Sunday, July 12, 2026

ineffable \in-EF-uh-buhl\, adjective:

1. Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable.
2. Not to be uttered; taboo.

Ineffable is from Latin ineffabilis, from in-, "not" + effabilis, "utterable," from effari, "to utter," from ex-, "out" + fari, "to speak."

ineffable \in-EF-uh-buhl\, adjective:

1. Incapable of being fucked; unspeakably ugly; unutterably gross; indescribably vile.
2. Not to be fucked; taboo.

Did you see that hag? She's ineffable even if I used your dick!

History 

• Henry VIII: married his sixth (and final) wife, Catherine Parr; she outlived him by a year (1543)
• Medal of Honor: the top US military decoration was authorized by Congress (1862)
• the Rolling Stones: performed their first concert, at London's Marquee Club (1962)
• Geraldine Ferraro: became the first woman nominated for US vice president on a major-party ticket; she was chosen by Democratic candidate Walter Mondale (1984)

Birthdays

• Gaius Julius Caesar 100 BC
• Josiah Wedgewood 1730
  

  
• Henry David Thoreau 1817
• Sir William Osler 1849
• George Eastman 1854
• Oscar Hammerstein II 1895
• R. Buckminster Fuller 1895
• Milton Berle 1908 - Actor
• 'Curly' Joe DeRita 1909
• Andrew Wyeth 1917
• Richard Scarry 1919 - Children's author and illustrator
• Conte Candoli 1927
• Otis Davis 1932
• Monte Hellman 1932
• Van Cliburn 1934 - Pianist
• Bill Cosby 1937 - Actor, comedian
• Christine McVie 1943 - Singer, musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• Denise Nicholas 1944
• Butch Hancock 1945
• Jay Thomas 1948 - Actor
• Walter Egan 1948 - Singer
• Richard Simmons 1948 - Fitness guru
• John Wetton 1949 - Musician (Asia, King Crimson)
• Gilles Meloche 1950
• Eric Carr 1950 - Musician (KISS)
• Cheryl Ladd 1951 - Actress ("Charlie's Angels")
• Jamey Sheridan 1951
• Liz Mitchell 1952
• Sandi Patti 1956
• Mel Harris 1957 - Actress
• Buddy Foster 1957
• Ray Gillen 1960
• Dan Murphy 1962 - Musician (Soul Asylum)
• Robin Wilson 1965 - Musician (Gin Blossoms)
• Tanya Donnelly 1966 - Musician (Belly)
• John Petrucci 1967 - Musician (Dream Theater)
• Lisa Nicole Carson 1969 - Actress ("Ally McBeal")
• Kristi Yamaguchi 1971 - Figure skater
• Magoo 1973
• Traci Spencer 1976
• Anna Friel 1976 - Actress ("Pushing Daisies")
• Topher Grace 1978 - Actor ("That 70's Show")
• Michelle Rodriguez (Mayte Michelle Rodriguez) 1978 - Actress ("S.W.A.T.," "Avatar," "Lost")
• Erik Per Sullivan 1991 - Actor ("Malcom in the Middle")

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Sunday, September 26, 2021

shibboleth \SHIB-uh-lith, -leth\ noun 

1. a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons. 
2. a slogan; catchword. 

Origin: Shibboleth entered English from the Hebrew and was a word used by the Gileadites as a test to detect the fleeing Ephraimites, who could not pronounce the sh sound. 

Media Shower

• When a celebrity or a new person gets WAY too much spotlight. This can cause a snobbish side to surface, and their friends or aquaintances to notice them acting differently. Otherwise, this causes the "showered" person to feel shy or be surrounded by people by simply going outside their house, making them annoyed.

After Jack's new speech on world matters, he got a media shower and became a different person; one his friends didn't know anymore.

Once Beth won the spelling bee, her media shower forced her to skip school for the next week.

History

• Sir Francis Drake: arrived in Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind, completing his circumnavigation of the globe (1580)
• Thomas Jefferson: was named America's first secretary of state; John Jay was the first chief justice (1789)
• Federal Trade Commission: agency whose aim is to protect consumers and guard against harmful business practices was founded (1914)
• Abbey Road: the last Beatles album to be recorded was released in the UK (1969); Let It Be was the last of the Fab Four's albums to be released (1970)
• Biosphere 2: eight people, four men and four women, entered a sealed complex in Oracle, Arizona, for an experiment in self-sustained living; they exited two hungry years later on the same date (1991)

Birthdays

• John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) 1774
• T.S. Eliot 1888
• George Raft 1895
• George Gershwin 1898
• Ted Weems 1901

