umbra \UHM-bruh\, noun:
1. The invariable or characteristic accompaniment or companion of a person or thing.2. Shade; shadow.3. In astronomy, the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the direct light from the source of illumination is completely cut off.4. A phantom or shadowy apparition, as of someone or something not physically present; ghost; spectral image.
Umbra is borrowed from the same word in Latin, meaning "shadow."
sorry, autocorrect
- A phrase often used when a private or dirty text is sent to the wrong person in an attempt to lessen the awkwardness or dismiss the conversation
Girl: Jeff's cock is so big
Guy: This is your boyfriend. I think we need to break up
Girl: Sorry, autocorrect!! I meant clock!
History
- University Boat Race: Oxford bested Cambridge in the first of what is now an annual rowing race (1829)
- Alcoholics Anonymous: was founded by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill W., on the date of Smith's first full "dry" day (1935)
- Rape of Lidice: Nazis murdered all the men of Lidice and deported the women and children (1942)
- ballpoint pen: Lásló Bíró got a patent for a pen he had been developing for nearly a decade (1943)
- Affirmed: the thoroughbred became the eleventh and most recent winner of the Triple Crown (1978)
Birthdays
- Hattie McDaniel 1889
- Frederick Loewe 1901
- Clyde Beatty 1903
- Howlin' Wolf 1910
- Terence Rattigan 1911
- Saul Bellow 1915
- Barry Morse 1919
- Prince Philip 1921 - Husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
- Judy Garland 1922
- Earl Hamner, Jr. 1923 - Television writer and producer
- Nat Hentoff 1925 - Columnist
- June Haver 1926
- Maurice Sendak 1928
- Gardener McKay 1932
- F. Lee Bailey 1933 - Attorney
- Alexandra Stewart 1939
- Jurgen Prochnow 1941
- Shirley Alston 1941 - Singer (The Shirelles)
- Jeff Greenfield 1943 - Television commentator
- Rick Price 1944 - Musician (The Move, Wizzard)
- Kevin Corcoran 1945
- Dan Fouts 1951 - Football player
- Eliot Spitzer 1959 - disgraced Governor of New York
- Kim Deal (Kimberly Ann Deal) 1961 - Musician (Pixies, The Breeders)
- Kelley Deal 1961 - Musician (The Breeders)
- Maxi Priest 1961 - Reggae singer
- Brent Sutter 1962
- Gina Gershon 1962 - Actress, singer
- Elisabeth Shue 1963
- Jeanne Tripplehorn 1963 - Actress
- Jimmy Chamberlain 1964 - Drummer (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Kate Flannery 1964 - Actress ("The Office")
- Elizabeth Hurley 1965 - Model, actress
- Linda Evangelista 1965
- Doug McKeon 1966 - Actor
- Emma Anderson 1967 - Musician (Lush)
- M. Doughty 1970 - (Soul Coughing)
- Jo-Jo 1971 - Singer (Jodeci)
- Faith Evans 1973 - Singer
- Hugh Dancy 1975 - Actor
- Shane West 1978 - Actor
- Lemisha Grinstead 1978 - Singer (702)
- DJ Qualls 1978 - Actor
- Hoku 1981 - Singer
- Tara Lipinsky 1982 - Figure skater
- Madeleine Thérèse Amélie Joséphine 1982 - Princess Madeleine of Sweden
- Leelee Sobieski 1983 - Actress
- Katherine "Kate" Upton 1992 - model
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