Thursday, November 19, 2015

obfuscate \OB-fuh-skayt\, transitive verb:

1. To darken or render indistinct or dim.
2. To make obscure or difficult to understand or make sense of.
3. To confuse or bewilder.

Obfuscate comes from Late Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare, "to darken," from Latin ob- + fuscare, "to darken," from fuscus, "dark." The noun form is obfuscation.

 

expiration chug

• when someone drinks milk very quickly on the day of the expiration date

Person a: what happened to that gallon of milk in the refrigerator? 
Person b: Oh, I gave it an expiration chug, so it wouldn't go bad. 
Person a: Good thinking!

History 

• Jay's Treaty: was signed; it resolved some leftover issues between the United States and Great Britain after the Revolutionary War (1794)
• Gettysburg Address: Abraham Lincoln gave his famous 272-word speech on the Civil War's bloodiest battleground (1863)
• Anwar Sadat: became the first Arab leader to officially visit the state of Israel (1977)
• Milli Vanilli: German pop duo was stripped of its Grammy after it was revealed that neither member sang on their albums; they lip-synched in concert (1990)

Birthdays

• James Garfield (U.S.) 1831
  
• Tommy Dorsey 1905
• Indira Gandhi 1917
• Alan Young 1919
• Larry King 1933
• Dick Cavett 1936
• Ted Turner 1938
• Garrick Utley 1939
• Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) 1939
• Dan Haggerty 1941
• Calvin Klein 1942
• Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore) 1949
• Robert Beltran 1953
• Kathleen Quinlan 1954
• Glynnis O'Connor 1955
• Ann Curry 1956
• Scott Jacoby 1956
• Allison Janney 1960
• Matt Sorum (The Cult, Guns 'N' Roses) 1960
• Meg Ryan 1961
• Jodie Foster 1962
• Terry Farrell 1963
  
• Gail Devers 1966
• Jason Scott Lee 1966
• Travis McNabb (Better Than Ezra) 1969
• Tony Rich 1971
• Savion Glover 1973
• Tamika Scott (Xscape) 1975
• Kerri Strug 1977