Wednesday, May 18, 2016

tipple \TIP-uhl\, verb:

1. To drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.
2. To drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities.

noun:

1. Intoxicating liquor.
2. A device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.

Tipple is a back formation from the Middle English tipeler, "to tap." Tipsy is also related.
 
Drunken Immunity

• Complete disregard on the part of a friend, girlfriend or ex-girlfriend for any minor stupid thing you said or did while drunk (i.e. drunk texting, drunk calling, drunken Facebook status updates, drunken confession, ETC).

Ex-girlfriend: "We broke up two days ago. Why did you call me at 3 A.M. for a booty-call?"
You: "I plead drunken immunity."

History 

• Montreal: the French founded the Quebec city as Ville Marie de Montréal (1642)
• Napoleon Bonaparte: crowned himself emperor (1804)
• Plessy v. Ferguson: the concept of separate but equal racial segregation in public places was affirmed by the US Supreme Court (1896)
• Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens, a stratovolcanic peak in Washington State, erupted, shooting a plume of gases 63,000 feet high and killing more than 50 people (1980)
• Les Misérables: closed after 16 years on Broadway (2003)

Birthdays

• Frank Capra 1897
• Meredith Wilson 1902
• Big Joe Turner 1911
• Perry Como 1912
• Pierre Balmain 1914
• Margot Fonteyn 1919
• Dame Margot Fonteyn 1919
• Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyla) 1920
• Bill Macy 1922
• Kay Winding 1922
• Marquita Rivera 1922
• Jack Whitaker 1924
• Pernell Roberts 1930 - Actor ("Bonanza," "Trapper John, M.D.")
• Robert Morse 1931 - Actor ("Mad Men," "How to Succeed in Business ...")
• Dwayne Hickman 1934
• Brooks Robinson 1937 - Baseball player
• Albert Hammond 1942
• Rodney Dillard 1942 - Musician (The Dillards)
• Reggie Jackson 1946 - Baseball player
• Joe Bonsall 1948 - Musician (The Oak Ridge Boys)
• Dave Atkins 1949
• Candice Azzara 1949
• Rick Wakeman 1949 - Musician (Yes)
• Rodney Milburn, Jr. 1950
• James Stephens 1951
• George Strait 1952 - Country musician
• Butch Tavares 1953 - Musician (Tavares)
• Wreckless Eric 1954
• Chow Yun-Fat 1955 - Actor
• Michael Cretu 1957 - Musician (Enigma)
• Toyah Wilcox 1958
• Page Hamilton 1960
• Jari Kurri 1960 - Hockey player
• Yannick Noah 1960 - Tennis player
• Martika 1969 - Singer
• Tina Fey 1970 - Actress, comedian ("30 Rock," "Saturday Night Live")
• Special Ed 1974
• Darryl Allen 1980 - Musician (Mista)
• Spencer Breslin 1992 - Actor