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imponderable \im-PON-der-uh-buhl\, noun:
1. A thing that cannot be precisely determined or measured.
adjective:
1. Not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
Imponderable comes directly from the Medieval Latin word imponderābilis which had the same meaning.
tl;dr
- Literally, "Too long; didn't read" Said whenever a nerd makes a post that is too long to bother reading.
"omg you postwench. i can only say one thing in response - tl;dr"
"tl;dr...why dont you give up on your unabridged edition of War and Peace or at least stop posting it here?"
Trivia
What do entomophagists do?
- They eat insects—or microlivestock, as some euphemistically put it.
- War of 1812: US President James Madison declared war on Great Britain (1812)
- Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington (1815)
- Susan B. Anthony: was fined $100 for her attempt to vote in the 1872 US presidential election; she did not, however, pay it (1873)
- Amelia Earhart: became the first woman to fly transatlantically; she went from Newfoundland to Wales (1928)
- "This was their finest hour": address delivered by PM Winston Churchill to the House of Commons to inspire his embattled nation during WWII (1940)
- International Declaration of Human Rights: was adopted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1948)
- Columbia Records: unveiled its new long-playing 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record (1948)
- Egypt: republic was declared; monarchy abolished (1953)
- Sally Ride: became the first American woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Challenger (1983)
Birthdays
- Sir Thomas Overbury 1581 - Poet, essayist
- Viscount Castlereagh (Robert Stewart) 1769 - British statesman known as Lord Castlereagh
- Edouard Daladier 1884 - French politician
- George Mallory 1886 - Mountaineer
- M.C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher) 1898 - Graphic artist
- Jeanette MacDonald 1901 - Singer, actress
- Keye Luke 1904 - Actor
- Kay Kyser (James Kern "Kay" Kyser) 1906 - Bandleaer
- Bud Collyer 1908 - Radio announcer/actor
- E.G. Marshall 1910 - Actor ("The Defenders")
- Ray McKinley 1910 - Drummer, singer, bandleader
- Samuel Cahn (Samuel Cohen) 1913 - Lyricist, songwriter, musician
- Sylvia Porter 1913 - Economist, journalist
- Richard Boone (Richard Allen Boone) 1917 - Actor
- Ian Carmichael 1920 - Actor
- Robert Arthur (Robert Arthaud) 1925 - Actor
- Tom Wicker (Thomas Grey "Tom" Wicker) 1926 - Journalist
- Maggie McNamara (Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara) 1928 - Actress
- Eva Bartok 1929 - Actress
- Lou Brock (Louis Clark "Lou" Brock) 1939 - Baseball player
- Paul McCartney 1942 - Musician (Beatles, Wings)
- Roger Ebert 1942 - Film critic, screenwriter
- Linda Thorson (Linda Robinson) 1947 - Actress
- Carol Kane (Carolyn Laurie "Carol" Kane) 1952 - Actress
- Isabella Rossellini (Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini) 1952 - Actress
- Jerome Smith (KC & The Sunshine Band) 1953 - Musician
- Tom Bailey (The Thompson Twins) 1957 - Musician
- Alison Moyet (Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet) 1961 - Singer (Yazoo or Yaz in the US)
- Nathan Morris 1971 - Singer (Boyz II Men)
- Alana de la Garza 1976- actress
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