Monday, June 6, 2011

pecksniffian \pek-SNIF-ee-uhn\, adjective:

• Hypocritically and smugly affecting benevolence or high moral principles.

Pecksniffian is named after Seth Pecksniff, a character in "Martin Chuzzlewit, a novel" (1843), by Charles Dickens.

chat blue balls

• The anxiety and suspense involved in staring as you see a friend is typing an instant message or facebook chat message but never seems to complete it. The feeling can last for minutes or even hours. Unfortunately unlike actual blue balls, chat blue balls can not be relieved by jerking off.

Person 1: "What's with Freddy, he was supposed to come out with us an hour ago?"

Person 2: "He looked pretty pissed, he's probably suffering from chat blue balls again."

Trivia

What romantic song is played during the opening credits of the 1964 black comedy Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb?

• “Try a Little Tenderness.” A slow orchestral version of the song is heard as a nuclear bomber is shown being refueled in mid-flight by another aircraft.

History

• YMCA: was founded in London (1844)
• drive-in movie: opened in Camden, NJ (1933)
• SEC: commission was established to protect investors (1934)
• D-Day: Allied invasion of France marked a turning point in WWII (1944)
• James Meredith: the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi was shot and wounded on a highway during his March Against Fear (1966)
• Eastern Mediterranean Event: asteroid exploded in the air over the sea between Libya and Crete (2002)
• Phylicia Rashad: became the first African-American actress to win a Best Actress Tony for her leading role in A Raisin in the Sun (2004)

Birthdays

• Diego Velázquez (1599-1660): baroque painter
• Nathan Hale (1755-1776): patriot of the American Revolution
• Thomas Mann (1875-1955): author of Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain; plus, writers Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837), R. C. Sherriff (1896-1975) and Maxine Kumin (86)
• Sukarno (1901-1970): first president of Indonesia; and, first president of the Irish Free State William Cosgrave (1880-1965)
• Roy Innis (77): civil rights leader, chairman of CORE
• Gary US Bonds (72): rock singer
• Björn Borg (55): five-time Wimbledon champion
• Paul Giamatti (44): played John Adams in the eponymous HBO miniseries; also, actors Robert Englund (62), Harvey Fierstein (57), Sandra Bernhard (56), Amanda Pays and Colin Quinn (both 52), Max Casella (44) and Sonya Walger (37)

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