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pernicious \pur-NISH-us\, adjective:
- Highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful.
Pernicious comes from Latin perniciosus, "destructive, ruinous," from pernicies, "destruction, disaster, ruin," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + nex, nec-, "violent death."
Douchebaguette
- A female douchebag. A woman who exhibits characteristics of a douchebag.
Just look at her pompous gait... what a douchebaguette!
History
- Montreal: the French founded the Quebec city as Ville Marie de Montréal (1642)
- Napoleon Bonaparte: crowned himself emperor (1804)
- Plessy v. Ferguson: the concept of separate but equal racial segregation in public places was affirmed by the US Supreme Court (1896)
- Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens, a stratovolcanic peak in Washington State, erupted, shooting a plume of gases 63,000 feet high and killing more than 50 people (1980)
- Les Misérables: closed after 16 years on Broadway (2003)
Birthdays
- Frank Capra 1897
- Meredith Wilson 1902
- Big Joe Turner 1911
- Perry Como 1912
- Pierre Balmain 1914
- Margot Fonteyn 1919
- Dame Margot Fonteyn 1919
- Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyla) 1920
- Bill Macy 1922
- Kay Winding 1922
- Marquita Rivera 1922
- Jack Whitaker 1924
- Pernell Roberts 1930 - Actor ("Bonanza," "Trapper John, M.D.")
- Robert Morse 1931 - Actor ("Mad Men," "How to Succeed in Business ...")
- Dwayne Hickman 1934
- Brooks Robinson 1937 - Baseball player
- Albert Hammond 1942
- Rodney Dillard 1942 - Musician (The Dillards)
- Reggie Jackson 1946 - Baseball player
- Joe Bonsall 1948 - Musician (The Oak Ridge Boys)
- Dave Atkins 1949
- Candice Azzara 1949
- Rodney Milburn, Jr. 1950
- James Stephens 1951
- George Strait 1952 - Country musician
- Butch Tavares 1953 - Musician (Tavares)
- Wreckless Eric 1954
- Chow Yun-Fat 1955 - Actor
- Michael Cretu 1957 - Musician (Enigma)
- Toyah Wilcox 1958
- Page Hamilton 1960
- Jari Kurri 1960 - Hockey player
- Yannick Noah 1960 - Tennis player
- Martika 1969 - Singer
- Tina Fey 1970 - Actress, comedian ("30 Rock," "Saturday Night Live")
- Special Ed 1974
- Darryl Allen 1980 - Musician (Mista)
- Spencer Breslin 1992 - Actor
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