hypnopompic \hip-nuh-POM-pik\, adjective:
- Of or pertaining to the semiconscious state prior to complete wakefulness.
Hypnopompic literally means "sending away sleep" in Greek. It was coined in English in the early 1900s from the roots hypno- meaning "sleep" and pomp meaning "sending away."
dafuq
- what the fuck , but in a more confused manner
Hagrid: You're a wizard Harry
Harry: Dafuq?
Trivia
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History
- serendipity: word was coined by Horace Walpole in a letter to Horace Mann (1754)
- Carnegie Institute: Andrew Carnegie established this private scientific research foundation after the US government refused his gift of $10 million to finance the advancement of knowledge (1902)
- "We Are the World": Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie song that raised millions for famine relief in Africa was recorded by 45 popular performers (1985)
- Element 114: scientists announced the creation of the synthetic radioactive chemical element (1999)
Birthdays
- Jose Marti 1853
- William Seward Burroughs 1857
- Artur Rubinstein 1889
- Jackson Pollock 1912
- Jim Bryan 1927
- Acker Bilk 1927
- Ronnie Scott 1927
- Acker (Bernard) Bilk 1929
- Susan Sontag 1933
- Nicholas Pryor 1935
- Alan Alda 1936
- John Beck 1943
- Susan Howard 1943
- Dick Taylor (The Pretty Things) 1943
- Brian Keenan 1944
- Marthe Keller 1945
- Barbi Benton 1950
- Dave Sharp (The Alarm) 1959
- Sam Phillips 1962
- Dan Spitz 1964 (Anthrax)
- Greg Cook (Ricochet) 1965
- Rakim 1968
- DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill) 1968
- Katherine Morris 1969
- Joey Fatone Jr. ('N Sync) 1977
- Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) 1980
- Elijah Wood 1981
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