Monday, August 14, 2017

Monday, August 14, 2017

sapiosexual, noun [sey-pee-oh-sek-shoo-uh l]
1. a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
adjective
1. noting or relating to such a person.
ORIGIN: Sapiosexual is modeled on words like homosexual and metrosexual, i.e., it has a short first element that ends in “o” (two syllables for homosexual and metrosexual, three for sapiosexual). The trouble is that for some intelligent people, sapiosexual is an “incorrect” formation: the word “should be” sapientisexual or at least sapientosexual, which are correct but pedantic and unlikely to win many dates for oneself. Some people in the 19th century objected to the new-fangled word scientist because it had a Latin root (scient-) and a Greek suffix (-ist), an objection no longer made. Sapiosexual entered English in 2015. 

Phobophobia
  • Being afraid of being afraid.
  • This is something you can really get worked up with.
A: Don't scare him. He has phobophobia.
B: AAAAH! That was scary .... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

History
  • Oregon Territory: was organized by an act of US Congress, consisting of all of present-day Oregon, Idaho and Washington, and parts of Montana and Wyoming (1848)
  • Social Security Act: was signed into law by US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, establishing pensions and unemployment insurance (1935)
  • V-J Day: Japan surrendered, ending World War II (1945)
  • Pakistan: southern Asia country became independent of Britain (1947)
  • Ilich Ramírez Sánchez: the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal" was captured (1994)
  • Northeast Blackout of 2003: 50 million people — one-third the population of Canada plus one-seventh the population of the US — lost electricity (2003)
Birthdays
  • Ernest Thayer 1863
  • John Galsworthy 1867
  • Russell Baker 1925
  • Buddy Greco 1926
  • Alice Ghostly 1926
  • John Brodie 1935
  • Dash Crofts (Seals and Crofts) 1940
  • David Crosby 1941
  • Connie Smith 1941
  • Robyn Smith Astaire 1944
  • Steve Martin 1945
  • Antonio Fargas 1946
  • Susan St. James 1946
  • Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone) 1946
  • Danielle Steel 1947
  • Gary Larson 1950 - Creator of "The Far Side"
  • Terry Adams (NRBQ) 1950
  • Debbie Meyer 1952
  • James Horner 1953
  • Jackee Harry 1956
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson (NBA) 1959
  • Susan Olsen 1961
  • Emanuelle Beart 1965
  • Halle Berry 1968
  • Catherine Bell 1968
  • Mila Kunis 1983









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