Monday, January 10, 2022

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onus \OH-nuhs\, noun:

1. A burden; an obligation; a disagreeable necessity.
2. a: A stigma. b: Blame.
3. The burden of proof.

Origin: Onus is adopted from Latin onus, "load, burden." The derivative Latin adjective onerosus yields English onerous, "burdensome, oppressive." The derivative Latin verb onerare has the compound form exonerare, "to free from (ex-) an onus or burden," which yields English exonerate, "to relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one."

 

Clock Out With My Cock Out

• To "call it a day" at work so you can go party.

EMPLOYEE #1: Hey, dude, you coming to happy hour? 
EMPLOYEE #2: Hells yeah! It's time to clock out with my cock out! 

History

• Julius Caesar: crossed the Rubicon with his army (49 BCE)
• Common Sense: Thomas Paine published (anonymously) his influential pamphlet calling for American independence from Britain via revolution (1776)
• London Underground: the Metropolitan Line, the first section of the tube, opened, running between Paddington and Farringdon streets (1863)
• gusher: oil was discovered near Beaumont, Texas (1901)
• League of Nations: precursor to the United Nations held its first meeting; though it was proposed by a US president, the US never did join (1920)
• Vatican City: the US reestablished full diplomatic relations with the Holy See after having been out of touch for over a century (1984)
• Where's the beef?: Wendy's ad campaign began; it quickly morphed into a political slogan (1984)

Birthdays 

• Ethan Allen 1738
• Francis X. Bushman 1883
• Ray Bolger 1904
• Paul Henried 1908
• Max Roach 1925
• Johnnie Ray 1927
• Gisele MacKenzie (LaFleche) 1927
• Donald Brooks 1928
• Maurice Sendak 1928
• Tintin 1929 (fictional character)
• Sherrill Milnes 1935
• Ronnie Hawkins 1935
• Willie McCovey 1938
• Sal Mineo 1939
• Bill Toomey 1939
• Scott McKenzie 1939
• Walter Hill 1941
• Jim Croce 1943
• Frank Sinatra Jr. 1944
• Ronny Light 1945
  
• Rod Stewart 1945
• Bob Lang (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders) 1946
• Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) 1948
• Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) 1948
• George Foreman 1949
• Bobby Rahal 1953
• Pat Benatar 1953
• Michel Schenker (Scorpions) 1955
• Shawn Colvin 1958
• Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) 1959
• Evan Handler 1961
• Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) 1963
• Trini Alvarado 1967 
• Jill Marie Nicolini 1978 (bottom)
• Chris Smith (Kris Kross) 1979
• Sarah Shahi 1980 (below)
• Josh Ryan Evans 1982