Tuesday, June 30, 2020

verbicide \ VUR-buh-sahyd \ , noun; 

1. the willful distortion or depreciation of the original meaning of a word. 
2. a person who willfully distorts the meaning of a word. 

Origin: Verbicide joins a variant of the Latin verbum , meaning "word," with -cide , a suffix used in the formation of compound words that means "killer" or "act of killing."

index finger discount

1. similar to the five finger discount in that it involves stealing/illegally obtaining items. however the index finger discount applies only to the index finger on the hand which you use your mouse for clicking and downloading illegal music, movies, etc.
2. i.e. pirating

I recently obtained a shitload of music using the index finger discount

History

• The Great Blondin: French acrobat crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope; walking from the US to Canada took him eight minutes (1859)
• Tunguska event: 2,000 sq. km of central Siberia were flattened in an explosion likely caused by a meteor disintegrating above the Earth's surface (1908)
• Gone With the Wind: classic Civil War-era novel was published (1936)
• 26th Amendment: was ratified, lowering the US voting age to 18 (1971)

Birthdays

• David Wayne 1916
• Lena Horne 1917
• Susan Hayward 1919
• Shirley Fry 1927
• June Valli 1930
• Harry Blackstone, Jr. 1934
• Tony Musante 1936
• Nancy Dussault 1936
• Florence Ballard (The Supremes) 1943
• Glenn Shorrock (The Little River Band) 1944
• William Atherton 1947
• Stanley Clarke 1951
• Andy Scott (Sweet) 1951
• Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) 1953
• David Alan Grier 1955
• Adrian Wright (Human League) 1956
• Doug Sampson 1957 - Musician (Iron Maiden, Smiler)
• Vincent D'Onofrio 1959
• Rupert Graves 1963
• Mike Tyson 1966
• Phil Anselmo (Pantera) 1968
• Tom Drummond (Better Than Ezra) 1969
• Brian Bloom 1970
• Brian Vincent 1970
• Monica Potter 1971
  Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan 1982