burgeon \BUR-juhn\ ,
verb:
verb:
- To grow or develop quickly; flourish.
- To begin to grow or blossom.
transitive verb:
- To put forth, as buds.
noun:
- A bud; sprout.
Origin: Burgeon is from Middle English burgeonen, from Old French borjoner, from burjon, a bud.
emoji tennis
- Texting nothing but emojis back and forth between a friend or partner. Can sometimes be for humour or usually because you're bored.
Boy: let's play emoji tennis
Girl: ok
Boy: 🍑
Girl: 😐
Boy: 😍😘❓
Girl: 😘😉
Boy: 😊😉
Girl: ok
Boy: 🍑
Girl: 😐
Boy: 😍😘❓
Girl: 😘😉
Boy: 😊😉
History
- Moulin Rouge: France's most famous cabaret opened in the Montmartre section in Paris (1889)
- The Jazz Singer: first full-length talkie debuted with songs and 291 spoken words (1927)
- The Curse of the Billy Goat: began when Billy Sianis and his goat were ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series; Sianis predicted that the Cubs would never again win a World Series, and, so far, they haven't even been in one since then (1945)
- Yom Kippur War: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish year (1973)
- Anwar Sadat: Egypt's president was assassinated by Islamic fundamentalists while reviewing a military parade in Cairo (1981)
- Wenceslas III (1289-1306): king of Hungary
- George Westinghouse 1846 - Founder of Westinghouse Electric Company and invented railway braking systems
- Reginald Fessenden 1866
- Le Corbusier 1887
- Jerome Cowan 1897
- Florence Seibert 1897
- Jack Sharkey 1902
- Helen Wills Moody 1905
- Janet Gaynor 1906
- Carole Lombard 1908
- Thor Heyerdahl 1914
- H.R. (Bum) Bright 1920
- Shana Alexander 1925
- Paul Badura-Skoda 1927
- Fred Graham 1931
- Anna Quayle 1936
- Britt Ekland 1942
- Fred Travalena 1942
- Millie Small 1946
- Klaus Dibiasi 1947
- Thomas McClary (The Commodores) 1950
- David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) 1954
- Elisabeth Shue 1963
- Matthew Sweet 1964
- Tim Rushlow 1966
- Kitty (B-Rock and the Bizz) 1971
- Bobby Farrell (Boney M) 1949
- Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) 1951
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