Saturday, June 4, 2011

foist \FOIST\, verb:

1. To force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably.
2. To bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently.

Foist comes from a phrase in Dutch dialect, vuisten, itself derived from vuist, "fist," in reference to concealing dice in one's hand during some game.

beef walk

• Going outside or away from the group in order to fart with less consequence.

Person A: "Where did you just go?"

Person B: "I had to go on a beef walk, PF Changs for lunch gave me the Dali Chicken farts"

Trivia

What famous 19th-century world figure made white wedding gowns fashionable?

• Queen Victoria, who wore white when she married her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840.

History

• quadricycle: Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive (1896)
• Pulitzer Prizes: were first awarded, for biography, history and journalism (1917)
• Battle of Midway: began overnight; the Allies' victory marked the turning point of the naval war in the Pacific (1942)
• Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen's hit album was released; it became one of the best-selling albums of all time (1984)
• Tiananmen Square massacre: crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops (1989)

Birthdays

• George III (1738-1820): King of England who lost the American colonies; Finnish president Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) shared this birth date
• Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960): seismologist and geophysicist; and, chemist Heinrich Wieland (1877-1957)
• Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996): one of jazz's greatest players of the baritone sax; saxophonist Anthony Braxton (66) was also born on this date
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer (83): sex therapist
• Cecilia Bartoli (45): mezzo-soprano; also, singers Robert Merrill (1917-2004), Michelle Phillips (67) and Gordon Waller (1945-2009)
• Angelina Jolie (36): actress, activist and Brangelina's distaff half; other actors born on this date include Bruce Dern (75), Parker Stevenson (59), Keith David (55), Scott Wolf (43), Noah Wyle and James Callis (both 40), and Russell Brand (36)
• Bar Refaeli (26): superstar model

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