nixon-era scandal (1973)
• Laurent Kabila: rebel leader declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), deposing Mobutu (1997)

Birthdays

• Edward Jenner (1749-1823): physician who helped create the smallpox vaccine
• Bill Paxton (55): actor, Big Love; other actors born on this date include Dennis Hopper (74), Peter Gerety (70), Bob Saget (54), Craig Ferguson (48), Paige Turco (45), Hill Harper (37), Sendhil Ramamurthy (36) and Nikki Reed (22)
• Sugar Ray Leonard (54): boxing hall-of-famer
• Andrea Corr (36): singer, The Corrs; also, musicians Erik Satie (1866-1925), Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005), Taj Mahal (68), Jesse Winchester (66), Enya (49), Trent Reznor (45) and Jordan Knight (40)