portentous \por-TEN-tus\, adjective:
1. Foreboding; foreshadowing, especially foreshadowing ill; ominous.2. Marvelous; prodigious; wonderful; as, a beast of portentous size.3. Pompous.
Portentous is from Latin portentosus, from portendere, to stretch out before or into the future, to predict, from por- (variant of pro-), before + tendere, to stretch out.
pen you in
- A play on the phrase "pencil you in" but adds additional emphasis on the intention of the commitment.
remley: hey wanna get some sushi tomorrow?
erica: most deff. i will pen you into my schedule.
History
- Andrew Jackson: US president was censured by the Senate for his actions in the Bank War; the censure was later expunged from the record (1834)
- Turkey: key cities changed names: Constantinople became Istanbul and Angora was tweaked to Ankara (1930)
- Virginia Woolf: distinguished novelist, critic and essayist (A Room Of One's Own) committed suicide by drowning; she had been suffering from depression and bouts of mental illness for many years (1941)
- Three Mile Island: the most serious nuclear accident in US history took place at a power station in Pennsylvania (1979)
Birthdays
- Paul Whiteman 1890
- August Busch 1899
- Rudolf Serkin 1903
- Frank Lovejoy 1912
- Jay Livingston 1915
- Dirk Bogarde 1921
- Thad Jones 1923
- Freddie Bartholomew 1924
- Bill Anthony 1930
- Charlie McCoy 1941 - Country musician
- Mike Newell 1942 - Director
- Conchata Ferrell 1943 - Actress
- Ken Howard 1944 - Actor
- Chuck Portz (The Turtles) 1945
- Barry Miles 1947
- Dianne Wiest 1948 - Actress ("Law and Order")
- Milan Williams 1948 - Musician (Commodores)
- Ronnie Ray Smith 1949
- Tracey Needham 1967 - Actress
- Max Perlich 1968 - Actor
- Salt (Cheryl James) 1969 - Rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
- Vince Vaughn 1969 - Actor
- Brett Ratner 1969 - Actor
- Mr. Cheeks 1971 - Rapper (Lost Boyz)
- Ken L. 1973 - Actor
- Annie Wershing 1977 - Actress ("24")
- Julia Stiles 1981 - Actress
- Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) 1986 - Musician
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