Sunday, May 28, 2023

vertiginous \vur-TIJ-uh-nuhs\, adjective:

1. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.

2. Causing or tending to cause dizziness.

3. Turning round; whirling; revolving.

4. Inclined to change quickly or frequently; inconstant.

Vertiginous derives from Latin vertigo, "a turning round, a whirling round; giddiness," from vertere, "to turn." Related words include reverse, "to turn back (re-) or around"; subvert, "to undermine" (from sub-, "under" + vertere -- at root "to turn from under, to overturn"); and versus, "against" (from versus, "turned towards," hence "facing, opposed," from the past participle of vertere).

 

I'm Good

• Rejection of and ridicule for an offered good or service by feigning satiation. When "No Thank You" just won't do.

Person A: "Would you like to try some of my new recipe? It's Guacamole Crab Dip."

Person B: "No, I'm good"

Person A (on the phone): "Hey, Jenny. You've been studying too hard. How 'bout I swing by your apartment and give you a back rub?"

Jenny: "No. I'm good"

Person A: Do you want to go down to the Creepy Crawl and see The Wheezing Coughers?

Person B: "No thanks, I'm good."

 

History

• Indian Removal Act: law forcing the relocation of eastern tribes to the other side of the Mississippi River was signed by US President Andrew Jackson (1830)
• Sierra Club: environmental activist group was founded by Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, among others; it now has nearly three quarters of a million members (1892)
• Mathias Rust: 19-year-old pilot from Germany landed his plane near Moscow's Red Square; he was arrested and sentenced to four years in prison, but was released after a year (1987)

Birthdays

• Owain Glyndwr 1354 - Welsh ruler, Prince of Wales
• George I 1660 - King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714-1727

  
• Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotine 1738 - Physician, he did not invent the guillotine even though he did propose the use of a mechanical device to carry out death sentences in France
• Thomas Moore 1779 - Lawyer, social philosopher, author
• Jim Thorpe 1888 - Olympic athlete, baseball and basketball player
• Taffy Abel (Clarence John "Taffy" Abel) 1900 - Hockey player
• Ian Fleming 1908 - Author, journalist, created character of James Bond
• T-Bone Walker 1910 - Musician, singer
• Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau 1925 - Singer, conductor
• Marvin Panch 1926 - NASCAR driver
• Jeannie Carson 1929 - Actress ("Andy Griffith Show")
• Sonny Burgess (Albert Austin "Sonny" Burgess) 1931 - Singer
• Carroll Baker 1931 - Actress
• John Karlen (John Adam Karlewicz) 1933 - Actor
• Jerry West (Jerry Alan West) 1938 - Basketball player
• Tony Mansfield 1943 - Songwriter, musician
• Billy Vera 1944 - Singer, actor, writer
• Gladys Knight 1944 - Singer
• Rudolph Giuliani 1944 - Mayor of New York City
• Gary Stewart 1945 - Country musician, songwriter
• John Fogerty 1945 - Musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Ted Snell 1946 - Hockey player

  
• Madeleine LeRouix 1946 - Actress
• Beth Howland 1941 - Actress ("Alice")
• Sondra Locke 1948 - Actress
• Larry Gatlin 1948 - Musician (Gatlin Brothers)
• Roland Gift 1952 - Musician (Fine Young Cannibals)
• Arto Lindsay 1953 - Musician, singer
• Mark Howe 1955 - Hockey player
• Tony McGeoch 1955 - Musician
• Eddie Johnson (Edward "Eddie" Johnson) 1955 - Soccer player
• Susie Diane Owens 1956 - Model, actress
• Jerry Douglas 1956 - Country musician (Union Station)
• Steve Strange (Steven John Harrington) 1959 - Singer (Visage)
• Brandon Cruz 1962 - Actor ("The Courtship of Eddie's Father")
• Chubb Rock ( Richard Simpson) 1968 - Rapper
• Kylie Minogue 1968 - Musician (Locomotion)
• Justin Kirk 1969 - Actor ("Weeds")
• Morgan Fox 1970 - Model, actress
• Elisabeth Hasselbeck 1977 - Television host ("The View")
• Carey Mulligan 1985 - Actress
• Joseph Cross 1986 - Actor