somnambulism \som-NAM-byuh-liz-uhm, suhm-\, noun:
- sleepwalking.
Somnambulism came to English in the late 1700s from the Latin somnus + ambulare literally meaning "sleep" + "to walk."
niplash, noun:
- Whiplash of the nipple or nipples. Extreme soreness of the nipple or nipples from seatbelt or clothing malfunction.
After the fender-bender, Ralph discovered he was suffering from niplash.
History
- Jadwiga: blonde blue-eyed beauty became "king" of Poland (1384)
- Battle of Cajamarca: conquistador Francisco Pizarro massacred thousands of Incas in a surprise attack in Peru, and captured the emperor Atahualpa (1532)
- Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac (1764)
- Federal Reserve System formally opens in the US (1914)
- US-USSR relations: FDR extended formal diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union (1933)
- Sound of Music: the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical opened on Broadway (1959)
- Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit (1973)
- Burgess Meredith 1908
- Daws Butler 1916
- Clu Gulager 1928
- Hubert Sumlin 1931
- Elizabeth Drew 1935
- Joanna Pettet 1944
- Steve Railsback 1948
- David Leisure 1950
- Mani (The Stone Roses) 1962
- Zina Garrison-Jackson 1963
- Dwight Gooden (MLB) 1964
- Lisa Bonet 1967
- Suzi Simpson 1968 - from Athens Greece, playmate (Jan, 1992)
- Tammy Lauren 1969
- Martha Plimpton 1970
- Oksana Baiul 1977
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