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plotz \plots\, verb:
- To collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion.
Plotz is an Americanism that first arose in the 1940s. It comes from the Yiddish word platsn which meant "to crack, split, burst." That word in turn originated in the German word blatzen or platzen.
Super Bowl Monday
- The Monday after the Super Bowl where you are still hung-over and wondering what you actually did, who won, and why you had so much to drink. You often must go back to work, school, etc. which makes it that much worst. It's a specific Case of the Mondays.
Dude 1: Hey dude. I saw you making out with Jill in Lori's kitchen yesterday. Now that's what I call a Touchdown.
Dude 2: Oh, that's what I was doing durring the last quarter. Who ended up winning again?
Dude 1: The Colts man. You're havin' one bad Super Bowl Monday.
Trivia
How did funnyman Mel Brooks parody the Cole Porter song “Begin the Beguine” when he entertained U.S. troops during World War II?
- He turned it into “When We Begin to Clean the Latrine.”
History
1795 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.- 1940 - "Pinocchio" world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.
- 1962 - The U.S. government banned all Cuban imports and re-export of U.S. products to Cuba from other countries.
- 1964 - British invasion: The Beatles arrived in US for the first time and were mobbed at JFK International Airport
- 1977 - Russia launched Soyuz 24
- 1979 - Pluto: the dwarf planet moved closer to the Sun than Neptune for the first time since its discovery
- 1984 - Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered space walk.
1985 - "New York, New York" became the official anthem of the Big Apple.- 1985 - "Sports Illustrated" released its annual swimsuit edition. It was the largest regular edition in the magazine’s history at 218 pages.
- 1992 - Maastricht Treaty: was signed in the Netherlands; it created the European Union as a successor to the European Community, and established a central banking system and a common currency — the euro
- 1993 - Carmen Electra's self-titled debut album was released.
- 1995 - Tupac Shakur was sentenced to 1 to 4 1/2 years in jail for sexual abuse.Birthdays
Birthdays
- Sir Thomas More 1478
- John Deere 1804
- Charles Dickens 1812
- Frederick Douglas 1817
- Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867
- Eubie (James Hubert) Blake 1883
- Sinclair Lewis 1885
- Larry "Buster" Crabbe 1908
- Oscar Brand 1920
- An Wang 1920
- Eddie Bracken 1920
- Wilma Lee Cooper (Leary) 1921
- Keefe Brasselle 1923
- Gay Talese 1932
- Earl King 1934
- King Curtis 1934
- Dieter Bohlen 1944
- Sammy Johns 1946
- Jimmy Greenspoon (Three Dog Night) 1948
- Alan Lancaster (Status Quo) 1949
- Marilyn Cochran 1950
- Miguel Ferrer 1954
- Brian Travers (UB40) 1959
- James Spader 1960
Garth Brooks 1962 - David Bryan (Bon Jovi) 1962
- Chris Rock 1966
- Jason Gedrick 1967
- Edward Bergenholz 1974
- Ashton Kutcher 1978
- Tina Majorino 1985
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