Friday, December 16, 2011

abrade \uh-BREYD\, verb:

1. To scrape off.

2. To wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.

Related to abrasion, abrade is from the Latin roots ab meaning “away from” and rādere meaning “to scrape.”

shexting

• Sending picture(s) of your feces to your buddie(s) via picture message on your cell phone.

Duder 1: "Hey man did you get that pic I sent you this morning?"

Duder 2: "Fuck yea, that shit was a beast son! Thanks for shexting me that."

Duder 1: "There's plenty more where that came from."

Trivia

What is plastic wrap called in the United Kingdom?

• Cling film.

History

• Oliver Cromwell: was sworn in as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland; he reigned for five years, till his death (1653)
• Boston Tea Party: rebellious American Patriots dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest paying tea taxes to Britain (1773)
• Battle of the Bulge: German attack began in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium in WWII (1944)
• Millau Viaduct: taller than the Eiffel Tower and nearly as tall as the Empire State Building, the world's tallest vehicular bridge opened to traffic near Millau, France (2004)

Birthdays

• Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536): first of Henry VIII's six wives
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): composer of nine symphonies and the Moonlight Sonata; plus, composers François Boieldieu (1775-1834) and Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
• Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008): author of 2001: A Space Odyssey; also, writers George Santayana (1863-1952), Noel Coward (1899-1973), V.S. Pritchett (1900-1997) and Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
• Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944): founder of abstract art
• Margaret Mead (1901-1978): culture anthropologist
• Liv Ullmann (72): actor, best known for her roles in Ingmar Bergman films; also, actors Ben Cross (64), Alison LaPlaca (52), Jon Tenney (50), Sam Robards (49), Benjamin Bratt (48) and Hallee Hirsh (24)
• Steven Bochco (68): TV producer, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue

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