Tuesday, July 5, 2022

squelch \SKWELCH\, verb:

1. To put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.
2. To strike or press with crushing force; crush down.
3. To make a splashing sound.
4. To tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.

noun:

1. Electronics. A circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs.

Squelch has uncertain origins, though it bears a relationship to the obsolete quelch and quash.

outercourse

• Pretty much the opposite of intercourse, except with clothes on. It consists of male/female couple rubbing up against each other for sexual pleasure.

Damn I literally just had an orgasm for the outercourse.

I know! It was great.

History

• Principia Mathematica: Isaac Newton published the three-volume work containing his laws of motion and law of universal gravitation (1687)
• Venezuela, Algeria, Cape Verde: declared independence (1811, 1962, 1975)
• Salvation Army: Christian charitable organization was founded by William Booth to feed the poor of London (1865); it received its name 13 years later
• bikini: the itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny swimsuit made its debut at a Paris fashion show (1946)
• Dolly the sheep: the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult cell was born in Scotland (1996) 

  

  
  

Birthdays

• Étienne de Silhouette 1709 - French Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV
• Sarah Siddons 1755 - Actress
• Sir Stamford Raffles 1781 = British statesman, know for founding of the city of Singapore
• David G. Farragut 1801 - Officer in U.S. Navy during the U.S. Civil War, known for the paraphrased quote: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
• P.T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum) 1810 - American showman, businessman, entertainer
• Jean Cocteau (Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau) 1889 - Poet, novelist, dramatist, boxing manager, playwright
• Henry Cabot Lodge 1902 - American statesman, historian
• Milburn Stone 1904 - Actor
• Georges Pompidou (Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou) 1911 - French politician
• Janos Starker 1924 - Musician (cellist)
• Warren Oates 1928 - Actor
• Katherine Helmond 1934 - Actress ("Soap," "Who's the Boss")
• Shirley Knight 1936 - Actress
• Chuck Close 1940 - Artist
• Robbie Robertston 1944 - Musician (The Band)
• Michael Monarch 1950 - Musician (Steppenwolf)
• Huey Lewis 1951 - Musician (Huey Lewis and the News)
• Richard "The Goose" Gossage 1951 - Baseball player
• Charles Ventre 1952 - Musician (River Road)
• James Lofton 1956 - Football player
• Bill Watterson 1958 - cartoonist (Calvin & Hobbes)
• Marc Cohn 1959 - Singer, songwriter
• Edie Falco 1963 - Actress ("The Sopranos")
• Kathryn Erbe 1965 - Actress ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent")
• RZA (Robert Fitzgerald Diggs) 1969 - Music producer, author, rapper
• Joe (the R&B singer) 1973
• Bengt Lagerberg 1973 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Dale Godboldo 1975 - Actor
• Bizarre 1978 - Musician (D12)
• Amelie Mauresmo 1979 - Tennis player
• Jason Wade 1980 - Musician (Lifehouse)
• Dave Haywood 1982 - Musician (Lady Antebellum)
  Danay Garcia 1984 - Actress (FTWD)