Tuesday, February 14, 2023

inveigle \in-VAY-guhl; -VEE-\, transitive verb:

1. To persuade by ingenuity or flattery; to entice.

2. To obtain by ingenuity or flattery.

Inveigle comes from Anglo-French enveogler, from Old French aveugler, "to blind, to lead astray as if blind," from aveugle, "blind," from Medieval Latin ab oculis, "without eyes."

 

billet-doux \bil-ay-DOO\, noun; plural billets-doux \bil-ay-DOO(Z)\: 

• A love letter or note.

In French, billet-doux means "sweet note;" or "short note" (billet, "note" + doux, "sweet," from Latin dulcis).

 

mfeo

• acronym for made for each other

jack and jill were mfeo

love

• nature's way of tricking people into reproducing

valentine shame kleenex

• 2ply partner-in-a-box usually found on the floor in a ball on February 15th.

I can tell Con didnt have a date, she must have watched love actually by herself last night, look at all the valentine shame kleenexs all over her room.

Valentime's Day

• The 14th of February. It falls on the same day as [Valentine's Day] except this one is only celebrated by 5 year olds.

My daughter rocks, she got Valentimes from all the boys at school on Valentime's Day.

Holiday

• St. Valentine's Day: celebrated in various American and European countries by the exchange of valentines or love tokens. Also called Valentine's Day. (now go get some ass!)

History

• St. Valentine's Day massacre: seven gangsters were killed as Al Capone's gang ambushed Bugs Moran's (1929)
• ENIAC: "Giant Brain" Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer was unveiled at theUniversity of Pennsylvania (1946)
• fatwa: edict was issued by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urging Muslims to kill Satanic Versesauthor Salman Rushdie (1989)
• NEAR Shoemaker: space probe went into orbit around 433 Eros, becoming the first craft to orbit an asteroid (2000)
• Dolly the sheep: the first cloned mammal was put to sleep at age 6.5, suffering from lung cancer (2003)

Birthdays

• Christopher Sholes 1819
• George Ferris 1859
• John Barrymore 1882

  
• Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894 - Comedian
• James Pike 1913
• Jimmy Hoffa 1913
• Mel Allen (Israel) 1913
• Hugh Downs 1921
• Skeezix Wallet 1921
• Cesare Siepi 1923
• Donna Atwood 1923
• Elliot Lawrence 1925
• Frank Borman 1928
• Phyllis McGuire 1931 - Singer (The McGuire Sisters)
• Vic Morrow 1932
• Florence Henderson 1934 - Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
• Andrew Prine 1936
• Razzy Bailey 1939
• Lillie Bryant 1940 - Singer (Billy & Lillie)
• Ricardo Rodriguez 1942
• Michael Bloomberg 1942 - tyrant
• Bob Murphy 1943
• Maceo Parker 1943
• Alan Parker 1944 - Director
• Carl Bernstein 1944 - Journalist
• Gregory Hines 1946
• Pat O'Brien 1948 - Television personality
• Raymond Joseph Teller 1948 - Comedian, magician (Pen and Teller)
• Ewa Aulin 1949

  
• Roger Fisher 1950 - Musician (Heart)
• Jo Jo (Alicia) Starbuck 1951
• Michael Doucet (Beausoleil) 1951
• Ken Wahl 1957 - Actor ("Wiseguy")
• Meg Tilly 1960 - Actress ("The Big Chill," "Agnes of God")
• Jim Kelly 1960 - Football player
• Dwayne Wiggins 1961
• Zach Galligan 1963
• Enrico Colantoni 1963
• Rickey Wolking 1966 - Musician (The Nixons)
• Manuela Maleeva 1967
• Elaine Youngs 1970
• Simon Pegg 1970 - Actor
• Drew Bledsoe 1972 - Football player
• Kevin Blades 1972 - Musician (Lit)
• Rob Thomas 1972 - Musician (Matchbox 20)
• Steve McNair 1973