Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

bafflegab \BAF-uhl-gab\ noun,
  • Slang. confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook: an insurance policy written in bafflegab impenetrable to a lay person. 
Origin: Bafflegab is a portmanteau of baffle and gab and is credited to Milton A. Smith, a lawyer for the US Chamber of Commerce during the 1950s. Milton humorously defined this word as "multiloquence characterized by consummate interfusion of circumlocution or periphrasis, inscrutability, and other familiar manifestations of abstruse expatiation commonly utilitzed for promulgations implementing Procrustean determinations by governmental bodies." 

you got to be fist fucking me
  • When someone does something really stupid.
You don't celebrate Bob Day? You got to be fist fucking me.

Holiday
  • Bob Day (May 26th, annually) 


History

  • Edict of Worms: declared Martin Luther an outlaw and banned his writings (1521)
  • Andrew Johnson: 17th president of the United States was acquitted by one vote in his impeachment trial (1868)
  • Dow Jones Industrial Average: stock market index was first published by The Wall Street Journal (1896)
    Dracula - The vampire novel by Bram Stoker was first published igniting an entire genre of fiction and fantasy (1897)
  • George Willig: the "human fly" scaled the South Tower of the World Trade Center in 3.5 hours; he was fined $1.10 for the illegal feat — a penny per story (1977)
  • Ellis Island: the US Supreme Court ruled that the immigration landmark belonged more to New Jersey than New York (1998)
Birthdays
  • Abraham De Moivre 1667
  • Alexander Pushkin 1799
  • Al Jolson 1886
  • Norma Talmadge 1897
  • John Wayne 1907
  • Robert Morley 1908
  • Ben Alexander 1911
  • Peter Cushing 1913
  • Jay Silverheels 1919
  • Peggy Lee 1920
  • James Arness 1923 - Actor ("Gunsmoke")
  • Jacques Bergerac 1927
  • Teresa Stratas 1939
  • Brent Musburger 1939 - Sportscaster
  • Cliff Drysdale1941
  • Levon Helm 1942 - Musician (The Band)
  • Ray Ennis 1942 - Musician (The Swinging Blue Jeans)
  • Sam Posey 1944
  • Gerry Paterson 1945 - Musician (The Guess Who)
  • Stevie Nicks 1948 - Singer
  • Pam Grier 1949
  • Hank Williams, Jr. 1949 - Country musician
  • Phillip Michael Thomas 1949 - Actor ("Miami Vice")
  • Verden Allen 1949 - Musician (Mott the Hoople)
  • Sally K. Ride 1951 - Astronaut
  • Colin Vearncombe 1951 - Musician (Black)
  • Margaret Colin 1957 - Actress
  • Dave Robbins 1959 - Musician (Blackhawk)
  • Wayne Hussey 1959 - Musician (Mission)
  • Genie Francis 1962 - Actress ("General Hospital")
  • Bobcat Goldthwait 1962 - Comedian, actor ("Police Academy" series)
  • Joe Dumars 1963 - Basketball player
  • Lenny Kravitz 1964 - Musician
  • Helena Bonham-Carter 1966 - Actress
  • Phillip Rhodes 1968 - Musician (Gin Blossoms)
  • Joseph Fiennes 1970 - Actor ("Flashfoward")
  • Joey Kibble 1971 - Musician (Take 6)
  • Matt Stone 1979 - TV producer ("South Park")

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