rejectamenta \ ri-jek-tuh-MEN-tuh \ , noun;
- things or matter rejected as useless or worthless.
Origin: Rejectamenta is derived from a New Latin construction meaning "things thrown back." It entered English in the 1800s.
slackitude
- The act of, or state of being a slacker. Describes the attitude typically associated with being a slacker. Most appropriately applies to one with no responsibilities, one that gets by pretending to be hard at work, or the co-worker that is found hanging out near the coffee machine for most of the day.
History
- the Great Disappointment: adherents of Millerism found that Jesus had not returned; most left the movement, while the rest figured out that it was the beginning of investigative judgment in heaven (1844)
- the Met: NYC's famous opera house opened with a performance of Charles Gounod's Faust (1883)
- Toastmasters International: public speaking educational organization was founded in Santa Ana, California (1924)
- Cuban Missile Crisis: JFK imposed an air and naval blockade on Cuba after learning of Soviet missile bases there (1962)
- Chandrayaan-1: India launched its first unmanned lunar probe (2008)
- Franz Liszt 1811
- Sarah Bernhardt 1844
- Giovanni Martinelli 1885
- Curly Howard 1903
- George Beadle 1903
- Constance Bennett 1905
- Jimmie Foxx (MLB) 1907
- Boots Mallory 1913
- Harry Walker (MLB) 1916
- Joan Fontaine 1917
- Doris Lessing 1919
- Mitzi Green 1920
- Timothy Leary 1920
- Slater Martin (NBA) 1925
- Robert Rauschenberg 1925
- Dory Previn 1930
- Derek Jacobi 1938
- Christopher Lloyd 1938
- Tony Roberts 1939
- Ray Jones (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas) 1939
- Stanley Mazor 1941
- Annette Funicello 1942
- Catherine Deneuve 1943
- Bobby Fuller (Bobby Fuller Four) 1943
- Leslie West (Mountain) 1945
- Eddie Brigati (The [Young] Rascals) 1945
- Butch Goring (NHL) 1949
- Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) 1949
- Jeff Goldblum 1952
- Patti Davis 1953
- Jamie Quirk (MLB) 1954
- Todd Graff 1959
- Cris Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) 1960
- John Wesley Harding 1965
- Valeria Golino 1966
- Shaggy 1968
- Shelby Lynne 1968
- Tracey Lee 1970
- Saffron Burrows 1972
- Ichiro Suzuki 1973
- Michael Fishman 1980
- Zachary Hanson (Hanson) 1985
- Jonathan Lipnicki 1990
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