Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

gaslight \ GAS-lahyt \ , verb; 
  1. to cause (a person) to doubt his or her sanity through the use of psychological manipulation: How do you know if your partner is gaslighting you? 
noun: 
  1. light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas. 
  2. a gas burner or gas jet for producing this kind of light. 
adjective: 
  1. gaslit ( def 2 ). 
Origin: The verb sense of gaslight comes from a 1944 film of the same name in which a husband secretly and repeatedly dims and brightens the gaslights in the house while accusing his wife of imagining the flickering. This movie was based on a play by Patrick Hamilton. The verb entered English in the mid-1900s, though earlier senses had existed in English since the early 1800s. 

i feel your nuts
  • i know what you mean
Boy 1: Yeah man, I can't stand that guy. 
Boy 2: I feel your nuts on that one.

History
  • Gadsden Purchase: was signed, acquiring the land of southern New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico (1853)
  • The Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was first staged (1879)
  • USSR: was established when Russia joined Byelorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation (1922)
  • Arroyo Seco Parkway: aka the Pasadena Freeway, connecting Los Angeles with Pasadena, opened (1940)
  • Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was executed by hanging for war crimes in the Dujail massacre (2006)
Birthdays
  • André Messager 1853
  • Rudyard Kipling 1865
  • Simon Guggenheim 1867
  • Stephen Leacock 1869
  • Hideki Tojo 1884
  • Vincent Lopez 1895
  • Bert Parks 1914
  • Marie Wilson 1915
  • Jo Van Fleet 1922
  • Bo Diddley 1928
  • Barbara Nichols 1929
  • Jack Lord 1930
  • Skeeter Davis 1931
  • Russ Tamblyn 1934
  • Fred Lorenzen 1934
  • Sandy Koufax (MLB) 1935
  • John Hartford 1937
  • Noel Paul Stookey 1937
  • Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary) 1937
  • Joseph Bologna 1938
  • Del Shannon 1939
  • Fred Ward 1942
  • Michael Nesmith (Monkees) 1942
  • Davy Jones (Monkees) 1945
  • Roger Glover (Rainbow) 1945
  • Patti Smith 1946
  • Jeff Lynne (E.L.O., Traveling Wilburys) 1947
  • Suzy Bogguss 1956
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph 1956
  • Patricia Kalember 1956
  • Matt Lauer 1957
  • Tracey Ullman 1959
  • Ben Johnson 1961
  • Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) 1969
  • Tiger Woods 1975
  • Meredith Monroe 1976
  • Tyrese 1978
  • Eliza Dushku 1980
  • Kristin Kreuk 1982

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