gung-ho \GUHNG-HO\, adjective:
1. Wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal; eager; zealous.2. In a successful manner.
Gung ho introduced as a training slogan in 1942 by U.S. Marine officer Evans F. Carlson (1896-1947) from the Chinese chin gōng hé, the abbreviated name of the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society, literally "work together."
boregasm - noun, verb:
- the result of or act of reaching the apex or climax of boredom; Filling one's capacity for boredom to the extreme boundary
Dude, this class is so boring that I just boregasmed
Oh yeah? Well I had three classes today...triple boregasm.
History
- Rum Rebellion: armed takeover of New South Wales, Australia (1808)
- Cullinan Diamond: was discovered in the Premier Mine, South Africa; it is the largest gem-quality diamond ever found and the stones that were cut and polished from it are now part of the British crown jewels (1905)
- Lotus 1-2-3: the popular spreadsheet software for the IBM PC was released (1983)
- Phantom of the Opera: opened on Broadway; it is now the longest-running Broadway musical (1988)
Birthdays
- Stephane Grappelli 1908
- Cora Baird 1912
- William Prince 1913
- James Van Heusen 1913
- William Hopper 1915
- Derek Bond 1919
- Page Cavanaugh (Page Cavanaugh Trio) 1922
- Anne Jeffreys 1923
- Paul Newman 1925
- Joan Leslie 1925
- Roger Vadim 1928
- Jules Feiffer 1929
- Mary Murphy 1931
- Claude Gray (The Tall Texan) 1932
- Huey "Piano" Smith 1934
- Bob Uecker 1935
- Scott Glenn 1942
- Jean Knight 1943
- Angela Davis 1944
- David Strathairn 1949
- David Briggs (The Little River Band) 1951
- Lucinda Williams 1953 - Singer
- Eddie Van Halen 1957 - Guitar player (Van Halen)
- Ellen DeGeneres 1958 - Actress-comedian.
- Norman Hassan (UB40) 1958 - Musician
- Tom Keifer 1961 - Musician (Cinderella)
- Wayne Gretzky 1961 - Hockey hall-of-famer.
- Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) 1963
- Jazzie B. (Soul II Soul) 1963
- Kirk Franklin 1970
LeeAnna Vamp 1987
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