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Provided by the compucert jubilee \JOO-buh-lee\, noun:
1. Any season or occasion of rejoicing or festivity.2. The celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee), fiftieth (golden jubilee), or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee).3. The completion of 50 years of existence, activity, or the like, or its celebration.4. A yearlong period to be observed by Jews once every 50 years, during which Jewish slaves were to be freed abd alienated lands were to be restored to the original owner.
Jubilee ultimately derives from the Hebrew yōbhēl, "ram's horn."
Snope
To use knowledge gained from an urban legends website or other research to administer a firm rebuke to people who chronically forward junk to your inbox. This action may involve hitting the reply-all button (public snoping).
That lady over in accounts payable sent me another stupid email about Bill Gates giving me money to forward an email, so I snoped her in front of everyone.
Trivia
Why do some Jews empty their pockets and toss the contents into a river or stream on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish New Year?
It’s a ritual known as tashlikh, which means “casting off” in Hebrew. Done while reciting prayers, it symbolizes the tossing away and washing away of sins.
History
Mary, Queen of Scots: was crowned at the age of nine months (1543)
United States: received its new name from the Second Continental Congress; it had previously been known as the Thirteen Colonies (1776)
California: became the 31st state (1850)
Elvis Presley: "Elvis the Pelvis" made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show; he was shown only from the waist up (1956)
Attica Prison riot: erupted in western New York State; it lasted 4 days (1971)
Birthdays
Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642): King Louis XIII's second-in-command
William Bligh (1754-1817): naval captain whose crew mutinied on the Bounty
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910 [OS]): author of War and Peace; plus, writers James Hilton (1900-1954), Granville Hicks (1901-1982) and Cesare Pavese (1908-1950)
Esther Cleveland (1893-1980): the first presidential child born in the White House
Otis Redding (1941-1967): soul singer, "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"; also, musicians Doug Ingle (64), John McFee (60), Dave Stewart (58) and Michael Bublé (35)
Joe Theismann (61): football player and sportscaster; and, Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier (32)
Hugh Grant (50): actor who specializes in romantic comedies; also, actors Cliff Robertson (85), Chaim Topol (75), Tom Wopat (59), Angela Cartwright (58), Adam Sandler (44), Goran Visnjic (38) and Michelle Williams (30)
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