vilipend \vil-UH-pend\, verb:
- To regard or treat as of little value or account.
- To vilify; depreciate.
Vilipend is derived from the Old French roots vīli meaning vile and pendere meaning to consider, also the root of pensive.
Contact Shame
- When you watch or see something so embarrassing that you feel embarrassed; feels like you had something to do with it.
I had real contact shame after watching a Musical.ly video.
History
- USS Maine: exploded and sank in Havana harbor, helping to provoke the Spanish-American War (1898)
- Decimal Day: the UK and Ireland switched their currencies to a decimal system (1971)
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: the Soviet Union announced that all its troops had left Afghanistan, nine years after the invasion began (1989)
- Canadian flag: red-and-white maple leaf banner was adopted (1965)
- YouTube: video sharing website launched in the US (2005)
Birthdays
- Galileo Galilei 1564 - Astronomer
- John Sutter 1803
- Cyrus McCormick (Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr.) 1809 - Inventor
- Charles Tiffany 1812
- Susan B. Anthony 1820 - American suffragist
- Cesar Romero 1907
- Kevin McCarthy 1914
- Hank Locklin 1918
- Harvey Korman 1927
- Graham Hill 1929
- Claire Bloom 1931
- Gerhard M. Sessler 1931
- Adolfo (Adolfo Sardina) 1933
- Susan Brownmiller 1935
- Bill Bradley (Will Jr.) 1938
- Brian Holland 1941 - Songwriter
- Mick Avory (The Kinks) 1944
- John Helliwell (Supertramp) 1945
- Rusty Hamer 1947
- David Brown (Santana) 1947
- Sherry (Sharon) Jackson 1947
- Marisa Berenson 1948
- Melissa Manchester 1951 - Singer
- Matt Groenig 1954 - Cartoonist ("The Simpsons")
- Ali Campbell 1959 - Musician (UB40)
- Mikey Craig 1960 - Musician (Culture Club)
- Darrel Green 1960 - Football player
- Chris Farley 1964
- Michael Easton 1967
- Emily May Young 1970
- Renee O'Connor 1971
- Jaromir Jagr 1972 - Hockey player
- Brandon Boyd 1976
- Ashley Lyn Cafagna 1983
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