paroxysm \PAIR-uhk-siz-uhm\, noun:
- (Medicine) A sudden attack, intensification, or recurrence of a disease.
- Any sudden and violent emotion or action; an outburst; a fit.
Origin: Paroxysm is from Greek paroxusmos, from paroxunein, "to irritate, provoke or excite (literally to sharpen excessively)," from para-, "beyond" + oxunein, "to sharpen, to provoke."
- A seemingly generous present that will benefit the giver as much as the receiver. On an old Chipmunks Christmas album, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore give Dave a gift. He's overwhelmed with their generosity until he discovers it's an empty bag, which the Chipmunks say is for him to fill with presents and give back to them.
My friend gave me such a Chipmunk gift this year. She bought me a CD by HER favorite group and then asked to copy it because she's too cheap to buy her own CD AND a present for me.
That back bedroom at my mom's house is freezing! I hate staying there when we visit. Is it too much of a Chipmunk gift if I buy her a space heater for Christmas?
My husband took me to the Monster Truck Expo for my birthday. Jeez, what a Chipmunk gift. What was he thinking?
History
- Kitty Hawk: the Wright brothers successfully conducted the first controlled, sustained flight of a motor-powered airplane; they had been building flying devices for less than five years (1903)
- Japanese American internment: the US army announced that it would no longer hold Japanese Americans in relocation centers, allowing "evacuees" to return home (1944)
- Harold Holt: the Australian prime minister went missing and was presumed drowned while swimming off the coast of Portsea, Victoria (1967)
- Project Blue Book: US Air Force investigation into UFOs was terminated; the conclusion was that sightings were due to mass hysteria, hoaxes, mistakes and the like (1969)
- The Simpsons: the longest-running prime-time animated series premiered on Fox (1989)
- NAFTA: trade agreement was signed by Canada, the US and Mexico (1992)
Birthdays
- Humphry Davy 1778
- Joseph Henry 1797
- John Greenleaf Whittier 1807
- Arthur Fiedler 1896
- Erskine Caldwell 1903
- Willard Libby 1908
- Sy Oliver 1910
- Joan Woodbury 1915
- Richard Long 1927
- Julia Meade (Kunza) 1928
- William Safire 1929
- Armin Mueller-Stahl 1930
- George Lindsey 1935
- Tommy Steele (Rock with the Caveman) 1936
- Nat Stuckey 1937
- Art Neville (The Neville Brothers) 1937
- Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations) 1939
- Paul Butterfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) 1942
- Dave Dee (Harmon) 1943
- Bernard Hill 1944
- Ernie Hudson 1945
- Christopher Cazenove 1945
- Eugene Levy 1946
- Wes Studi 1947
- Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company) 1949
- Wanda Huntchinson (The Emotions) 1951
- Bill Pullman 1953
- Sharon White 1953
- Barry Livingston 1953
- Mike Mills (R.E.M.) 1958
- Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) 1961
- Tim Chewning (Ricochet) 1962
- Duane Propes 1966
Laurie Holden 1969 (TWD, The X-Files) - Sean Patrick Thomas 1970
- Sarah Paulson 1974
- Marissa Ribisi 1974
- Giovanni Ribisi 1974
- Bree Sharp 1975
- Milla Jovovich 1975
- Vanessa Zima 1986
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