atavistic \at-uh-VIS-tik\, adjective:
- of, pertaining to, or characterized by atavism; reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type.
Derived from the Latin atavus meaning "ancestor," atavistic gained popularity in the 1870s.
Condomize
- To add condimients in the perfect ammount to ones food for them
"My fiance is epic, she not only made me a plate, but she condomized everything perfectly!"
Trivia
What color, symbolically linked to Lent, are the drapes and altar cloths used in many churches during that somber 40-day observance?
- Purple, which is associated both with mourning and with royalty. During Lent, as the color of mourning, purple represents repentance and the pain and suffering of the crucifixion; as the color of royalty, it celebrates Christ’s resurrection and sovereignty.
- Ash Wedesday: in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10.
History
- ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers was founded to protect members' copyrighted music (1914)
- Switzerland: the League of Nations recognized its perpetual neutrality (1920)
- Bruno Hauptmann: was found guilty of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping case (1935)
- Dresden bombing: Allied attack on the German city during WWII caused major devastation; casualty estimates were revised downwards over the years from 250,000 to 25,000 (1945)
- BPM 37093: white dwarf star was found to have a massive diamond core; it was nicknamed Lucy, after the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (2004)
Birthdays
- Giovanni Battista Piazzetta 1682
- Charles Talleyrand-Perigold 1754
- Bess Truman 1885
- Grant Wood 1892
- Wingy (Joseph) Manone 1900
- Jean Muir (Fullarton) 1911
- Woody (Wayne) Hayes 1913
- Lyle Bettger 1915
- Patty Berg 1918
- Oliver Smith 1919
- Tennessee Ernie Ford 1919
- Eileen Farrell 1920
- Pete Castiglione 1921
- Chuck Yeager 1923 - Test pilot
- Gene Ames 1925 - Musician (The Ames Brothers)
- Jim McReynolds (Jim & Jesse) 1927
- Dorothy (Dotty) McGuire 1930 - Singer (McGuire Sisters)
- Emanuel Ungaro 1933
- Kim (Marilyn) Novak 1933 - Actress
- George Segal 1934 - Actor
- Oliver Reed 1938
- Robert J. Eaton 1940
- Bo Svenson 1941 - Actor
- Carol Lynley (Jones) 1942 - Actress
- Jerry Springer 1944 - Talk show host, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati
- Stockard Channing 1944 - Actress
- Peter Tork 1944 - Actor, musician (The Monkees)
- Peter Gabriel 1950 - Singer, He was the lead singer of Genesis from 1966-1975.
- Boudleaux Bryant 1950
- Roger Christian 1950 - Musician (The Christians)
- David Naughton 1951 - Actor
- Peter Hook 1956 - Musician (Joy Division)
- Tony Butler 1957 - Musician (Big Country)
- Matt Salinger 1960 - Actor-producer
- Henry Rollins 1961 - Singer
- Freedom Williams 1966
- Kelly Hu 1968
- Todd Harrell 1972 - Musician (3 Doors Down)
- Robbie Williams (Take That) 1974
- Randy Moss 1977 - Football player
- Mena Suvari 1979 - Actress
- Natalie Stewart 1979 - Emcee (Floetry)
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