Tuesday, October 18, 2011

moot \moot\, adjective:

1. Open to discussion or debate; doubtful.

2. Of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.

3. Chiefly Law Not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.

verb:

1. To present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.

2. To reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.

3. Archaic To argue (a case), especially in a mock court.

noun:

1. An assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.

2. An argument or discussion, especially of a hypothetical legal case.

3. Obsolete A debate, argument, or discussion.

Moot is derived from the Old English gemot "meeting.” The adj. senses of "debatable" and "not worth considering" arose from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) "discussion of a hypothetical law case" (1530s), in law student jargon, in reference to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.

Friend Zone

• What you attain after you fail to impress a woman you're attracted to. Usually initiated by the woman saying, "You're such a good friend". Usually associated with long days of suffering and watching your love interest hop from one bad relationship to another. Verb tense is "Friend-ed".

"I spent all that money on a date, just to find out she put me in the Friend Zone (said with eerie echo)."

Trivia

What was the proposed Washington Circumferential Highway renamed after construction got underway in the early 1950s?

• The Capital Beltway. The 64-mile-long freeway encircles Washington, D.C.

History

• Great Basel Earthquake: Swiss city was destroyed, along with parts of France and Germany (1356)
• Edict of Nantes: law that had granted religious liberties to Protestants was revoked by Louis XIV and replaced with the Edict of Fontainebleau; many Protestants left France as a result (1685)
• Moby-Dick: Herman Melville's novel about Captain Ahab's quest was published; it was originally entitled The Whale (1851)
• Alaska: territory known as "Seward's Folly" was purchased by the US from Russia for approximately $7 million in gold bullion (1867)
• Persons Case: a Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruling in Edwards v. Canada determined that in Canada women could be defined as persons for political purposes (1929)

Birthdays

• Henri Bergson (1859-1941): philosopher and author of Creative Evolution
• Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000): former Canadian PM
• Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963): accused assassin of JFK
• Mike Ditka (72): football legend; Wimbledon champ Martina Navratilova (55) shares this birth date
• Terry McMillan (60): author of Waiting to Exhale; plus, writer Ntozake Shange (63)
• Ne-Yo (32): R&B singer/songwriter; also, musicians Melina Mercouri (1923?-1994), Chuck Berry (85), Laura Nyro (1947-1997) and Wynton Marsalis (50)
• Lindsey Vonn (27): gold-medal skier
• Zac Efron (24): teenybopper hero of High School Musical, currently on screens in Charlie St. Cloud; also, actors Melina Mercouri (1920?-1994), George C. Scott (1927-1999), Peter Boyle (1935-2006), Pam Dawber (60), Erin Moran and Jean-Claude Van Damme (both 50), Vincent Spano (49), Freida Pinto (27) and Joy Lauren (22)

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