hortatory \HOR-tuh-tor-ee\, adjective:
- Marked by strong urging; serving to encourage or incite; as, "a hortatory speech."
Hortatory is from Latin hortatorius, from hortari, "to exhort, to incite, to encourage."
Tooth sweater
Tooth sweater
- When you go for a day or so without brushing your teeth, and the texture in your mouth feels like your teeth are wearing fuzzy little sweaters.
"Does anyone have gum? I forgot to brush my teeth this morning, and it feels disgusting."
"Oh, you've got tooth sweaters?"
"Oh, you've got tooth sweaters?"
History
- Grover Cleveland: married Frances Folsom, becoming the first (and, so far, only) president to be married in the White House (1886)
- Native Americans: were granted US citizenship (1924)
- Lou Gehrig: Yankee slugger died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a rare degenerative disease that now carries his name (1941)
- Queen Elizabeth II: coronation of the long-reigning monarch was held in Westminster Abbey; she wore a gown embroidered with floral emblems of the countries of the Commonwealth (1953)
Birthdays
- Marquis de Sade 1740 - French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer
- Thomas Hardy 1840 - Novelist and poet of the naturalist movement
- Ben Grauer 1908 - Radio and television personality
- Max Showalter 1917 - Film, television, stage actor, composer, pianist, singer
- Milo O'Shea 1926 - Actor
- Carl Butler 1927 - Country music singer
- Pete Conrad (Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.) 1930 - American naval officer, third person to walk on the moon
- Barry Levinson 1933 - Screenwriter, film director, actor
- Charles Miller (Charles "Charlie" Miller) 1939 - Scottish football player
- Stacy Keach 1941 - Actor
- William Guest 1941 - Singer (Gladys Knight and The Pips)
- Charlie Watts 1941 - Musician (Rolling Stones)
- Charles Haid 1943 - Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
- Marvin Hamlisch 1944 - Composer
- Jon Peters (John H. Peters) 1945 - Movie producer
- Joanna Gleason 1950 - Actress
- Diana Canova 1953 - Actress
- Dennis Haysbert 1954 - Actor ("24")
- Dana Carvey 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Saturday Night Live," "Moving")
- Gary Grimes 1955 - Actor
- Lydia Lynch 1959 - Singer, poet, writer, actress
- Michael Steel 1959 - Musician (Bangles)
- Tony Hadley 1959 - Musician (Spandau Ballet)
- Kyle Petty 1960 - Auto racer
Lester Napoleon Green 1968 - Beetlejuice (Stern Show) - Merril Bainbridge 1968 - Singer, songwriter
- B-Real 1970 - Musician (Cypress Hill)
- Conny Valentina 1971 - Artist
- Wentworth Miller 1972 - Actor ("Prison Break")
- Zachary Quinto 1977 - Actor ("Star Trek")
- Nikki Cox 1978 - Actress
- Justin Long 1978 - Actor ("Dodge Ball," "Live Free or Die Hard")
- Dominic Cooper 1978 - Actor
Morena Baccarin 1979 - Actress (V, Firefly) - Irish Grinstead 1980 - Musician (702)
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