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green-collar, adjective [green-kol-er]
- noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
noun
- a green-collar worker. Also, green collar.
ORIGIN: Green-collar entered English in the early 1990s. It’s based on the model of blue-collar and white-collar, with the green element coming from the sense “environmentally sound or beneficial.”
earth biscuit
- A tree-hugging female hippie who doesn't shave and always looks like she's maybe been rolling around in the dirt.
Wow, that Alanis. What an earth biscuit.
History
- George Washington: took the oath of office to become the first POTUS (1789)
- Louisiana Purchase: France agreed to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 million, thereby doubling the size of the US (1803); eight years later on the same date, Louisiana became the 18th state
- A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens' novel was first published as a serial in a literary magazine (1859)
- Suicide: Nazi leader ADOLF HITLER killed himself before Allied and Russian forces could capture him (1945)
- Vietnam War: officially ended when Saigon (now called Ho Chi Minh City) fell and South Vietnam surrendered (1975)
- Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898
- Ellis Wilson 1899
- George R. Stibitz 1904
- Queen Juliana (Netherlands) 1909
- Al Lewis 1910
- Eve Arden 1912
- Robert Shaw 1916
- Percy Heath 1923
- John (Johnny) Horton 1925
- Cloris Leachman 1926 - Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Phyllis")
- Willie Nelson 1933 - Musican
- Gary Collins 1938 - Talk show host
- Burt Young 1940 - Actor
- Johnny Farina 1941 - Musician (Santo & Johnny)
- Bobby Vee (Velline) 1943 - Singer
- Jill Clayburgh 1944 - Actress
- Richard Schoff (The Sandpipers) 1944
- Don Schollander 1946
- Perry King 1948
- Wayne Kramer 1948 - Musician (MC5)
- Merril Osmond 1953 - Singer (The Osmonds)
- Jane Campion 1954 - Director
- Paul Gross 1959
- Isiah Thomas 1961 - Basketball player
- Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks) 1962
- Barrington Levy 1964 - Dancer
- Adrian Pasdar 1965 - Actor ("Heroes")
- Turbo B 1967 - Rapper (Snap)
- Clark Vogeler 1969 - Musician (Toadies)
- Chris "Choc" Dalyrimple 1971 - Musician (Soul for Real)
- J.R. Richards 1972 - Musician (Dishwalla)
- Jeff Timmons 1973 - Musician (98 Degrees)
- Akron 1973 - Singer
- Johnny Galecki 1975 - Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
- Kirsten Dunst 1982 - Actress ("Spider-Man")
- Gal Gadot 1985 - Actress ("Wonder Woman")
- Ashley Dupré 1985 former high-class hooker who took down the NYS Gov Eliot Spitzer, NY Post Columnist
- Dianna Agron 1986 - Actress ("Glee")
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