Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

milquetoast
  • One who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature.
WORD HISTORY An indication of the effect on the English language of popular culture is the adoption of names from the comic strips as English words. Casper Milquetoast, created by Harold Webster in 1924, was a timid and retiring man named for a timid food....
 
bingo tease
  • a person who claims to have bingo but does not
Person A: "BINGO!"
Person B: (looks at bingo card) I did not call O 69
All other players: "SHES SUCH A BINGO TEASE!"

History
  • French National Convention: voted to abolish the monarchy (1792)
  • Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus: editorial in the New York Sun addressed an eight-year-old's doubts (1897)
  • The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien's classic Middle-earth novel was published (1937)
  • independence: Malta (1964) and Belize (1981) become independent of the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China was proclaimed (1949)
  • NFL Monday Night Football: debuted on ABC, with color commentators Howard Cosell and Don Meredith (1970)
Birthdays
  • H.G. Wells 1866
  • Chuck Jones 1912
  • Rand Brooks 1918
  • Larry Hagman 1931
  • Leonard Cohen 1934
  • Henry Gibson 1935
  • James Woolsey 1941
  • Dickey Lee (Patches) 1941
  • Sam McDowell 1942
  • Fannie Flagg 1944
  • Richard Childress 1945
  • Stephen King 1947
  • Reggie Rucker 1947
  • Don Felder (The Eagles) 1947
  • Marsha Norman 1948
  • Bill Murray 1950
  • Kenny Starr 1953
  • Arie Luyendyk 1953
  • Philthy Animal (Motorhead) 1954
  • Mark Levin 1957
  • Ethan Coen 1958
  • Mark Reed Levin 1958
  • Dave Coulier 1959
  • David James Elliot 1960
  • Nancy Travis 1961
  • Catherine Oxenberg 1961
  • Rob Morrow 1962
  • Faith Hill 1967
  • Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies) 1967
  • Ricki Lake 1968
  • Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul) 1968
  • Alfonso Ribeiro 1971
  • Liam Gallagher (Oasis) 1972
  • Joseph Mazzello 1983
  • Maggie Grace 1983 - Actress ("Lost")

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