shilly-shally \SHIL-ee-shal-ee\, verb:
- to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
- to waste time; dawdle.
noun:
- irresolution; indecision; vacillation: It was sheer shilly-shally on his part.
adjective:
- irresolute; undecided; vacillating.
In the great tradition of reduplicating a phrase to infuse it with a dose of levity, shilly-shally comes from the phrase “shall I, shall I.” When shilly-shally first entered English at the turn of the eighteenth century, it was spelled "shill I, shall I."
ermahgerd
- used for internet memes. An obnoxious way to say "Oh, My God" with strong emphasis on the R sounds. Typically followed by other words with emphasis on the R sounds.
ERMAHGERD, ERNSTAGERM (Oh, my god, Instagram)
ERMAHGERD, MER FERCE HERTS (Oh, my god, my face hurts)
History
- Stamp Act: tax was imposed by Britain on the American colonies; it raised intense opposition (1765)
- hockey: the first Stanley Cup championship game was played; Montreal's Amateur Athletic Association beat the Ottawa Capitals, 3-1 (1894)
- motion pictures: August and Louis Lumière demonstrated the first movies using celluloid film in Paris (1895)
- Equal Rights Amendment: was approved by US Congress; it was never ratified by requisite majority of states (1972)
- Flying Wallendas: patriarch Karl Wallenda fell to his death from a tightrope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico (1978)
- Hale-Bopp: comet passed the closest to Earth till the year 4397 at a distance of 1.315 AU (1997)
Birthdays
- Sir Anthony Van Dyke 1599
- Chico Marx 1887
- Louis L'Amour 1908 - Author
- Wilfrid Brambell 1912
- Karl Malden 1913 - Actor
- Virginia Grey 1917
- Ross Martin 1920
- Werner Klemperer 1920
- Marcel Marceau 1923 - Pantomimist
- Bill Wendell 1924
- Easy Ed Macauley 1928
- Pat Robertson 1930
- Stephen Sondheim 1930 - Composer, lyricist
- William Shatner 1931 - Actor
- May Britt 1933
- J.P. McCarthy 1933
- M. Emmett Walsh 1935 - Actor
- Glen Campbell 1936
- Tom Flores 1937 - Football player
- Johnny Ferguson 1937
- Dave Keon 1940 - Hockey player
- Bruno Ganz 1941
- George Benson 1943 - Singer, musician
- Keith Relf 1943 - Musician (Yardbirds)
- Jeremy Clyde 1944 - Actor, singer (Chad & Jeremy)
- Harry Vanda 1947 - Musician (The Easybeats)
- James Patterson 1947 - Author
- Wolf Blitzer 1948 - liberal mouthpiece
- Andrew Lloyd Webber 1948 - Composer
- Randy Hobbs 1948 - Musician (The McCoys)
- Bob Costas 1952 - Sportscaster
- James House 1955 - Country singer
- Lena Olin 1955 - Actress ("Alias")
- Stephani Mills 1957 - Actress, singer
- Matthew Modine 1959 - Actor
- Marcus Camby 1974 - Basketball player
- Cole Hauser 1975 - Actor
- Kellie Williams 1976 - Actress
- Reese Witherspoon 1976 - Actress ("American Psycho")
- John Otto 1977 - Musician (Limp Bizkit)


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