bacchanalia \bak-uh-NAIL-yuh\, noun:
1. (plural, capitalized) The ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus, celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry.2. A riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; a revel.
Bacchanalia comes from Latin, from Bacchus, god of wine, from Greek Bakkhos. The adjective form is bacchanalian. One who celebrates the Bacchanalia, or indulges in drunken revels, is a bacchanal \BAK-uh-nuhl; bak-uh-NAL\, which is also another term for a drunken or riotous celebration.
Dragon Ass
- A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy usually brought on by an extended period of hard work.
This has been a such a long day. I've got a bad case of dragon ass.
History
- Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica declared their independence of Spain (1821)
- Nuremberg Laws: deprived Jews of their citizenship and made the swastika the official emblem of Nazi Germany (1935)
- civil rights: a bomb killed four black girls when it exploded during Sunday services in a Birmingham, Alabama, church, sparking race riots (1963)
- USA Today: Gannett's national newspaper hit the stands; it's America's top-selling daily newspaper in print (1982)
- Lehman Brothers: the investment bank filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — the largest bankruptcy in US history (2008)
- James Fenimore Cooper 1789
- William H. Taft (U.S.) 1857
- Robert Benchley 1889
- Agatha Christie 1890
- Jean Renoir 1894
- Roy Acuff 1903
- Fay Wray 1907
- Penny Singleton 1908
- Margaret Lockwood 1916
- Snooky Pryor 1921
- Jackie Cooper 1922
- Bobby Short 1926
- Norm Crosby 1927
- Cannonball Adderly 1928
- Gaylord Perry 1938
- Merlin Olsen 1940
- Jimmy Gilmer (Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs) 1940
- Les Braid (The Swinging Blue Jeans) 1941
- Carmen Maura 1945
- Jessye Norman 1945
- Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) 1945
- Oliver Stone 1946
- Tommy Lee Jones 1946
- Mitch Dorge (Crash Test Dummies) 1960
- Dan Marino (NFL) 1961
- Danny Nucci 1968
- Kay Gee (Naughty by Nature) 1969
- Josh Charles 1971
- Tom Hardy 1977 (Bane from The Dark Knight)
- Amy Davidson 1978
- Prince Harry of Wales 1984
- Jenna "Marbles" Mourey 1986 - blogger, model, comedian, go-go dancer
- Heidi Montag 1986 - nit-wit
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