Thursday, November 21, 2019

skeigh \skeekh\, adverb:

1. proudly.

adjective:

1. (of horses) spirited; inclined to shy.
2. (of women) proud; disdainful.

In the 1500s, skeigh originally referred to skittish behavior of horses, and it came from the Old English word scéoh meaning "shy." The sense of "proudly" arose in the 1700s.  

stealership

• Business entity where one can purchase vehicles or have vehicle maintenance and repairs performed at exorbitant prices. Remember to bend over and bring lots of lube. Variant of dealership.

Sorry bro, I don't have the rent money, I just had to pay $1300 to get my ride fixed. Next time I won't take it to the fucking stealership!

History 

• hot-air balloon: first manned free flight was taken by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on a 20-minute, 9-km. flight over Paris (1783)
• phonograph: a new invention was announced by Thomas Edison (1877)
• Verrazano Narrows Bridge: the suspension bridge connecting Brooklyn to Staten Island opened (1964)
• Who shot J.R.? : 350 million people worldwide tuned in to Dallas to find out (1980)

Birthdays

• François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) 1694
• William Beaumont 1785
• Rene Magritte 1898
• Stan Musial (MLB) 1920
• Vivian Blaine 1921
• Joseph Campanella 1927
• Jean Shepard 1933
• Laurence Luckinbill 1934
• Marlo Thomas 1938
• Dr. John 1940
• Natalia Makarova 1940
• Juliet Mills 1941
• Marcy Carsey 1944
• Harold Ramis 1944
• Goldie Hawn 1945
• Lonnie Jordan (War) 1948
• Livingston Taylor 1950
• Lorna Luft 1952
• Cherry Jones 1956
• Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes) 1960
• Nicollette Sheridan 1963
• Bjork Gudmundsdottir (Sugarcubes) 1965
• Troy Aikman (NFL) 1966
• Alex James (Blur) 1968
• Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) 1968
• Ken Griffey Jr. (MLB) 1969
• Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) 1971
• Kelsi Osborn (SHeDAISY) 1974
• Jena Malone 1984