Thursday, November 19, 2020

yaff \ yaf \ , verb; 

• Scot. and North England . to bark; yelp.

Origin: Yaff may be a dialectal blend of waff meaning "bark" with yap or yawp . It entered English in the early 1600s. 

sargasm

• Deriving far too much satisfaction from glibly berating another with sarcasm.

"Oh, thanks a lot for drinking my last beer! No, it's my fault... if I wanted it for myself, I shouldn't have put it in the fridge!"

"Dude, don't have a sargasm."

 

History 

• Jay's Treaty: was signed; it resolved some leftover issues between the United States and Great Britain after the Revolutionary War (1794)
• Gettysburg Address: Abraham Lincoln gave his famous 272-word speech on the Civil War's bloodiest battleground (1863)
• Anwar Sadat: became the first Arab leader to officially visit the state of Israel (1977)
• Milli Vanilli: German pop duo was stripped of its Grammy after it was revealed that neither member sang on their albums; they lip-synched in concert (1990)

Birthdays

• James Garfield (U.S.) 1831
  
• Tommy Dorsey 1905
• Indira Gandhi 1917
• Alan Young 1919
• Larry King 1933
• Dick Cavett 1936
• Ted Turner 1938
• Garrick Utley 1939
• Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) 1939
• Dan Haggerty 1941
• Calvin Klein 1942
• Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore) 1949
• Robert Beltran 1953
• Kathleen Quinlan 1954
• Glynnis O'Connor 1955
• Ann Curry 1956
• Scott Jacoby 1956
• Allison Janney 1960
• Matt Sorum (The Cult, Guns 'N' Roses) 1960
• Meg Ryan 1961
• Jodie Foster 1962
• Terry Farrell 1963
  
• Gail Devers 1966
• Jason Scott Lee 1966
• Travis McNabb (Better Than Ezra) 1969
• Tony Rich 1971
• Savion Glover 1973
• Tamika Scott (Xscape) 1975
• Kerri Strug 1977