Wednesday, January 18, 2012

persnickety \per-SNIK-i-tee\, adjective:

1. Overparticular; fussy.
2. Snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
3. Requiring painstaking care.

Persnickety dates back to the late 1800s. It is a variant of the Scots word pernickety, which is of uncertain origin. Pernickety is perhaps related to other Scots words with the per- prefix, like perskeet which meant "fastidious."
mompetition

• The one-up rivalry that moms play making their child seem better, smarter, and/ or more advanced than yours. May involve two or more moms and any number of children, even full-grown.

She engaged me in mompetition insisting her son walked at 6 months and implying my son was slow for his age.
Trivia
By what name is Ronald McDonald, the clown mascot of the McDonald’s fast-food chain, known in Japan?

• Donald McDonald. The change was made because there is no “r” sound in Japanese.

History

• 1896 - The x-ray machine was exhibited for the first time.
• 1967 - Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, MA, of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. He was sentenced to life in prison. Desalvo was killed in 1973 by a fellow inmate.
• 1974 - Bad Company was formed by ex-members of several groups. Those groups included Free, Mott the Hoople and King Crimson.
• 1975 - "The Jeffersons" debuted on CBS-TV.
• 1996 - Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson.

Birthdays

• Peter Roget 1779
• Daniel Webster 1782
• A.A. Milne 1882
• Oliver Hardy (Laurel & Hardy) 1892
• Cary Grant 1904
• Danny Kaye 1913
• Berthold Goldschmidt 1903
• David Bellamy 1933
• Bobby Goldsboro 1941
• David Ruffin (The Temptations) 1941
• 'Legs' Larry Smith (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) 1944
• Brett Hudson (Hudson Brothers) 1953
• Kevin Costner 1955
• Mark Collie 1956
• Philip Boa 1962
• Jane Horrocks 1964
• Jessie L. Martin 1969
• DJ Quik 1970