Wednesday, February 22, 2023

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bailiwick \BAY-luh-wik\, noun:

1. A person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work.
2. The office or district of a bailiff.

Bailiwick comes from Middle English baillifwik, from baillif, "bailiff" (ultimately from Latin bajulus, "porter, carrier") + wik, "town," from Old English wic, from Latin vicus, "village."

 

Work Mouth

• A form of self-censorship practiced at work to avoid offensive or cuss words. Typically includes cuss-replacements you learned from your grandma. Potentially embarrassing if accidentally used outside of work at parties or in the company of your drunk friends.
• May also be used in the company of grandparents, teachers, preachers, and others who disapprove of cussing.
• Does not apply to all professions. Musicians and construction workers have no need for a work mouth.

At work:

-Did you just say fuck?

-Yeah, sorry. I forgot to use my work mouth.

At a party:

-Did you just say fiddlesticks?

-Yeah, sorry. I still have my work mouth on.

Trivia

Who owned the largest commercial whiskey distillery in 18th-century America?

• George Washington. At its peak in 1799, the five-still distillery produced 11,000 gallons of whiskey. Located three miles from Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, it was reconstructed and opened for guided tours in 2007.

Holiday

• George Washington's Birthday (USA 2/22)

History

• Transcontinental Treaty: Spain ceded Florida to the US (1819)
• Woolworth's store: general-store clerk Frank Woolworth opened his first five-and-dime, in Utica, NY (1879)
• Daytona 500: NASCAR's most important race was first held in Daytona Beach, Florida; Lee Petty came in first, driving at 135.52 mph (213.22 kmph) (1959)
• 1978 - Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were arrested in New York and charged with drug possession.
• Miracle on Ice: the US beat the Soviet Union at ice hockey in a major upset at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (1980)
• 1989 - Milli Vanilli won a Grammy for Best New Artist. It was admitted later that they were not the vocalists on the album.
• 1993 - Radiohead's first album, "Pablo Honey", was released.
• Securitas depot robbery: a group of men pulled off Britain's biggest crime in terms of cash stolen — £53 million (2006)

Birthdays

• George Washington (U.S.) 1732 - First President of the United States.
• Johann Nikolaus Forkel 1749
• Rembrandt Peale 1778
• Frederic-Francois Chopin 1810
• James Russell Lowell 1819
• Robert Baden-Powell 1857
• Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892
• Luis Bunuel 1900
• Robert Young 1907
• Sheldon Leonard 1907
• John Mills 1908
• Robert Wadlow 1918
• Bud Yorkin 1926
• Paul Dooley 1928
• Edward M. Kennedy 1932 - got away with murder
• Ernie K-Doe 1936
• Bobby Hendricks 1938
  
• Jonathan Demme 1944
• Oliver (Swofford) 1945
  

  
• John Ashton 1948
• Ellen Greene 1950
• Julie Walters 1950
• Julius Erving II 1950
• Miou-Miou (Sylvette Hery) 1950
• Amy Alcott 1956
• Kyle MacLachlan 1959
• Steve Irwin 1962 - The Crocodile Hunter
• Jeri Ryan 1968
• Jose Solano 1971
• Lea Salonga 1971
• Michael Chang 1972
• Scott "Flip" Phillips (Thomas Scott "Flip" Phillips) 1973 - Drummer (Creed)
• Drew Barrymore 1975 - Actress