Wednesday, July 27, 2011

hoary \HAWR-ee\, adjective:

1. Tedious from familiarity; stale.

2. Gray or white with age.

3. Ancient or venerable.

Hoary derives from Middle English hor, from Old English har, "gray; old (and gray-haired)."

good lookin' out

• A phrase used to show appreciation to someone that helped you out.

Jeremy: Yo James, you want a soda

James: Fo sho, good lookin' out dogg, I'm hella thirsty

Trivia

What new name did U.S. Representative Lucas Miller of Wisconsin propose for the ever-expanding United States in 1893?

• The United States of the Earth. Miller reasoned that new states might join the union “until every nation on earth has become part of it.” There were 44 states in the union at the time.

History

• transatlantic telegraph cable: was completed, linking the US and Europe; the cord shortened communication time from days to minutes (1866)
• insulin: physiologists isolated the hormone used to manage diabetes (1921)
• Bugs Bunny: debuted in The Wild Hare (1940)
• Billboard: the magazine published its first singles record chart (1940)
• Korean War: the conflict ended with no clear winner, splitting teh country into North and South (1953)
• Coronation Street: British soap characters Ken Barlow and Deirdre Langton tied the knot; their wedding got higher telly ratings than that of Prince Charles and Lady Di (1981)

Birthdays

• Geoffrey De Havilland (1882-1965): aviation pioneer who designed and built military planes
• Norman Lear (89): TV producer, All in the Family
• Bobbie Gentry (67): country singer, Ode to Billie Joe; also, singers Maureen McGovern (62), Karrin Allyson (48), Stacy Dean Campbell and Juliana Hatfield (both 43) and Pete Yorn (37)
• Peggy Fleming (63): champion figure-skater
• Julian McMahon (43): demon in love on Charmed, materialistic human on Nip/Tuck; plus, actors Jerry Van Dyke (80), John Pleshette (69), Betty Thomas (63), Maury Chaykin (62), Roxanne Hart (59), Maya Rudolph (39) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (34)
• Alex Rodriguez (36): third-baseman for the Yankees; also, baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (1905-1991)

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