Wednesday, July 11, 2012

vamp \vamp\, verb:

1. To patch up; repair.

2. To give (something) a new appearance by adding a patch or piece.

3. To concoct or invent (often followed by up): He vamped up a few ugly rumors to discredit his enemies.

4. To furnish with a vamp, especially to repair (a shoe or boot) with a new vamp.

noun:

1. The portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes.

2. Something patched up or pieced together.

Vamp is a shortening of the Middle French word avant-pie literally meaning "fore-foot." This sense of the word is embedded in the more common word revamp.

insomnia dyslexia

1. When you are so tired, everything you say or type comes out misspelled, or as nonsense.
2. When lack of sleep prevents you from generating a coherent sentence in conversation.

on surfin' bird
1. Are you aware that the word is the bird?
ugh.. I meant bird is the word*
Sorry, I'm having insomnia dyslexia tonight.

2. rotlf, lamo
Damnit, I'm a moron. I can't spell tonight; blame my insomnia dyslexia.
Trivia

In what country was a search engine named Goojje launched in 2010?

• In China, after Google threatened to quit China over censorship issues. Goojje is a clever play on the name Google. In Mandarin, the “gle” in Google sounds like the word for “brother,” while the “jje” in Goojje sounds like “sister.”

History

• Alexander Hamilton: the former secretary of the treasury was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with former vice-president Aaron Burr; Hamilton died the next day (1804)
• Niagara Movement: W.E.B. Du Bois and other African-Americans united to call for an end to racial discrimination (1905)
• Skylab: after six years in space, the space station reentered Earth's atmosphere (1979)
• Mumbai train bombings: seven blasts set off in pressure cookers took more than 200 lives (2006)

Birthdays

• Thomas Bowdler 1754
• John Quincy Adams (U.S.) 1767
• John Wanamaker 1838
• E.B. White 1899
• Harry Von Zell 1906
• Yul Brynner 1915
• Gene Evans 1924
• Brett Somers 1927
• Theodore Harold Maiman 1927
• Paul Harney 1929
• Tab Hunter 1931
• Giorgio Armani 1934
• Bobby Rice 1944
• Beverly Todd 1946
• Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1947 - Musician
• Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1951 - Singer
• Stephen Lang 1952
• Leon Spinks 1953
• Mindy Sterling 1953
• Sela Ward 1956
• Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) 1957 - Musician
• Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) 1957 - Musician
• Mark Lester 1958
• Suzanne Vega 1959 - Musician
• Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) 1960 - Musician
• Lisa Rinna 1963
• Debbie Dunning 1966
• Michael Rosenbaum 1972
• Lil' Kim 1975