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filiopietistic \fil-ee-oh-pahy-i-TIS-tik\, adjective:
- Pertaining to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
A clunky word, filiopietistic is a clear combination of Latin roots. Filio means "brotherly"; piet is related to piety; and the suffix -istic (related to -ism) denotes the noun related to a verb (like baptism).
Super Bowel
- A raucous bowel movement experienced the day after the Super Bowl due to consumption of large amounts of chili, hot wings, and beer.
Dave, I had a Super Bowel this morning... no more buffalo wing hot sauce for me.
Trivia
What name did Henry Fonda, as Norman, give the giant trout that kept eluding him in the 1981 film On Golden Pond?
- Walter
History
- 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect. The amendment moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January.
- 1959 - The U.S., for the first time, successfully test-fired a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral.
- 1971 - NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.
- 1990 - Billy Idol broke several bones in a serious motorcycle accident. As a result he could not appear in Oliver Stone's "The Doors" in a major role.
- 1998 - Washington National Airport was renamed for U.S. President Ronald Reagan with the signing of a bill by U.S. President Clinton.
- 1998 - Falco died in a traffic accident in the Dominican Republic.
Birthdays
- Christopher Marlowe 1564
- Aaron Burr 1756
- Babe Ruth 1895
- Ronald Wilson Reagan (U.S.) 1911
- John Lund 1913
- Zsa Zsa Gabor 1919
- Patrick Macnee 1922
- Sixten Jernberg 1929
- Rip Torn 1931
- Mamie Van Doren 1933
- Mike Farrell 1939
- Tom Brokaw 1940
- Gigi Perreau 1941
- Fabian Forte 1943
- Gayle Hunnicutt 1943
- Michael Tucker 1944
- Bob Marley 1945 - Musican (The Wailers, Bob Marley and the Wailers)
- Alan Jones (Amen Corner) 1947
Jim Sheridan 1949 - Natalie Cole 1950
- Jon Walmsley 1956
- Kathy Najimy 1957
- Robert Townsend 1957
- Simon Phillips (Toto) 1957
- Barry Miller 1958
- Megan Gallagher 1960
- Axl Rose (Guns & Roses) 1962
- Richie McDonald (Lonestar) 1962
- Rick Astley 1966
- Tim Brown (Boo Radleys) 1969
- Brandon Hammond 1984
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