leitmotif \LYT-moh-teef\, noun:
1. In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.2. A dominant and recurring theme.
Leitmotif (also spelled leitmotiv) is from German Leitmotiv, "leading motif," from leiten, "to lead" (from Old High German leitan) + Motiv, "motif," from the French. It is especially associated with the operas of German composer Richard Wagner.
Google harder
- A phrase used in response to someone whining about not being able to find something on Google. An expert googler would then show some resemblance of pity and assist by immediately googling for the desired information successfully.
Dude, I don't know what it means to kill two frogs with one dart, and I can't freakin find the definition on google!
Google harder you idiot...
History
- Ford Motor Company: produced the last "Tin Lizzie" and began producing the Model A (1927)
- South Africa: became an independent republic (1961)
- Ancash earthquake: killed more than 47,000 in Peru (1970)
- Deep Throat: Watergate whistleblower's identity was revealed after 30 years of secrecy; he was W. Mark Felt, a former associate director of the FBI (2005)
Birthdays
- Alexander Cruden 1701
- Walt Whitman 1819 - Poet, essayist, journalist, humanist
- Fred Allen 1894
- Norman Vincent Peale 1898
- Don Ameche 1908
- Edward Bennett Williams 1920
- Denholm Elliot 1922
- Ellsworth Kelly 1923
- Prince Rainier III 1923
- Clint Eastwood 1930 - Actor ("Dirty Harry")
- Shirley Verrett 1933
- Jim Hutton 1934
- Ronald Laird 1935
- Keir Dullea 1936
- Johnny Paycheck 1938
- Peter Yarrow 1938 - Musician (Peter, Paul and Mary)
- Augie Meyers 1940 - Musician (Texas Tornados)
- Terry Waite 1939
- Joe Namath 1943 - Football player
- Sharon Gless 1943 - Actress ("Cagney and Lacey")
- John Bonham 1948 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
- Stanley Dancer 1949
- Tom Berenger 1950 - Actor ("The Big Chill," "Platoon")
- Gregory Harrison 1950 - Actor
- Colm Meaney 1953
- Roma Maffia 1958 - Actress ("Nip/Tuck")
- Kyle Secor 1960
- Chris Elliot 1960 - Comedian
- Lea Thompson 1961 - Actress ("Back to the Future" movies)
- Corey Hart 1962 - Singer
- Darryl McDaniels (DMC) 1964 - Rapper
- Kid Frost 1964 - Rapper
- Brooke Shields 1965 - Actress
- Charlie Schlatter 1966
- Kenny Lofton 1967 - Baseball player
- Christian McBride 1972 - Musician
- Colin Farrell 1976 - Actor
- Jake Peavy 1981 - Baseball player
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