Sunday, September 6, 2015

acquiesce \ak-wee-ES\, intransitive verb:

• To accept or consent passively or without objection -- usually used with 'in' or 'to'.

Acquiesce comes from Latin acquiescere, "to give oneself to rest, hence to find one's rest or peace (in something)," from ad, "to" + quiescere, "to rest, to be or keep quiet."

 

off-sight meeting 

• A meeting that has no real purpose or clear direction. However, breakfast is usually served, therefore it is still beneficial that you attend.

"Hey our boss has been talking for a while, but does any of it really matter?"
"Nah, this is an off-sight meeting."
"Ah, well at least these scones are delicious." 

deez nuts

1. A sarcastic expression used to denote annoyance or frustration.
2. A term used when you just dont give a fuck.
3. Look, my dick and balls are bigger than yours.

"Hey let me borrow your car." 
"Why don't you borrow deez nuts."

History

• William McKinley: US president was shot by an anarchist; he died eight days later (1901)
• Piggly Wiggly: the first self-service supermarket opened in Memphis, Tennessee (1916)
• Queen Juliana: popular monarch assumed the throne of the Netherlands, which she retained until 1980 (1948)
• Hendrik Verwoerd: South African prime minister was stabbed to death by a deranged parliamentary messenger in parliament in Cape Town (1966)
• Saint Petersburg: the original name was restored after the Russian city had been Leningrad since 1924 (1991)
• Cal Ripken Jr.: played in his 2,131st consecutive game and broke Lou Gehrig's "unbreakable" record (1995); his streak ended at 2,632 games on September 20, 1998

Birthdays

• Marquis de Lafayette 1757
• Jane Addams 1860
  
• Otto Kruger 1885
• Joseph P. Kennedy 1888 - bootlegger
• Billy Rose 1899
• Morgan Beatty 1902
• Maxie ‘Slapsie’ Rosenbloom 1904
• Vince DiMaggio 1912
• Jimmy Reed (Matthew James Reed Leland) 1925
• JoAnne Worley 1937
• David Allen Coe 1939
• Brian Smith 1940
• Mel McDaniel 1942
• Swoosie Kurtz 1944

• Roger Waters 1944 - Musician (Pink Floyd) 
• Ron Boone 1946
• Jane Curtin 1947
• Claydes Smith 1948 - Musician (Kool & the Gang)
• Banner Thomas 1954 - Musician (Molly Hatchet)
• Joe Smyth 1957 - Musician (Sawyer Brown)
• Jeff Foxworthy 1958
• Michael Winslow 1960
• Perry Bamonte 1960 - Musician (The Cure)
• Paul Waaktaar 1961 - Musician (a-ha)
• Mark Chestnut 1963
• Rosie Perez 1964
  
• William DuVall 1967 - Musician (Alice in Chains, Comes With The Fall)
• CeCe Peniston 1969
• Darryl Anthony 1969 - Musician (Az Yet)
• Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) 1971
• Justin Whalen 1974
• Nina Persson 1974 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Foxy Brown 1979