nugatory \NOO-guh-tor-ee\ adjective
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- of little or no consequence : trifling, inconsequential
- having no force : inoperative
- When you have said something utterly retarded this phrase can be added to the end of your statement thereby nullifying the fact that you have just made a complete jackass of yourself.
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History
- Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's second wife was beheaded (1536)
- Tariff of 1828: was passed to protect US industry; it was denounced as a "tariff of abominations" by critics in the South (1828)
- Marilyn Monroe: crooned ''Happy Birthday, Mr. President'' to John F. Kennedy at a Madison Square Garden fundraiser (1962)
- Johns Hopkins 1795 - entrepreneur, philanthropist, mosted noted for the creation of Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Sarah Peale 1800 - Portrait painter
- Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen Sinh Cung) 1890 - North Vietnamese Communist revolutionary, prime minister and president
- Bruce Bennett 1906 - Shot putter, actor
- George Auld 1919 - Musician
- Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) 1925 - African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist
- David Hartman 1935 - Television personality
- James Fox 1939 - Actor
- Nancy Kwan 1939 - Actress
- Stephen Young (Stephen Levy) 1939 - Actor
- Francis Scobee (Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee) 1939 - Astronaut, killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger
- Mickey Newbury 1940 - Songwriter
- Nora Ephron 1941 - Diretor, producer, screenwriter, novelist, journalist
- Peter Mayhew 1944 - Actor ("Star Wars")
- Pete Townsend 1945 - Musician (The Who)
- David Helfgott 1947 - Concert pianist
- Dusty Hill 1949 - Musician (ZZ Top)
- Grace Jones 1952 - Singer, model, actress
- Phil Rudd 1954 - Musician (AC/DC) - Official AC/DC Store
- Steven Ford (Steven Meigs Ford) 1956 - Actor, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford
- Martyn Ware 1956 - Musician (The Human League)
- Iain Harvie (Del Amitri) 1962
- Jenny Berggren 1972 - Musician (Ace of Base)
- Kevin Garnett 1976 - Basketball player
- Eric Lloyd 1986 - Actor
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