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Provided by the compucert milquetoast \MILK-tohst\, noun:
- A very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated.
Milquetoast is after Caspar Milquetoast, a character in The Timid Soul, a comic strip by H. T. Webster (1885-1952), American cartoonist.
Brofessional
- a professional bro. This is a person who excels in party related activity with a professional style. They are good at all things party: i.e. drinking, smoking, dancing, talking to the opposite sex, getting out of situations, etc.
We were down to one cup in our beerpong game and Brad just walked up, looked at the cup, and sank it in one shot. A true brofessional.
Trivia
In Morse code, the number five is represented by five dots. What number is represented by five dashes?
- Zero.
History
- Leif Erikson: the Norwegian explorer became the first European to step on North American soil (1000)
- Roger Williams: religious dissident who espoused a separation of church and state was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; he went on to found Rhode Island (1635)
- Yale University: was founded in New Haven, as The Collegiate School of Connecticut (1701)
- Laura Ingalls: became the first woman to fly solo across the US, from New York to California (1930)
Birthdays
- Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935): French captain wrongly accused of treason in the Dreyfus Affair
Jackson Browne (63): Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer; other musicians born on this date include Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), John Entwistle (1944-2002), Kenny Garrett (51), P.J. Harvey (42) and Sean Lennon (35)- Tony Shalhoub (58): Emmy-winning actor, Monk; also, actors Fyvush Finkel (89), Richard Chaves and Robert Wuhl (both 59), Sharon Osbourne (59), Scott Bakula and John O'Hurley (both 56), Steve Burns (38), Brandon Routh (32), Zachery Ty Bryan (30) and Tyler James Williams (19)
- Mike Singletary (53): NFL hall-of-famer; golfing legend Annika Sorenstam (41) shares this birth date
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