magnanimous \mag-NAN-uh-muhs\, adjective:
- noble in mind or soul; free from mean or petty feelings or acts
- showing a generous spirit; generous in forgiving
by 1547 from Latin magnanimus "having a great soul," from magnus "great" + animus "soul, spirit." Probably a loan-translation of Greek megalopsychos "high-souled, generous" (Aristotle) or megathymus "great-hearted."
neologasm
- the pleasurable feeling from having coined a new word. Combination of neologism and orgasm.
Her neologasm was so intense she determined to submit a new word every day to the Urban Dictionary.
History
- Virgin Islands: prompted by fear of German expansion, the US bought the islands from Denmark for $25 million; its inhabitants became US citizens 10 years later (1917)
- Great Brinks Robbery: 11 men steal over $2 million in Boston in what was then the biggest US robbery; they were eventually caught (1950)
- Operation Desert Storm: air offensive was launched in the Gulf War to remove the Iraqi army from the Persian Gulf kingdom of Kuwait (local time; in the US it was still the previous day) (1991)
- Benjamin Franklin 1706
- Anton Chekhov 1860
- David Lloyd George (Britain) 1863
- Noah Beery 1883
- Mack Sennet 1884
- Marjorie Gateson 1891
- Al Capone 1899
- Nevil Shute 1899
- Vido Musso 1913
- George Handy 1920
- Betty White 1922
- Moira Shearer 1926
- Eartha Kitt 1927
- Vidal Sassoon 1928
- Jacques Plante 1929
- James Earl Jones 1931
- Sheree North 1933
- Shari Lewis (Hurwitz) 1934
- Troy Donahue 1937
- Maury Povich 1939
- Muhammad Ali 1942
- Chris Montez 1944
- William Hart (Delfonics) 1945
- Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones) 1948
- Andy Kaufman 1949
- Steve Earle 1955
- Paul Young 1956
- David Caruso 1956
- Steve Harvey 1957
- Susanna Hoffs (Bangles) 1957
- John Crawford (Berlin) 1960
- Jim Carrey 1962
- Shabba Ranks 1966
- Naveen Andrews 1969 - Actor ("Lost")
- Kid Rock 1971
- Zooey Deschanel 1980
- Ray J 1981
- Amanda Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) 1982
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