talisman \TAL-is-muhn, TAL-iz-muhn\, noun:
- an object, such as a ring, engraved with figures supposed to have magic power; charm
- anything that seems to produce extraordinary results
by 1599, from French talisman, in part via Arabic tilsam (pl. tilsaman), a Greek loan-word; in part directly from Byzantine Greek telesma "talisman, religious rite, payment," earlier "consecration, ceremony," originally "completion," from telein "perform (religious rites), pay (tax), fulfill," from telos "completion, end, tax."
transaction
- The sex you get from a crossdresser.
Mark: That girl I met at the bar last night was really a dude. It's okay, I got me some sweet transaction.
History
- Caligula: Roman emperor who had a reputation for freakish behavior was assassinated by his Praetorian Guards (41)
- gold rush: a gold nugget was found at Sutter's Mill in northern California; President Polk announced the find in December and the gold rush began (1848)
- Robert Baden-Powell: organized the first Boy Scout troop in England (1908)
- Eskimo Pie: chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar was patented by Christian K. Nelson; it aimed to satisfy cravings for ice cream and chocolate bars at once (1922)
- St. Petersburg: Russian city was renamed Leningrad three days after Lenin's death (1924)
- Shoichi Yokoi: Japanese soldier was discovered hiding on Guam, 28 years after American forces reconquered the island in the Battle of Guam (1972)
- Department of Homeland Security: began operations, headed by Tom Ridge (2003)
Birthdays
- Frederick the Great (Prussia) 1712
- Edith Wharton (Jones) 1862
- Ann Todd 1909
- John Beasley Brickhouse 1916
- Ernest Borgnine 1917
- Oral Roberts 1918
- Maria Tallchief 1925
- Marvin Kaplan 1927
- Desmond Morris 1928
- Jack Scott (Scafone) 1936
- Bobby Scott 1937
- Ray Stevens 1939
- Neil Diamond 1941
- Aaron Neville 1941
- Julie Gregg 1944
- Warren Zevon 1947
- John Belushi 1949
- Becky Hobbs 1950
- Michael Ontkean 1950
- Yakov Smirnoff 1951
- Elaine Giftos 1954
- Nastassja Kinski 1961
- Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) 1963
- John Myung (Dream Theater) 1967
- Mary Lou Retton 1968
- Pat "Sleepy" Brown (Society of Soul) 1970
- Tatyana Ali 1979
- Nicole Marie Lenz 1980 Playmate
- Mischa Barton 1986
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