Sunday, February 17, 2013

epexegesis \ep-ek-si-JEE-sis\, noun:

1. the addition of a word or words to explain a preceding word or sentence.
2. the word or words so added.

Epexegesis, a late Renaissance word, is derived from the Greek epexḗgēsis meaning explanation.

Adderall Nighter

1. An Adderall-induced all nighter.
2. Consuming copious amounts of the prescription ADD/ADHD medication Adderall in order to stay up all night and accomplish a given task. This method is most commonly employed by overworked/procrastination inclined college students.

Leroy: "Hey man, you study for this exam?"

Carl: "Yepp, I pulled an Adderall Nighter."

Trivia
For what fruit is Haiti’s currency named?

• The gourd, known in Haiti as gourde. In the early 1800s, the ruler of impoverished northern Haiti declared all gourds state property and had them brought to his treasury to be issued as currency. Eventually, banknotes and coins backed by gold replaced the cumbersome fruit, but gourde has been the name of Haiti’s official currency ever since.

History

• Madama Butterfly: Giacomo Puccini's opera premiered at La Scala in Milan (1904)
• Newsweek: newsmagazine was published for the first time (1933)
• Voice of America: government network began broadcasting to the Soviet Union (1947)
• Vanguard 2: the first weather satellite was launched; its time in orbit is intended to last 300 years (1959)
• Deep Blue: world chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM supercomputer, winning a six-game match in Philadelphia (1996)
• London congestion charge: fee for motorists driving into Central London went into effect; the price is £8 per day, Monday — Friday (2003)

Birthdays

• Thomas Malthus 1766
• Raphael Peale 1774
• Rene Laennec 1781
• Montgomery Ward 1843
• H.L. Hunt 1889
• Marian Anderson 1902
• Red Barber 1908
• Marjorie Lawrence 1909
• Arthur Kennedy 1914
• Wayne (DeWayne) Morris 1914
• Raf (Raffaele) Vallone 1918
• Kathleen Freeman 1919
• Buddy (Boniface) DeFranco 1923
• Hal Holbrook 1925 - Actor
• Chaim Potok 1929
• Bobby Lewis 1933
• Alan Bates 1934
• Dame Edna 1934 - Comedian
• Johnny Bush 1935 - Country singer
• Jim Brown 1936 - Football player
• Mary Ann Mobley 1939 - Actress
• Gene Pitney 1941
• Brenda Fricker 1945
• Dodie Stevens 1947
• Zina Bethune 1950
• Rene Russo 1954 - Actress
• Richard Karn 1956
• Lou Diamond Phillips 1962 - Actor
• Larry the Cable Guy 1963 - Actor, comedian ("Blue Collar TV")
• Michael Jordan 1963 - Basketball player
• Michael Bay 1964 - Director
• Timothy J. Mahoney 1970 - Musician (311)
• Denise Richards 1971 - Actress
• Taylor Hawkins 1972 - Musician (Foo Fighters)
• Billie Joe Armstrong 1972 - Musician (Green Day)
• Bryan White 1974
• Jerry O'Connel 1974 - Actor
• Kelly Carlson 1976 - Actress
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt 1981 - Actor ("3rd Rock From the Sun")
• Paris Hilton 1981