spatchcock \SPACH-kok\, verb:
1. To insert or interpolate, esp. in a forced or incongruous manner.
noun:
1. A fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
verb:
- 1. To prepare and roast (a fowl) in this manner.
Spatchcock is possibly an alteration of spitchcock, "an eel that is split, cut into pieces, and broiled or fried."
violent agreement
- When two people think they are arguing, but fail to realize they actually agree.
Ross: This arena is bigger than the old one.
Morgan: Not much bigger.
Ross: It is bigger.
Morgan: Barely, hardly enough to notice.
Ross: It's definitely bigger!
Morgan: But NOT MUCH bigger!
Chris: Uhhh, guys? You're in violent agreement.
History
- Marihuana Tax Act: US law doused marijuana use, sale and possession with sheer legal intricacy (1937)
- PT-109: a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy was sunk off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer (1943)
- Gulf of Tonkin: the Pentagon reported attacks on US ships by North Vietnamese; the incident led to a Congressional resolution and expansion of the war effort (1964)
- Kuwait: was invaded by Iraq, triggering the Gulf War five months later (1990)
Birthdays
- Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss 1891
- Myrna Loy 1905
- Beatrice Straight 1918
- James Baldwin 1924
- Carroll O'Connor 1924
- Peter O'Toole 1932
- Hank Cochran 1935
- Garth Hudson (The Band) 1937
- Wes Craven 1939
- Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and the Pips) 1939
- Doris Kenner-Jackson (The Shirelles) 1941
- Kathy Lennon 1942 - Musician (The Lennon Sisters)
- Max Wright 1943
- Joanna Cassidy 1945
- Lance Ito 1950
- Andrew Gold 1951
- Butch Vig 1955 (Garbage)
- Mojo Nixon 1957
- Victoria Jackson 1959
- Apollonia 1961
- Cynthia Stevenson 1963
- Mary-Louise Parker1964
- John Stanier (Helmet) 1968
- Kevin Smith 1970
- Zelma Davis (C+C Music Factory) 1970
- Angel Lynn Boris 1974
- Edward Furlong 1977
- Charli XCX (Charlotte Emma Aitchinson) 1992
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