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juvenescent \ joo-vuh-NES-uhnt \ , adjective;
- being or becoming youthful; young.
- young in appearance.
- having the power to make young or youthful: a juvenescent elixir .
Origin: Juvenescent is related to the word juvenile. It is from the Latin present participle of juvenēscere which meant "to become youthful."
Pornocchio
- A person who embellishes their sexcapades to sound cooler.
Guy 1: "Did Tommy tell you about his all-nighter with that hot chick from the bar last night?"
Guy 2: "Yeah right dude, he's such a pornocchio. She told me nothing happened."
History
- ...---...: S-O-S was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin (1906)
- China Clipper: a Pan Am "flying boat" started regular transoceanic mail service from San Francisco to Manila (1935)
- JFK: the 35th president of the US was assassinated by a sniper during a motorcade in Dallas (1963)
- Margaret Thatcher: the prime minister of England quit her post, citing lack of party support (1990)
- George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819
- Charles de Gaulle (France) 1890
- Hoagy Carmichael 1899
- Benjamin Britten 1913
- Lew Hays 1914
- Rodney Dangerfield 1921
- Geraldine Page 1924
- Lew Burdette (MLB) 1926
- Robert Vaughn 1932
- Michael Callan 1935
- Allen Garfield 1939
- Terry Gilliam 1940
- Tom Conti 1941
- Guion S. Bluford 1942
- Billie Jean King 1943
- Wade Blasingame 1943 - Baseball player
- Floyd Sneed (Three Dog Night) 1943
- Aston Barrett (Bob Marley & The Wailers) 1946
- Bob Marley Merchandise
- Steve Van Zandt (E Street Band) 1949
- Greg Luzinski 1950 - Baseball player
- Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club) 1950
- Craig Hundley (Cragi Hundley Trio) 1953
- Jamie Lee Curtis 1958 - Actress
- Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers) 1958
- Mariel Hemingway 1961
- Stephen Geoffreys 1964
- Nicholas Rowe 1966
- Boris Becker 1967
- Scarlett Johansson 1984 - Actress (The Island)
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