gasconade \gas-kuh-NEYD\, noun:
1. Extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
verb:
1. To boast extravagantly; bluster.
Gasconade originally referred to people who were from the Gascony region of southwest France, bordering Spain. Gascons reputedly boast and exaggerate their success, and their toponym took on a life of its own. It became common in English in the early 1700s.
free coochin'
1. the act of a female not wearing underwear2. the female equivalent of free ballin'
(see commando)
Sally: Hey Beth, i didn't pack enough underwear. Can i wear some of yours?
Beth: Hell naw, i don't share panties. I guess you're just gonna have to go commando!
Sally: Yeah, i'll be free coochin' it for the rest of our trip!
Trivia
At what temperature are the readings on both Fahrenheit and Celsius thermometers exactly the same?
- −40°.
History
- minimum wage: Henry Ford instituted the first minimum wage; he paid his employees at least $5 a day (1914)
- Fair Deal: newly reelected president Harry S. Truman coined the phrase to refer to a 21-point program he sent to Congress in 1945, focusing on civil rights and social welfare (1949)
- Prague Spring: a brief period of reform began in Czechoslovakia; it ended later in the year with a Soviet invasion (1968)
- Eris: largest dwarf planet was discovered (2005)
- Stephen Decatur 1779
- Edmund Ruffin 1794
- Jeannette Piccard 1895
- George Reeves 1914
- Al Blozis 1919
- Erica Morini 1919
- Jean-Pierre Aumont 1911
- Sam Phillips 1920
- Buddy Young 1926
- W.D. Snodgrass 1926
- Fred Glover 1928
- Walter 'Fritz' Mondale 1928
- Robert Duvall 1930
- Alvin Ailey 1931
- Chuck Noll 1932
- Johnny Adams 1932
- Francois d'Aulan 1932
- Earl Battey 1935
- Lindsay Crosby 1938
- Chuck McKinley 1941
- Wayne Rutledge 1942
- Sam Wyche 1945
- Diane Keaton 1946
- Ted Lange 1947
- George "Funky" Brown (Kool and the Gang) 1949
- Chris Stein (Blondie) 1950
- Pamela Sue Martin 1953
- Clancy Brown 1959
- Suzy Amis 1961
- Iris Dement 1961
- Jeff Fassero 1963
- Schellenbach (Luscious Jackson) 1967
- Joe Juneau 1968
- Marilyn Manson 1970
- Kylie Bax 1975
- January Jones 1978
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