gainsay \gayn-SAY; GAYN-say\, transitive verb:
- To deny or dispute; to declare false or invalid.
- To oppose; to contradict.
Gainsay comes from Middle English geinseien, from gein-, "against" (from Old English gegn-, gean-) + sayen, "to say," from Old English secgan.
- When a twitter user has a one-way conversation with a celebrity so that to the users followers, it seems like they are talking to a celebrity and thus are instantly uber-cool in the eyes of their followers, when in fact they are a loser with nothing better to do than have a fake conversation with themselves. Similar to name dropping IRL, but even more annoying and even less likely to be true.
Tweet-Dropper: @BritneySpears How did the barbecue go? I heard Justin Timberlake was there too >.<>
Tweet-Dropper (A few minutes later, without a reply from Britney):@BritneySpears Haha yes, I suppose after a while it got pretty normal for both of you, you must go to loads of the same things!
Tweet-Dropper (Again few minutes later, still without any replies from Britney): Yeah, it's been great! How do you squeeze so much into 140 chars lol? =P
Tweet-Dropper's Follower: Wow, this guy I'm following is having a conversation with THE Britney Spears!
Tweet-Dropper (To self): They are totally falling for my Tweet-Dropping!
History
- "La Marseillaise": France's national anthem was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1792)
- Library of Congress: was established with $5,000; today it has 18 million books and 100 million other items in 470 languages (1800)
- Hersheypark: amusement park opened in Hershey, Pennsylvania, for the exclusive use of Hershey Chocolate Company's employees; it was later opened to the public (1907)
- Easter Uprising: unsuccessful Irish rebellion against British rule began (1916)
Birthdays
- John Graunt 1620
- Edmund Cartwright 1743
- Robert Bailey Thomas 1766
- George Bascom 1836
- Henri Philippe Petain 1856
- Robert Penn Warren 1905
- Jack E. Leonard 1911
- Aaron Bell 1922
- J.D. Cannon 1922
- John Griffin 1928
- Freddy Scott 1933
- Shirley Boone 1934
- Shirley MacLaine 1934 - Actress
- Jill Ireland 1936
- Joe Henderson 1937
- Sue Grafton 1940 - Author
- Richard Sterban 1943 - Singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
- Bob Lunn 1945
- Robert Knight 1945
- Doug Clifford 1945 - Musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR))
- Glenn Cornick 1947
- Eric Bogosian 1953 - Actor
- Vince Ferragamo 1954
- Michael O'Keefe 1955
- David J. 1957 - Musician (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets)
- Boris Williams 1958 - Musician (Cure)
- Billy Gould 1963 - Musician (Faith No More)
- Paul Ryder 1964 - Musician (Happy Mondays)
- Djimon Hounsou 1964 - Actor
- Cedric the Entertainer 1964 - Actor, comedian
- Patty Schemel 1967 - Musician (Hole)
- Omar Vizquel 1967 - Baseball player
- Aaron Comess 1968 - Musician (Spin Doctors)
- Chipper Jones 1972 - Baseball player
- Brian Aubrey Marshall 1973 - Musician (Creed)
- Eric Balfour 1977 - Actor
- Carlos Beltran 1977 - Baseball player
- Kelly Clarkson (Kelly Brianne Clarkson) 1983 - Singer, first "American Idol" participant to win a Grammy Award, Who's High Pitch?
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