Sunday, November 23, 2025

clepe \kleep\, verb:

• to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).

Clepe is derived from the Old English word cleopian which is related to the Middle Low German word kleperen meaning "to rattle." The odd iteration of clepe is its past participle yclept which is its more common variant. The initial y is a vestige from Middle English.

 

nature's boner

• When something in nature looks like a dick.

Oh look at the hill! Nature's boner.

History 

• Battle of Chattanooga: huge battle at a railway junction began during the US Civil War, ending with a Union victory (1863)

  
• jukebox: the first coin-operated phonograph was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco (1889)
• Doctor Who: British sci-fi TV program about a doctor who time-travels in a TARDIS debuted; it is still running (1963)
• China: the People's Republic took over Taiwan's seat in the UN Security Council (1971)

Birthdays

• Franklin Pierce (U.S.) 1804
• William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) 1859
• Boris Karloff 1887
• Harpo Marx 1888
• Maurice Zolotow 1913
  
• Ellen Drew 1915
• Michael Gough 1917
• Jerry Bock 1928
• Betty Everett 1939
• Susan Anspach 1945
• Steve Landesberg 1945
• David Rappaport 1951
• Cyb and Patricia Barnstable 1951
  
• Boris Gebenchikov 1953
• Bruce Hornsby 1954
• John Henton 1960
• Maxwell Caulfield 1961
• Charlie Grover (Sponge) 1966
• Ken Block (Sister Hazel) 1966
• Salli Richardson (Eureka) 1967
  
• Kurupt (The Dogg Pound) 1972
• Kelly Brook 1980
• Destiny Hope "Miley Ray" Cyrus 1992