Sunday, November 23, 2014

mythomane \ MITH-uh-meyn \ , noun; 

• a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating. 

adjective: 

• of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mythomane.

Origin: Mythomane emerged in the 1950s and may be a back formation of mythomania meaning "lying to an abnormal degree." 

PPD - Post Party Depression

• The morning after a party when you feel bad about drinking so much and fear things you've said or done could have upset someone or was just plain embarrassing.... on top of being extremely hungover.

Ugh, last night's party was insane. Why do I have 10 missed calls, and wtf - all these texts. I'm going back to bed, fuck this PPD - post party depression.

History 

• Battle of Chattanooga: huge battle at a railway junction began during the US Civil War, ending with a Union victory (1863)

  
• jukebox: the first coin-operated phonograph was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco (1889)
• Doctor Who: British sci-fi TV program about a doctor who time-travels in a TARDIS debuted; it is still running (1963)
• China: the People's Republic took over Taiwan's seat in the UN Security Council (1971)

Birthdays

• Franklin Pierce (U.S.) 1804
• William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) 1859
• Boris Karloff 1887
• Harpo Marx 1888
• Maurice Zolotow 1913
  
• Ellen Drew 1915
• Michael Gough 1917
• Jerry Bock 1928
• Betty Everett 1939
• Susan Anspach 1945
• Steve Landesberg 1945
• David Rappaport 1951
• Boris Gebenchikov 1953
• Bruce Hornsby 1954
• John Henton 1960
• Maxwell Caulfield 1961
• Charlie Grover (Sponge) 1966
• Ken Block (Sister Hazel) 1966
• Kurupt (The Dogg Pound) 1972
• Kelly Brook 1980
• Destiny Hope "Miley Ray" Cyrus 1992