Saturday, December 28, 2013

cusp \kuhsp\, noun:

1. a point or pointed end.
2. Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a point, projection, or elevation, as on the crown of a tooth.
3. Also called spinode. Geometry. a point where two branches of a curve meet, end, and are tangent.
4. Architecture. a decorative device, used especially in Gothic architecture to vary the outlines of intradoses or to form architectural foils, consisting of a pair of curves tangent to the real or imaginary line defining the area decorated and meeting at a point within the area.
5. Astronomy. a point of a crescent, especially of the moon.
6. Astrology. a. the zodiacal degree that marks the beginning of a house or a sign. b. Informal. a person born on the first day of a sign.
7. a point that marks the beginning of a change: on the cusp of a new era.

Cusp came to English in the late 1500s from the Latin cuspis meaning "a point."

motorfloating

• v. int. The act of pushing one's face in between two ample breasts, and staying motionless/silent, like floating calmly on two nice soft billowy clouds. Opposite of motorboat.

Madison laid down on the bed to let Ethan motorboat her, but Ethan was so drunk that he passed out as soon as he put his face between her breasts. Now he's just motorfloating on Madison's boobies and she's stuck there until he wakes up. I hope he doesn't puke on her!

Trivia
What is the standard distance between rails on U.S. railroads?

• 4 feet 8½ inches.

History

• Westminster Abbey: London church where kings have been crowned since 1066 was consecrated (1065)
• Iowa: the Hawkeye State became America's 29th state (1846)
• chewing gum: patent was issued to William Finley Semple of Ohio (1869)
• Cyrano de Bergerac: Edmond Rostand's heroic comedy premiered in Paris (1897)
• The Pledge of Allegiance: US oath of loyalty was officially recognized by Congress (1945)
• Elizabeth Jordan Carr: the first American in vitro fertilization baby was born in Norfolk, Virginia (1981)

Birthdays

• Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 28th U.S. President
• Arthur Stanley Eddington 1882
• John Molson 1763 - Beer brewer, founder of Molson Beer
• Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver) 1905 - Actor (The RCA Victor Show, Hollywood Squares), grandfather of actress Roseanna Arquette
• Earl "Fatha" Hines 1905 - Musician, songwriter, bandleader
• Lew Ayres 1908 - Actor (Of Mice and Men, Advice and Consent)
• Billy Williams 1910
• Sam Levinson 1911 - Humorist
• Lou Jacobi 1913 - Actor (Arthur, The Diary of Anne Frank)
• Roebuck "Pop" Staples (Staples Singers) 1915
• Stan Lee 1922 - Artist, writer, creator of Marvel Comics (Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk)
  

  
• Johnny Otis 1924
• Hildegarde Kneff 1925 - Actress (The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Svengali)
• Martin Milner 1927 - Actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Columbo)
• Dorsey Burnette 1932 - Singer
• Maggie Smith 1934 - Actress (Lettice & Lovage)
• Bruce Yarnell 1935 - Actor (The Outlaws)
• Charles Neville 1938 - Musician (The Neville Brothers)
• Bobby Comstock 1943 - Singer
• Hubert "Hubie" Green 1946 - Golfer
• Edgar Winter 1946 - Musician (Edgar Winter’s White Trash)
• Dick Diamonde (Dingeman Van Der Sluys) 1947 - Musician (The Easybeats)
• Aurelio (Ituarte) Rodriguez 1947 - Baseball player
• Alex Chilton 1950 - Musician (Big Star, Box Tops)
• Denzel Washington 1954 - Actor (Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane)
• Nigel Kennedy 1956
• Joe Diffie 1958 - Musician
• Mike McGuire 1958 - Musician (Shenandoah)
• Chad McQueen 1960
• Marty Roe 1960 - Musician (Diamond Rio)
• Anita Doth 1971 - Singer (2 unlimited)
• Sienna Miller 1981
• Mackenzie Rosman 1989