Wednesday, May 24, 2023

prink \PRINGK\, transitive verb:

1. To dress up; to deck for show.

intransitive verb:

1. To dress or arrange oneself for show; to primp.

Prink is probably an alteration of prank, from Middle English pranken, "to show off," perhaps from Middle Dutch pronken, "to adorn oneself," and from Middle Low German prunken (from prank, "display").

 

sore winner

• A sore winner is someone who wins and spends far too much time gloating over it, to the point that the rest of the people feel poorly about even participating.

Ali was a sore winner when he sang "We Are The Champions" after winning the NCAA Bracket.

History

• "What hath God wrought?": inventor Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the first telegraph message; it went from Washington, DC, to Baltimore and it quoted Numbers 23:23 (1844)
• Brooklyn Bridge: engineering marvel linking Brooklyn and Manhattan opened to traffic (1883)
• Crosley Field: hosted MLB's first nighttime game played under lights; Cincinnati's Reds beat Philadelphia's Phillies, 2-1 (1935)
• Concorde: supersonic passenger aircraft began flying to Washington, DC (1976)
• James Jeffords: Republican senator became an Independent, giving control of the US Senate to the Democrats (2001)

Birthdays

• Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit 1686 - Physicist, engineer, he determined the temperature scale named after him
• Emanuel Leutze 1816
• Queen Victoria (Britain) 1819
• Samuel I. Newhouse 1895
• Tommy Chong 1938 - Comedian (Cheech and Chong)
• Prince Buster 1938
• Lilli Palmer 1914
• Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) 1941 - Traveling Wilburys
• Derek Quinn 1942 - Musician (Freddie and the Dreamers)
• Gary Burghoff 1943 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")
• Patti LaBelle (Patricia Louise Holte) 1944 - Singer
• Priscilla Presley 1945 - Wife of Elvis Presley
• Steve Upton 1946
• Judy Kahan 1948
• Jim Broadbent 1950 - Actor
• Alfred Molina 1953 - Actor
• Rosanne Cash 1955 - Singer
• Larry Blackmon (Cameo) 1956
• Kristin Scott Thomas 1960 - Actor ("Under the Cherry Moon")
• Joe Dumars 1963
• Gene Anthony Ray 1963
• Vivian Trimble 1963 - Singer (Luscious Jackson)
• John C. Reilly 1965 - Actor
• Heavy D 1967
• Erin Close 1967 - Actor ("Without a Trace")
• Tommy Page 1967
• Rich Robinson 1969 - Musician (The Black Crowes)
• Brad Penny 1978 - Baseball player
• Billy L. Sullivan 1980