serotinal \si-ROT-n-l, ser-uh-TAHYN-l\, adjective:
- pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
Serotinal entered English in the early twentieth century. It is derived from the Latin word sērōtinus meaning "late of time."
Premature Articulation
- Premature Articulation is the act of speaking/bragging too soon before all the facts are in, the game is over, etc.
Dude, I totally jinxed the Cardinals by blathering all over Facebook about how they were kicking ass, then they lost the game. For the first time since high school, I experienced premature articulation!
In what country was an oppressive Communist regime overthrown in a bloodless uprising known as the Velvet Revolution?
- Czechoslovakia, in 1989.
History
- George Washington's farewell address: was printed as an open letter to the American public (1796)
- New Zealand: became the first country to grant women the vote (1893)
- Butch Cassidy: notorious outlaw joined his partner, the Sundance Kid, in robbing their first bank as a duo in Winnemucca, Nevada (1900)
- Juan Perón: Argentina's president was deposed and exiled after a military coup (1955); he lived in exile for two decades and then was reinstated as president
- emoticons: the digital smiley :-) and frowny :-( were proposed by Scott Fahlman (1982)
- Ötzi the Iceman: 5,000-year-old tattooed mummy was discovered near the Austrian-Italian border (1991)
Birthdays
- Jan Luyts 1655
- Henry Brougham 1778
- Leon Jaworski 1905
- Frances Farmer 1910
- Sir William Golding 1911
- Roger Angell 1920
- Billy Ward (Billy Ward and the Dominoes) 1921
- Duke Snider 1926
- Adam West 1928
- Rosemary Harris 1930
- Ray Danton 1931
- Brook Benton 1931
- Mike Royko 1932
- David McCallum 1933
- Brian Epstein 1934
- Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) 1935
- Al Oerter 1936
- Paul Williams 1940
- Sylvia Tyson (Ian and Sylvia) 1940
- Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) 1940
- Joe Morgan 1943
- "Mama" Cass Elliott (The Mamas and Papas) 1943
- Randolph Mantooth 1945
- David Bromberg 1945
- Freda Payne 1945
- John Coghlan (Status Quo) 1946
- Lol Creme (10cc, Godley & Creme) 1947
- Jeremy Irons 1948
- Lesley "Twiggy" Hornby 1949
- Joan Lunden 1951
- Daniel Lanois 1951
- Nile Rodgers (Chic) 1952
- Rex Smith 1956
- Lita Ford 1958
- Kevin Hooks 1958
- Trisha Yearwood 1964
- Jim Abbott 1967
- Espraronza Griffin (Society of Soul) 1969
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