Friday, May 3, 2013

crawfish \KRAW-fish\, verb:

1. Informal. to back out or retreat from a position or undertaking.

noun:

1. crayfish.

A North American variant of crayfish, crawfish entered English in the mid-1800s as both a verb and a noun meaning "to act cowardly," "to retreat from a position," or to describe a person who acts in this manner. Crayfish comes to English from the Old High German krebiz meaning "crab" or "shellfish."

Fuck outta here

• The cool way of saying "Get out?!" Or "No way!" Also a way of saying "Shut the fuck up." Like in disbelief or pure pissed offedness.

Jimmy: "Yo I drank five whole beers and I ain't even buzzin."

Tyler: "Fuck outta here."

Jimmy: "Wait, 5 times 5 is 25.. Right?"

Tyler: "Fuck outta here."

Jimmy: "Lil Wayne is by far the best rapper of all time."

Tyler: "Fuck outta here."

Jimmy: "Dude I got head from that dime you were hitting on last night!"

Tyler: "Fuck outta here."

Trivia

What does the menacing-looking deep-sea vampire squid do when startled?

• It turns itself “inside out,” defensively curling its web and arms around the rest of its body in what researchers refer to as its pineapple posture.

History

• Jamaica: Christopher Columbus sighted the island while seeking China (1494)
• Nellie Tayloe Ross: the nation's first female governor was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as director of the US Mint — another first for women (1933)
• The Fantasticks: began its record off-Broadway run, playing for nearly 42 years and over 17,000 performances (1960)
• NPR: America's noncommercial radio network began programming (1971)
• Margaret Thatcher: Conservative Party leader became Britain's first female prime minister (1979)
• UN Commission on Human Rights: the US lost its seat for the first time in more than 50 years (2001); it was restored a year later
• Old Man of the Mountain: New Hampshire's symbol — a mountainous outcrop — collapsed in the White Mountains (2003)

Birthdays

• Niccolo Machiavelli 1469 - Italian philosopher/writer
• Golda Meir (Golda Mabovitch, Golda Meyerson) 1898 - Fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel
• Bing Crosby 1903 - Singer, according to Bing Crosby his birthday is May 2nd, his birthday is actually May 3
• Norman Corwin 1910 - Writer, screenwriter, producer
• Virgil Fox 1912 - Organist
• Pete Seeger 1919 - Folk singer
• Betty Comden 1919 - Comden of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green
• Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.) 1921 - Boxer
• Joe Ames 1924 - Musician (The Ames Brothers)
• Jimmy Cleveland 1926 - Trombone player
• Dave Dudley 1928 - Country music singer
• James Brown (James Joseph Brown, Jr.) 1928 - Singer
• Joe Layton 1931 - Director, choreographer
• Alex Cord 1933 - Actor ("Airwolf")
• Frankie Valli 1934 - Musician (The Four Seasons)
• Rudolf "Rudy" Jacobs 1938 - Chemist, received Nobel Prize in 1992
• Samantha Eggar 1939 - Actress
• Pete Staples 1944 - Musician (The Troggs)
• Greg Gumble 1946 - Sportscaster
• Doug Henning 1947 - Magician, illusionist, escape artist
• Mary Hopkin 1950 - Folk singer
• Christopher Cross (Christopher Charles Geppert) 1951 - Singer, songwriter
• Bruce Hall 1953 - Musician (REO Speedwagon)
• Cactus Moser 1957 - Musician (Highway 101)
• David Ball 1959 - Musician (Soft Cell)
• Bobby Cannavale 1970 - Actor
• Christina Hendricks 1975 actress
• Dule' Hill 1975 - Actor ("The West Wing")
• Farrah Destiny Franklin 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)
• Joseph Addai 1983 - Football player
• Cheryl Burke 1984 - Dancer ("Dancing with the Stars")