Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

fink \ fingk \ , verb; 
  1. Slang . to inform to the police; squeal. 
  2. Slang . to act as a strikebreaker; scab. 
noun: 
  1. Slang . a strikebreaker. 
  2. Slang . a labor spy. 
  3. Slang . an informer; stool pigeon. 
  4. Slang . a contemptible or thoroughly unattractive person.
Origin: Fink emerged as a slang term in the US in the early 1900s. Its origin is unknown, but some etymologists cite the German word of the same spelling, which means "a frivolous or dissolute person," as a possible lexical ancestor.
 
Layout Bitching
  • The act of users posting statuses on Facebook, bitching and moaning unnecessarily about new layouts.
Person A: "WHAT THE HELL FACEBOOK, Y U ALWAYS CHANGE LAYOUT?"
Person B: "Shut the hell up and stop layout bitching."
 
History
  • Black Friday: Wall Street panicked as speculators tried to corner the gold market, causing a collapse (1869)
  • USS Enterprise: first nuclear aircraft carrier was launched, in Newport News, Virginia (1960)
  • 60 Minutes: investigative TV news-magazine debuted on CBS (1968)
Birthdays 
  • John Marshall 1755
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896
  • Don Porter 1912
  • Larry Gates 1915
  • Jim McKay 1921
  • Sheila MacRae 1924
  • Anthony Newley 1931
  • Jim Henson 1936
  • Barbara Allbut (The Angels) 1940
  • Linda McCartney 1941 - Musician (Wings), wife of Paul McCartney (Beatles)
  • Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut (The Angels) 1942
  • Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) 1942
  • "Mean" Joe Green (NFL) 1946
  • Phil Hartman 1948
  • Gordon Clapp 1948
  • Kevin Sorbo 1958
  • Nia Vardalos 1962
  • Cedric Dent (Take 6) 1962
  • Rafael Palmeiro 1964
  • Lisa Matthews (born Lisa Reich) 1969 (PB Playmate Apr 1990)
  • Marty Mitchell (Ricochet) 1969
  • Megan Ward 1969
  • Marty Cintron (No Mercy) 1971
  • Kyle Sullivan 1988
 
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