brusque \ bruhsk \ , adjective;
- abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
Origin: Brusque is borrowed from French and adapted from the Italian word brusco meaning "tart." It entered English in the early 1600s.
Sticker Paralysis
- The effect caused by having a really awesome sticker and no appropriate place to use it. General symptoms include keeping the sticker in a drawer and never actually using it. Sometimes resulting in affixation remorse.
"I have contracted a case of sticker paralysis from this Vintage Apple sticker. I can't decide if I should put it on my fake plastic guitar or my rear window or my skateboard. It is too precious to use on just anything.
History
- Ferdinand Magellan: explorer set sail from southern Spain to circumnavigate the globe (1519)
- Victor Emmanuel II: seized the Papal States from the French; later he became the first king of modern Italy (1870)
- civil rights: Mississippi governor Ross Barnett personally blocked the entrance of African-American James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; Meredith did end up attending (1962)
- Battle of the Sexes tennis match: Billie Jean King won against Bobby Riggs, who had said women couldn't stand the pressure of the game; 30,000 attended and millions watched on TV (1973)
Birthdays
- Upton Sinclair 1878
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 1890
- Chuck Dressen 1898
- Elliot Nugent 1899
- Peg Phillips 1918
- Gogi Grant 1924
- James Galanos 1924
- Rachel Roberts 1927
- Johnny Dankworth 1927
- Donald A. Hall 1928
- Dr. Joyce Brothers 1928
- Anne Meara 1929
- Peter Palmer 1931
- Sophia Loren 1934
- John (Chuck) Panozzo (Styx) 1947
- Guy LaFleur 1951
- Charlene Elizabeth Brinkeman (aka Brinke Stevens) 1954
- Peter White 1954
- Betsy Brantley 1955
- Gary Cole 1957
- Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins) 1957
- Crispin Glover 1964
- Kristen Johnston 1965
- Gunnar Nelson 1967
- Matthew Nelson 1967
- Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden) 1968
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