Sunday, January 8, 2012

profligacy \PROF-li-guh-see\, noun:

1. Reckless extravagance.

2. Shameless dissoluteness.

3. Great abundance.

Profligacy comes from the Latin word prōflīgātus which meant "broken down in character or degraded."

See you later masturbator

• A variation of see you later alligator

Beef: "See you later masturbator"

Jack: "In a while, pedophile"

Trivia

What Julia Roberts hit film was based on a script entitled $3,000?

• Pretty Woman. In the 1990 romantic comedy, $3,000 was the amount that hooker Vivian Ward, played by Roberts, was offered for a week of her services.

History

• Battle of New Orleans: the US defeated the British in the final battle of the War of 1812; a peace treaty had already been signed, but the news hadn't yet reached New Orleans (1815)
• 14 Points: US President Woodrow Wilson presented his plan for post-WWI peace in Europe; it held the Allies together for the remainder of the war and established him as their moral leader (1918)
• Charles de Gaulle: became the first president of France's Fifth Republic (1959)
• Music City Miracle: controversial pass won an NFL post-season game for the Tennessee Titans; the team subsequently made it to the Super Bowl (2000)

Birthdays

• John Curtin (1885-1945): Australian prime minister
• Sander Vanocur (84): veteran broadcast journalist; journalist Charles Osgood (79) shares this birthday
• Stephen Hawking (70): theoretical physicist who specializes in the physics of black holes
• Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) father of the detective novel, The Moonstone
• Elvis Presley (1935-1977): the king of rock and roll; other rockers born on this date include Shirley Bassey (75), Anthony Gourdine (71), Robby Krieger (66) and David Bowie (65)