couchant \KOU-chuhnt\, adjective:
- 1. Lying down; crouching; reclining.
- 2. Heraldry . (Of an animal) represented as lying on its stomach with its hind legs and forelegs pointed forward.
Couchant is the ancestor of the Middle French coucher, "to lay or lie down." Couch has a similar etymology.
tanorexia
- A disease like anorexia, no matter how tan a person is they never think they are tan enough.
- tanorexic
Oh my God have you seen Tara Reid lately? She needs to check herself in for treatment of that tanorexia.
Trivia
What is a hippometer used to measure?
- The height of a horse.
History
- Scientific American: pop-science magazine began publication (1845)
- Peace Palace: the home of the International Court of Justice and other institutions was inaugurated in the Hague (1913)
- filibuster: the longest solo one — 24 hours, 18 minutes — began on this day by DEMOCRAT Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (1957)
- "Please Mr. Postman": song by the Marvelettes was released; it became the first Motown No. 1 (1961)
- "I have a dream": Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous civil rights speech at the Lincoln Memorial (1963)
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749
- Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774 - She was also the first American-born saint beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
- Charles Boyer 1899
- Sam Levene 1905
- Nancy Kulp 1921
- Peggy Ryan 1924
- Billy Grammer 1925
- Donald O'Connor 1925
- Roxie Roker 1929
- Ben Gazzara 1930
- Elizabeth Seal 1933
- Clem Cattini (Tornados) 1939
- Richard Sanders 1940
- William S. Cohen 1940
- David Soul 1943
- Alice Playten 1947
- Daniel Seraphine (Chicago) 1948
- Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers) 1949
- Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) 1951
- Daniel Stern 1957
- Rich Rossovich 1957
- Emma Samms 1961
- Shania Twain 1965
Jack Black 1969 - Jason Priestley 1969
- Janet Evans 1971
- Max Collins (Eve 6) 1978
- Carly Pope 1980 - Actress
- LeAnn Rimes 1982
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