Sunday, November 9, 2014

exilic \ eg-ZIL-ik, ek-SIL- \ , adjective; 

• pertaining to exile, especially that of the Jews in Babylon. 

Origin: Exilic entered English in the 1870s. It is a combination of the word exile and -ic , a suffix that forms adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally in Greek and Latin loanwords, as in poetic and metallic. 

Internet Brave , Noun 

• Used by trolls, e-bullies, and the like, whose sole purpose online is to harass, intimidate, and upset other Internet users on social networking sites (such as Twitter and Facebook), message boards, forums or even comments on news articles. Most likely frustrated pre-teens and middle-aged adults with a computer in Mom's basement. The goal of the Internet Brave seems to be twofold: to bring a user or users to tears and to scare said users off the Internet. However, well-seasoned Internet users will know that the Internet Brave use the Internet as they are incapable of being brave in the real world. The term can be used as a singular or plural description.

Mark is internet brave because he hides behind an alias and wouldn't have the guts to face anyone in real life with his childish antics. 

History

• Kristallnacht: Jews were beaten and killed by Nazis, and their homes and shops destroyed, during "the night of the broken glass" (1938)
• Rolling Stone: music and pop culture magazine published its first issue (1967)
• Berlin Wall: East Germany allowed free travel across its border to West Germany for the first time in 28 years (1989)

Birthdays

• Elijah Lovejoy 1802
• Marie Dressler 1868
• Ed Wynn 1886
• Claude Rains 1889
• Clifton Webb 1891
• Hedy Lamarr 1913
• Spiro T. Agnew 1918
• Dorothy Dandridge 1922
• Robert Frank 1924
• Charlie Jones 1930
• Carl Sagan 1934
• Bob Gibson 1935
• Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) 1936
• Tom Fogerty (Creedance Clearwater Revival) 1941
• Tom Weiskopf 1942
• Billie August 1948
• Alan Gratzer (REO Speedwagon) 1948
• Dennis Stratton 1954 - Musican (Iron Maiden, Lionheart)
• Lou Ferrigno 1951
• Ike Owensby (Twice) 1968
• Mike Owensby (Twice) 1968
• Scarface (Geto Boys) 1969
• Pepa (Sandy Denton of Salt-N-Pepa) 1969
• Susan Tedeschi 1970
• Nick Lachey (98 Degrees) 1973
• Sisqo (Dru Hill) 1978