cloture (KLO-chuhr)
noun
- The action of closing a debate by calling for an immediate vote.
verb tr.
- To close a debate by cloture. [From French cloture (closure), eventually from Latin claustrum (barrier).
Rendezbooze
- When a group of people (friends, co-workers, acquaintances) get together to drink.
I just bought a bottle of gin and have tonic at home, we should rendezbooze at your place for further discussion on the topic.....
wwjkd
Person 2: We need a plan. WWJKD?
- What Would James Kirk Do? When stuck in a life-threatening, impossible situation with no realistic plausible means of escape, only a plan thought up by James "Jim" Kirk would work.
Person 2: We need a plan. WWJKD?
skirt chaser
- A male who feels compelled to pursue and/or ogle all females.
Sarah couldn't seem to escape Kenny's gaze, and she thought of him as a skirt chaser.
History
- Reign of Terror: Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined (1794)
- pyroclastic flow: Martinique's Mt. Pelée erupted a cloud of hot gas, ash and rock, killing 40,000 people (1902)
- eye bank: a collection of corneas donated after death was established for the first time, in New York City (1944)
- V-E Day: the UK and US celebrated their victory over Nazi Germany, a day after Germany signed an unconditional surrender (1945)
Birthdays
- Miguel Hidalgo 1753
- Jean Henri Dunant 1828
- Oscar Hammerstein 1847
- Harry S. Truman (U.S.) 1884
- Francis Desales Ouimet 1893
- Bishop Fulton Sheen 1895
- Robert Johnson 1911
- Lex Barker 1919
- Don Rickles 1926
- Sonny Liston 1932
- Thomas Pynchon 1937
- Rick Nelson 1940
- Peter Benchley 1940
- James Mitchum 1941
- John Fred (John Fred and His Playboy Band) 1941
- Toni Tennille 1943
- Paul Samwell-Smith (Yardbirds) 1943
- Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) 1951
- Phillip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire) 1951
- Billy Burnette 1954 - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- David Keith 1954
- Stephen Furst 1954
- Alex Van Halen 1955 - Musician (Van Halen)
- Ronnie Lott 1959
- Eric Brittingham 1960 - Musician (Cinderella)
- Dave Rowntree (Blur) 1964
- Del Gray (Little Texas) 1968
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