diapason \dahy-uh-PEY-zuhn\, noun:
1. A full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.2. The compass of a voice or instrument.3. A fixed standard of pitch.4. Either of two principal timbres or stops of a pipe organ, one of full, majestic tone (open diapason) and the other of strong, flutelike tone (stopped diapason).5. Any of several other organ stops.6. A tuning fork.
Diapason was originally an abbreviation of the Greek phrase "hē dià pāsôn chordôn symphōnía" which meant "the concord through all the notes of the scale."
Funnabe
- Usually referring to a cheesy or overly cocky person that is trying very hard to be funny, therefore wannabe-funny, short "Funnabe"
This dude at school is so annoying with his funnabe comments every class.
Hey man, yesterday I went to the movies with this funnabe girl that kept telling me awkward jokes.
History
- William the Conqueror: the duke of Normandy invaded England (1066)
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: landed at San Diego Bay, becoming the first European to visit California (1542)
- first aerial circumnavigation: two US Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world flight — 44,000 kilometres (27,340 mi) — in 175 days (1924)
- RU 486: abortion pill was approved for US use by the Food and Drug Administration (2000)
- Falcon I: SpaceX rocket reached orbit, becoming the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so (2008)
Birthdays
- Confucius 551 B.C. - Teacher and philosopher
- Georges Clemenceau (France) 1841
- Kate Smith-Wiggin 1856
- Elmer Rice 1892
- William S. Paley 1901
- Ed Sullivan 1902
- Alfred Gerald Caplin (Al Capp) 1909
- Peter Finch 1916
- William Windom 1923
- Marcello Mastroianni 1924
- Arnold Stang 1925
- Jerry Clower 1926
- Tommy Collins 1930
- Brigitte Bardot 1934
- Koko Taylor 1935
- Bruce Crampton 1935
- Ben E. King 1938
- Charley Taylor 1941
- Grant Jackson 1942
- Joel Higgins 1943
- Nick St. Nicholas (Steppenwolf) 1943
- Helen Shapiro 1946
- Jeffrey Jones 1947
- John Sayles 1950
- Sylvia Kristel 1952
- Steve Largent 1954
- Janeane Garofalo 1964 (hack comedianne, libtard cunt)
- Matt King 1966
- Moon Unit Zappa 1967
- Carre Otis 1968
- Naomi Watts 1968
- Mira Sorvino 1967
- Sean Levert (Levert) 1968
- Mandy Barnett 1975
- Anne Erin "St. Vincent" Clarke 1982 - musician
- Hilary Duff 1987
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