Thursday, May 5, 2011

epigamic \ep-i-GAM-ik\, adjective:

• Attracting the opposite sex, as the colors of certain birds.

Epigamic comprises the Greek roots epi-, "close in space or time," and gamos, "of marriage."

buysexual

• Someone who gets turned on by, or derives sexual pleasure from, shopping, or being taken shopping.

(1) Taneequah: Yo, Shaneequah ain't gettin' none, so she went out to the mall and picked up 23 new outfits and a X-Box.

Sharonda: You trippin'. That bitch be buysexual all up in herrrrrrre.

(2) Chad: I say, I do believe Edward took Muffy out shopping for jewelry this past week-end, at the conclusion of which, she did give up the booty.

Trivia

When it comes to sports, what’s a basho?

• A sumo wrestling tournament.

Today's Holiday

• Cinco De Mayo: The day the Mexicans get to celebrate their turn defeating the French. I'll drink to that!

History

• 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 (1891)
• 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)

Birthdays

• 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 (68): actor-comedian, Monty Python, A Fish Called Wanda; also, actors John Rhys-Davies (67), Richard E. Grant (54), Vincent Kartheiser (32) and Henry Cavill (28)
• Brian Williams (52): broadcast journalist and anchor of NBC Nightly News; journalists Nellie Bly (1864-1922), Kurt Loder (66) and John Miller (53) share this date
• Craig David (30): R&B singer; other musicians born on this date include Ace Cannon (77), Tammy Wynette (1942-1998), Bill Ward (63), Adele (23) and Chris Brown (22)