Tuesday, August 30, 2016

shenanigan \shuh-NAN-i-guhn\, noun:

1. Mischief; prankishness.

2. Remarks intended to deceive; deceit. Often used in the plural.

Shenanigan's origin is a mystery. The first recorded usage was in California. Possible sources for the term include Spanish, German and Iroquois.

 

nomonym

• When you eat something and it tastes like something else. Things often taste like chicken but chicken rarely tastes like other things.

"This tuna tastes just like your mom."

"Dude, that's a nomonym!"

dat ass (_(_) 

• A positive vernacular expression used when one sees the buttocks of another, ((usually in a pic posted on an internet board)) Expressing delight and a possible suggestion of sexual interest.

 Oh lawd.. dat ass

History

• Melbourne: Australian city named for British prime minister Lord Melbourne was founded (1835)
• Second Battle of Bull Run: in the US Civil War, the Confederates achieved a victory over Union forces (1862)
• hotline: a direct link between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war (1963)
• Thurgood Marshall: was confirmed as the first black US Supreme Court justice (1967)
• The Late Show with David Letterman: late-night talk show premiered on CBS (1993)

Birthdays

• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1797
• Emily Bronte 1818
• Maria Montessori 1870
• Dr. Claire Straith 1891
• Huey P. Long 1893
• Raymond Massey 1896
• Roy Wilkins 1901
• Shirley Booth 1907
• Fred MacMurray 1908
• John Gunther 1901
• Joan Blondell 1912
• Julie Bishop 1914
• Ted Williams 1918
• Kitty Wells (Muriel Deason) 1919
• Regina Resnik 1922
• Robert H. Rines 1922
• Geoffrey Beene 1927
• Bill Daily 1928
• John Phillips (Mamas and the Papas) 1935
• Elizabeth Ashley 1939
• Ben Jones 1941
• John McNally (The Searchers) 1941
• Robert Crumb 1943
• Jean-Claude Killy 1943
• Peggy Lipton 1947
• Jon Paul Kolb 1947
• Mick Moody (Whitesnake) 1950
• Timothy Bottoms 1951
• David Paymer 1954
• Michael Chiklis 1963
• Michael Michele 1966
• Sherrie Austin 1971
• Cameron Diaz 1972
• Lisa Ling 1973
• Aaron Barrett (Reel Big Fish) 1980