Tuesday, May 17, 2011

connubial \kuh-NOO-bee-ul; -NYOO-\, adjective:

• Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.

Connubial comes from Latin conubialis, from conubium, "marriage, intermarriage," from con-, "with, together" + nubere, "to veil, to marry." It is related to nubile, "of an age suitable for marriage; hence, sexually mature and attractive."

I know, right?

• An affirmation that you agree with or can relate to the preceding statement. It can be used whether the speaker actually knows or not, but in the latter case it usually means that the speaker can attribute the preceding statement to themselves as well.

"I got so drunk at the party that I puked when I got home." "I know, right? I think I might have barfed up stuff from last year."

"My parents are such trogs."

"I know right? Mine think my LJ is a literal notebook."

Trivia

What sea creature chews its food with its legs?

• The horseshoe crab, which doesn’t have jaws or teeth. Its uses small pointy spines at the base of the legs surrounding its mouth (on its underside) to tear and grind food while moving it upward toward its mouth.

History

• Buttonwood Agreement: 24 prominent brokers created the foundation of the NYSE (1792)
• 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)
• wedding vows: Massachusetts became the first US state to legally allow same-sex marriages (2004)

Birthdays

• Edward Jenner (1749-1823): physician who helped create the smallpox vaccine
• Bill Paxton (56): actor, Big Love; other actors born on this date include Dennis Hopper (1936-2010), Peter Gerety (71), Bob Saget (55), Craig Ferguson (49), Paige Turco (46), Hill Harper (38), Sendhil Ramamurthy (37) and Nikki Reed (23)
• Sugar Ray Leonard (55): boxing hall-of-famer
• Andrea Corr (37): singer, The Corrs; also, musicians Erik Satie (1866-1925), Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005), Taj Mahal (69), Jesse Winchester (67), Enya (50), Trent Reznor (46) and Jordan Knight (41)

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