jettison \JET-uh-suhn, JET-uh-zuhn\, verb:
- to throw goods overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress
- the act of throwing goods overboard when a craft is in distress; also, the goods thrown overboard
- (figurative) to throw away; discard
noun by 1425 from Anglo-Fr. getteson, from Old French getaison "act of throwing (goods overboard)," especially to lighten a ship in distress, from Late Latin jactionem, from jectare "toss about." The verb is first attested 1848.
Blind transfer
- When someone calls your office phone and you transfer them to a random number from a department you choose because you either can't find the correct number or you don't feel like looking it up.
Co-worker: Who just called?
You: I'm not really sure but I totally just blind transferred him to some one in human resources.
History
- Human Be-In: counterculture event took place in San Francisco, preceding the Summer of Love (1967)
- Margrethe II: ascended the throne of Denmark as its first reigning queen since the early 1400s, thanks to a constitutional amendment that allowed female succession (1972)
- Miami Dolphins: beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII, becoming the first, and so far only, NFL team to have an undefeated season (1973)
Birthdays
- Benedict Arnold 1741
- Henri Fantin-Latour 1836
- Albert Schweitzer 1875
- Cecil Beaton 1904
- William Bendix 1906
- Russ Columbo 1908
- Mark Goodson 1915
- Billy Butterfield (World’s Greatest Jazz Band) 1917
- Andy Rooney 1919
- Tom Tryon 1926
- Billy Walker 1929
- Caterina Valente 1931
- Clarence Carter 1936
- Sonny Siebert 1937
- Billy Jo Spears 1937
- Jack Jones 1938
- Allen Toussaint 1938
- Julian Bond 1940
- Faye Dunaway 1941
- Gibby Gilbert 1941
- Holland Taylor 1943
- Shannon Lucid
- Graham Marsh 1944
- Gene Washington
- Carl Weathers 1948
- T-Bone Burnett 1948
- Lawrence Kasdan 1948
- Geoff Tate (Queensryche) 1959
- Steven Soderbergh 1963
- Mark Addy 1964
- Slick Rick 1965
- Dan Scheider 1966
- Tom Rhodes 1967
- Emily Watson 1967
- L.L. Cool J (James Todd Smith) 1968
- Jason Bateman 1969
- Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) 1969
- Jordan Ladd 1975
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