Tuesday, December 6, 2022

pogonip \POG-uh-nip\, noun:

• An ice fog that forms in the mountain valleys of the western U.S.

Pogonip originates as a word of the Shoshone people, paγɨnappɨh, "thunder-fog."

 

Audience typing

• When a person's typing abilities degrade when they must type in front of others, leading to misspelled words, improper capitalisation and most likely resulting in blushing. Worse if that other person is an older relative or someone you respect.

Father asks, "Put Manchester United into Google there for me"

Son, "Sure"

Results in - "Manchetser UNited" being typed into Google.

This serves as a prime example of 'Audience typing' in action.

 

sexting, v: 

• the act of text messaging someone in the hopes of having a sexual encounter with them later; initially casual, transitioning into highly suggestive and even sexually explicit; may contain pics.
• In a sentence: "He keeps sexting me saying how hard he is and how much he wants to tap my ass," Cindy said massaging her breasts unconsciously.

Sexting in action:
Nancy: "Wut do u want?"
Bob: "Cum over to my place now."
Nancy: "Is NE1 else there?"
Bob: "No. I need to c u."
Nancy: "K. Will b there soon."

 

 

History

• Encyclopædia Britannica: first "number," or pamphlet, was offered for sale in Edinburgh for sixpence (1768)
• Halifax: a French munitions vessel exploded, killing about 1,800 people, injuring some 9,000 more (one-fifth of the population), and destroying the northern part of Nova Scotia's capital (1917)
• Irish Free State: precursor to today's Republic of Ireland was formed (1922)
• Ulysses: a United States judge ruled that James Joyce's novel, in which characters correspond to Homeric figures, was not obscene (1933)
• Mars Global Surveyor: NASA released pictures of the red planet that seemed to show the recent presence of water (2006)

Birthdays

• Henry VI (England) 1421
  
• William S. Hart 1870
• Alfred Joyce Kilmer 1886
• Osbert Sitwell 1892
• Ira Gershwin 1896
• Alfred Eisenstadt 1898
• Agnes Moorehead 1906
• Dave Brubeck 1920
• Wally Cox 1924
• David Ossman 1936
• Helen Cornelius 1941
• Len Barry 1942
• Jonathan King 1944
• James Naughton 1945
• Tom Hulce 1953
• Kin Shriner 1953
• Wil Shriner 1953
• JoBeth Williams 1953
• Miles Chapin 1954
• Chris Stamey (dB's) 1954
• Tish Hinojosa 1955
• Steven Wright 1955
• Rick Buckler (The Jam) 1955
• Bill Lloyd (Foster and Lloyd) 1955
• Randy Rhoads 1956
• Peter Buck (R.E.M.) 1956
• Janine Turner 1962
• Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl) 1962
• Ulf Ekberg (Ace of Base) 1970
• Ryan White 1971
• Lindsay Price 1976 (actress)