skylark \SKAHY-lahrk\, verb:
1. To frolic; sport.noun:
1. A brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.Skylark as a verb is nautical in origin, recorded from 1809, in reference to "wanton play about the rigging, and tops."
Whack it Off
- An appropriate response when conversing with sexually frustrated individuals who have no future mating prospects. Similar to "Walk it off."
Morty: "Whack it off, James... Just whack it off."
biological footprint
- The amount of offspring you bring into this world.
History
- Meher Baba: Indian spiritual master began a silence "to save mankind from monumental ignorance," which ended up lasting 44 years till his death (1925)
- Battle of Britain: German began to attack Britain by air (1940)
- Telstar: the first communications satellite was launched into orbit (1962)
- Coca-Cola Classic: the Coca-Cola Co. announced it would bring back its original formula after customers reacted negatively to New Coke (1985)
Birthdays
- Camille Pisarro 1830 (impressionist painter)
- James Whistler 1834
- Aldolphus Busch 1842
- Nikola Tesla 1856 (genius)
- Marcel Proust 1871
- Mary McLeod Bethune 1875
- John Gilbert 1897
- Ljuba Welitsch 1913
- Milt Buckner 1915
- Dick Cary 1916
- Don Herbert 1917
- David Brinkley 1920
- Jake LaMotta 1921
- Jeff Donnell 1921
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921
- Jean Kerr 1923
- David N. Dinkins 1927
- Ivan Passer 1933
- Jerry Herman 1933
- Sandy Stewart 1937
- Lawrence Pressman 1939
- Mills Watson 1940
- Robert Pine 1941
- Ian Whitcomb 1941
- Arthur Ashe 1943
- Ron Glass 1945
- Virginia Wade 1945
- Hal McRae 1946
- Sue Lyon 1946
- Arlo Guthrie 1947
- Ronnie James Dio 1949 - Musician (DIO)
- Cheryl Wheeler 1951
- Neil Tennant 1954 - Musician (Pet Shop Boys)
- Bela Fleck 1958
- Hawkshaw Wilson 1960 - Musician (BR5-49)
- Peter DiStefano 1965 - Musician (Porno for Pyros)
Sofia Vergara 1972
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