Saturday, October 26, 2024

apophasis \uh-POF-uh-sis\, noun:

• Denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated, as “I shall not mention Caesar's avarice, nor his cunning, nor his morality.”

Apophasis stems from the Greek word apópha meaning "to say no, deny." The suffix -sis appears in Greek loanwords, where it forms an abstract noun from a verb, as in thesis. 

 

Trigger warning 

• Used to alert people when an internet post, book, article, picture, video, audio clip, or some other media could potentially cause extremely negative reactions (such as post-traumatic flashbacks or self-harm) due to its content. Sometimes abbreviated as "TW."

Trigger Warning for sexual violence

 
Trivia

How much of an adult jellyfish is water?

• About 95 percent.

History

• Erie Canal: 160-mile (257 km.) waterway opened, offering a route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River (1825)
• Gunfight at the OK Corral: a legendary Wild West shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, killed three, wounded three, inspired movies; it did not actually take place in the corral (1881)
• Baby Fae: neonatal infant was given a baboon's heart by transplant surgeon Dr. Leonard L. Bailey in Loma Linda, California; she lived for 21 days (1984)
  Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: ISIS leader was killed in Syria (2019)

Birthdays

• Domenico Scarlatti 1685 - Composer
  

  
• Joseph Aloysius Hansom 1803 - Architect, inventor (the hansom cab)
• C.W. (Charles William) Post 1854 - Founder of Post cereals and products (Grape Nuts)
• Abby (Greene Aldrich) Rockefeller 1874 - Philanthropist: cofounder of New York Museum of Modern Art
• H.B. (Henry Byron) Warner 1876 - Actor (It’s a Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Ten Commandments)
• Napoleon Hill 1883 - Writer (Think and Grow Rich)
• John S. (Shively) Knight 1894 - Reporter, editor, publisher (Knight-Ridder newspaper)
• Jack Sharkey 1902 - Boxer
• Primo Carnera 1906 - Boxer
• Mahalia Jackson 1911 - Singer
• Charlie Barnett 1913 - Musician (saxophone), bandleader
• Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan, Jr.) 1914 - Actor (The Kid)
• Francois Mitterand 1916 - President of France (1981-1995)
• Neal Matthews 1929 - Musician (Jordanaires)
• John Arden 1930
• Rodney "Hot Rod" Hundley 1934 - Basketball player, sportscaster
• Bob Hoskins 1942 - Actor (Hook, Brazil, Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
• Michael Piano 1944 - Singer (The Sandpipers)
• Ivan Reitman 1946
• Keith Hopwood 1946 - Singer, musician (Herman's Hermits)
• Pat Sajak 1947 - TV host (Wheel of Fortune, The Pat Sajack Show)
• Hillary Rodham Clinton 1947 - cunt.
• Jaclyn Smith 1947 - Actress (Charlie’s Angels, The Bourne Identity)
• Toby (Colbert Dale) Harrah 1948 - Baseball player
• Steve (Stephen Douglas) Rogers 1949 - Baseball player
• Mike (Dudley Michael) Hargrove 1949 - Baseball player, manager
• Chuck Foreman 1950 - Football player
• Bootsy Collins 1951
• Steve (Steven Robert) Ontiveros 1951 - Baseball player
• Maggie Roche 1951 - Musician (The Roches)
• Keith Strickland 1953 - Musician (B-52's)
• Lauren Tewes 1954 - Actress (The Love Boat, Magic Kid, The China Lake Murders)
• D.W. Moffett 1954
• Rita Wilson 1958 - Actress (Sleepless in Seattle, Mixed Nuts, Runaway Bride)
• Cary Elwes 1962 - Actor (Twister, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, Robin Hood: Men in Tights)
• Dylan McDermott 1962 - Actor (Twister, Steel Magnolias)
• Marla Maples 1963
• Natalie Merchant 1963 - Musician (10,000 Maniacs)
• Thomas Cavanagh 1968 - Actor (TV: Ed) 
  Seth MacFarlane 1973 (Family Guy, Ted)