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Ameslan \ AM-uh-slan, AM-slan \ , noun;
- American Sign Language.
Origin: Ameslan is an acronym formed from the first element of each word in American Sign Language . It came into popular usage in the early 1970s.
mistext
- A text message containing information (usually unflattering or damaging) about a third party which is sent to the individual it concerns rather than the person for whom the communication is intended.
- Text written for secret lover is inadvertently sent to partner, making it a mistext.
"On my way home, [partner name] suspicious, don't call."
History
- Sir Francis Drake: arrived in Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind, completing his circumnavigation of the globe (1580)
- Thomas Jefferson: was named America's first secretary of state; John Jay was the first chief justice (1789)
- Federal Trade Commission: agency whose aim is to protect consumers and guard against harmful business practices was founded (1914)
- Abbey Road: the last Beatles album to be recorded was released in the UK (1969); Let It Be was the last of the Fab Four's albums to be released (1970)
- Biosphere 2: eight people, four men and four women, entered a sealed complex in Oracle, Arizona, for an experiment in self-sustained living; they exited two hungry years later on the same date (1991)
- John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) 1774
- T.S. Eliot 1888
- George Raft 1895
- George Gershwin 1898
- Ted Weems 1901
- Jack LaLanne 1914
- Barbara Britton 1919
- Bobby Shantz 1925
- Marty Robbins 1925
- Julie London 1926
- Patrick O'Neal 1927
- Philip Bosco 1930
- Joyce Jameson 1932
- Winnie Mandela 1934
- Donna Douglas 1939
- George Chambers (The Chambers Brothers) 1931
- David Frizzell 1941
- Joe Bauer (The Youngbloods) 1941
- Kent McCord 1942
- Anne Robinson 1944
- Bryan Ferry 1945
- Christine Todd Whitman 1946
- Lynn Anderson 1947
- Mary Beth Hurt 1948
- Olivia Newton-John 1948
- James Keane 1952
- Gary Howatt 1952
- Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) 1954
- Craig Chaquico (Jefferson Starship) 1954
- Carlene Carter 1955
- Linda Hamilton 1956
- Doug Supernaw 1960
- Tracy Thorn 1962
- Patrick Bristow 1962
- Melissa Sue Anderson 1962
- Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) 1962
- Cindy Herron (En Vogue) 1965
- David Schelzel (Ocean Blue) 1967
- Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) 1967
- Jim Caviezel 1968
- Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) 1972
- Nicholas Payton 1973
- Mark Famiglietti 1979
- Serena Williams 1981
- Shamu 1985
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