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Provided by the compucert copse \kops\, noun:
- A thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
Copse is derived from the Old French word copeiz meaning “a cut-over forest” which originates in the Latin word colpaticum meaning “having been cut.”
sleep drunk
- When you're woken up from a nap and your mental state of confusion resembles that of a drunken state.
When that crazy bitch tried to crawl into bed with me, I was too sleep drunk to say no.
Trivia
In Venice in the mid-17th century, what newly discovered drink—with purported medicinal benefits—was sold on the street by lemonade vendors?
- Coffee. The first coffee house didn’t open in Venice until 1683.
History
- Immaculate Conception: the belief that the Virgin Mary was born free of sin was defined as a dogma by Pope Pius IX (1854)
- World War II: the day after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the US entered into WWII (1941)
- CIS: the Commonwealth of Independent States was established instead of the USSR by Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (1991)
NAFTA: Canadian-Mexican-US trade pact was signed into law by US President Bill Clinton (1993)
Birthdays
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587): Scottish queen; also, Sweden's queen Christina (1626-1689)
- Eli Whitney (1765-1825): inventor of the cotton gin; plus, auto manufacturer William Durant (1861-1947)
- Diego Rivera (1886-1957): muralist
James Thurber (1894-1961): writer, cartoonist, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"- Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990): all-round entertainer, he sang, danced, acted and did impressions; also, actors Lee J. Cobb (1911-1976), Maximilian Schell (81), David Carradine (1936-2009), John Rubinstein (65), Kim Basinger (58), Teri Hatcher (47), Matthew Laborteaux (45) and Dominic Monaghan (35)
- James Galway (72): virtuoso flutist; other musicians born on this date include Jim Morrison (1943-1971), Gregg Allman (64), Warren Cuccurullo (55) and Sinead O'Connor (45)
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