Thursday, July 31, 2014

gallinipper \ GAL-uh-nip-er \ , noun; 

• Informal . any of various insects that sting or bite, especially a large American mosquito, Psorophora ciliata.

Origin: Gallinipper came to English in the late 1600s. Though its origins are uncertain, the second element of the word likely comes from the term nipper , which has referred to an animal that bites since the 1530s. 

guy time

• When men have quality time together, and do "guy" things. This is usually referred to when a guy wants to hang out with his friends. A man might tell his girl friend or significant other that he's about to or would like to participate in this.

"Hey babe, me and my friends are gonna have some guy time this week..."

History

• Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498)
• Samuel Hopkins: received the first US patent for a process of making fertilizer (1790)
• Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856)
• NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914)
• K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954)

Birthdays

• Maximilian II 1527 - Holy Roman Emperor
• S.S. Kresge 1867
• George Liberace 1911
• Milton Friedman 1912
• Bryan Hextall 1913
• William Todman 1913
• Hank Jones 1918
• Curt Gowdy 1919
• Hank Bauer 1922
• Don Murray 1929
• Kenny Burrell 1931
• Geoffrey Lewis 1935
• France Nuyen 1939
• John West 1939 - Musician (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
• Lobo 1943
• Susan Flannery 1943
• Sherry Lansing 1944
• Geraldine Chaplin 1944
• Bob Welch 1946 - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• Gary Lewis 1946 - Musician (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
• Karl Green 1947 - Musician (Herman's Hermits)
• Barry Van Dyke 1951
• Evonne Goolagong 1951
• Alan Autry 1952 - Actor
• James Read 1953
• Bill Berry 1956 - Musician (R.E.M.)
• Daniel Ash 1957 - Musician (Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Love and Rockets)
• Wesley Snipes 1962
• Norman Cook 1963 - Musician (Housemartins)
• J.K. Rowling 1965 - Author (Harry Potter series)
• Dean Cain 1966
• Loren Dean 1969
• Annie Parisse 1975
• Robert Telfer 1977
• Will Champion 1978 - Musician (Coldplay)
• Evgeni Malkin 1986 - Hockey player