Thursday, August 5, 2010

cheechako \chee-CHAH-koh\, noun:

• A tenderfoot; greenhorn; newcomer.

Cheechako is a Chinook word which has come to mean a newcomer in a variety of settings, especially Alaska and Hawaii.

Yahtzee to Nazi

• When a person goes from jovial and friendly to furious and belligerent at the flip of a switch.

Mitchell and Robert were about to shag Lena when her sister, Summer, all of the sudden went apeshit then Yahtzee to Nazi on them, thus having shit on Mitchell and Robert's chances to hook up with Lena.

Trivia

Of the 12 stocks included in the original Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896, which is the only one still listed today?

• General Electric.

History

• federal income tax: was levied for the first time in the US; it aimed to help pay the bills for the Civil War and was rescinded in 1872 (1861)
• "Damn the torpedoes": famous order was given by Union Admiral David G. Farragut as he led his fleet at Mobile Bay during the Civil War (1864)
• Little Orphan Annie: Harold Gray's comic strip debuted (1924)
• Nelson Mandela: South African resistance leader and later president was arrested and jailed; his imprisonment lasted till 1990 (1962)
• Marilyn Monroe: was found dead after overdosing on sleeping pills (1962)
• Test Ban Treaty: the US, Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to prohibit nuclear weapon tests underwater, in the atmosphere and in outer space (1963)

Birthdays

• Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893): author of novels and short stories, "The Necklace"
• Harold Holt (1908-1967): Australian PM
• Neil Armstrong (80): first human to walk on the moon
• Erika Slezak (64): Victoria Lord on One Life to Live; other actors born on this date include Zakes Mokae (1934-2009), John Saxon (74), Loni Anderson (64), Holly Palance (60), Maureen McCormick (54) and Jonathan Silverman (44)
• Patrick Ewing (48): former NY Knicks basketball star
• Adam "MCA" Yauch (46): filmmaker who began as a rapper with the Beastie Boys