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Provided by the compucert vamoose \va-MOOS\, verb:
1. To leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.
2. To leave hurriedly or quickly from; decamp from.
Vamoose originates in the 1800s, derived from the Spanish vamos, or "let us go." The word likely entered American usage through Mexico.
name ambush
- when an acquaintance you haven't seen for a long time greets you by name but you don't have time to remember their name
Joe: "Hi, Andy. How have you been?"
Andy: "Er...Hi. Good. How about YOU?"
Sarah: "Andy, you've just been name ambushed."
Trivia In the world of high-tech messages, you no doubt know what spam is; but how about spim and spit?
Spim is spam received via instant messaging; spit is spam received via Internet telephone.
Today's Holiday
Cinco de Mayo (Mexico): Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. The French army, better-equipped and far larger than the Mexican army, had been sent by Napoleon III to conquer Mexico. The Mexicans, under Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza, defeated the French at Puebla, inflicting serious losses. The French withdrew to the coast but returned the next year to take Puebla; they would control most of Mexico for the next four years. Cinco de Mayo celebrations often include music, dancing, and parades.
Kublai Khan: followed his brother Möngke in becoming ruler of the Mongol Empire, which he expanded to include China (1260)
Mary Dixon Kies: Connecticut woman became the first female to be granted a patent, for an innovation in weaving straw with silk and thread (1809)
Carnegie Hall: opened in NYC; Peter Tchaikovsky was the guest conductor
Cy Young: threw the first perfect game in modern Major League Baseball history (1904)
West Germany: became a sovereign state and a member of NATO (1955)
Alan Shepard Jr.: America's first man in space piloted Freedom 7 in a 15-minute suborbital flight (1961)
"Boy with a Pipe": Picasso masterpiece sold for a record $104,168,000 at Sotheby's (2004)
Karl Marx (1818-1883): political philosopher and founder of Marxism and communism; also born today was philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Christopher Morley (1890-1957): writer and editor, founder of Saturday Review of Literature
Michael Palin (67): actor-comedian, Monty Python, A Fish Called Wanda; also, actors John Rhys-Davies (66), Richard E. Grant (53), Vincent Kartheiser (31) and Henry Cavill (27)
Brian Williams (51): broadcast journalist and anchor of NBC Nightly News; journalists Nellie Bly (1864-1922), Kurt Loder (65) and John Miller (52) share this date
Craig David (29): R&B singer; other musicians born on this date include Ace Cannon (76), Tammy Wynette (1942-1998), Bill Ward (62) and Chris Brown (21)
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