• Jack LaLanne 1914
• Barbara Britton 1919
• Bobby Shantz 1925
• Marty Robbins 1925
• Julie London 1926
• Patrick O'Neal 1927
• Philip Bosco 1930
• Joyce Jameson 1932
• Winnie Mandela 1934
• Donna Douglas 1939
• George Chambers (The Chambers Brothers) 1931
• David Frizzell 1941
• Joe Bauer (The Youngbloods) 1941
• Kent McCord 1942
• Anne Robinson 1944
• Bryan Ferry 1945
• Christine Todd Whitman 1946
• Lynn Anderson 1947
• Mary Beth Hurt 1948
• Olivia Newton-John 1948
• James Keane 1952
• Gary Howatt 1952
• Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) 1954
• Craig Chaquico (Jefferson Starship) 1954
• Carlene Carter 1955
• Linda Hamilton 1956
• Doug Supernaw 1960
• Tracy Thorn 1962
• Patrick Bristow 1962
• Melissa Sue Anderson 1962
• Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) 1962
• Cindy Herron (En Vogue) 1965
• David Schelzel (Ocean Blue) 1967
• Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) 1967
• Jim Caviezel 1968
• Sheri Moon Zombie 1970
• Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) 1972
• Nicholas Payton 1973
• Mark Famiglietti 1979
• Serena Williams 1981
• Shamu 1985

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Monday, July 12, 2021

e pluribus unum \EE PLOO R-uh-buh s YOO-nuh m\

• Latin. out of many, one (motto of the U.S.). 

Origin: E pluribus unum is a Latin phrase meaning "out of many, one" and a motto of the United States. It has been on US currency since 1795.

air jerk

• Making a 'jerking off' motion with one's hand to express disgust, disinterest or disbelief, while simultaneously rolling one's eyes. Similar to concept of playing air guitar.

I think she's pissed. She just gave me an air jerk and walked away.

History 

• Henry VIII: married his sixth (and final) wife, Catherine Parr; she outlived him by a year (1543)
• Medal of Honor: the top US military decoration was authorized by Congress (1862)
• the Rolling Stones: performed their first concert, at London's Marquee Club (1962)
• Geraldine Ferraro: became the first woman nominated for US vice president on a major-party ticket; she was chosen by Democratic candidate Walter Mondale (1984)

Birthdays

• Gaius Julius Caesar 100 BC
• Josiah Wedgewood 1730
  

  
• Henry David Thoreau 1817
• Sir William Osler 1849
• George Eastman 1854
• Oscar Hammerstein II 1895
• R. Buckminster Fuller 1895
• Milton Berle 1908 - Actor
• 'Curly' Joe DeRita 1909
• Andrew Wyeth 1917
• Richard Scarry 1919 - Children's author and illustrator
• Conte Candoli 1927
• Otis Davis 1932
• Monte Hellman 1932
• Van Cliburn 1934 - Pianist
• Bill Cosby 1937 - Actor, comedian
• Christine McVie 1943 - Singer, musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• Denise Nicholas 1944
• Butch Hancock 1945
• Jay Thomas 1948 - Actor
• Walter Egan 1948 - Singer
• Richard Simmons 1948 - Fitness guru
• John Wetton 1949 - Musician (Asia, King Crimson)
• Gilles Meloche 1950
• Eric Carr 1950 - Musician (KISS)
• Cheryl Ladd 1951 - Actress ("Charlie's Angels")
• Jamey Sheridan 1951
• Liz Mitchell 1952
• Sandi Patti 1956
• Mel Harris 1957 - Actress
• Buddy Foster 1957
• Ray Gillen 1960
• Dan Murphy 1962 - Musician (Soul Asylum)
• Robin Wilson 1965 - Musician (Gin Blossoms)
• Tanya Donnelly 1966 - Musician (Belly)
• John Petrucci 1967 - Musician (Dream Theater)
• Lisa Nicole Carson 1969 - Actress ("Ally McBeal")
• Kristi Yamaguchi 1971 - Figure skater
• Magoo 1973
• Traci Spencer 1976
• Anna Friel 1976 - Actress ("Pushing Daisies")
• Topher Grace 1978 - Actor ("That 70's Show")
• Michelle Rodriguez (Mayte Michelle Rodriguez) 1978 - Actress ("S.W.A.T.," "Avatar," "Lost")
• Erik Per Sullivan 1991 - Actor ("Malcom in the Middle")

 

 

 

Monday, January 11, 2021

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gargantuan \gahr-GAN-choo-uhn\, adjective:

• enormous; gigantic; huge

by 1571, from Gargantua, large-mouthed giant in Rabelais' novels, supposedly from Spanish/Portuguese garganta "gullet, throat," which is from the same imitative root as gargle.

 

ex-hole

• your asshole ex-husband, ex-boyfriend or just plain ex. a phrase used to refer to that person you used to date that you can't stand.

"Yeah, my ex-hole wants to get back together, but there is no possible way."

History

• Amelia Earhart: became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific from Hawaii to California (1935)
• cigarette smoking: US Surgeon General Luther Terry first reported the health hazards involved (1964)
• designated hitter: the American League's team owners voted to allow the use of a different player to bat instead of the pitcher; the National League still bans the practice (1973)
• Rosenkowitz sextuplets: the world's first surviving sextuplets were born in Cape Town (1974)

Birthdays

• Alexander Hamilton 1755 - United States Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• Ezra Cornell 1807
• John A. MacDonald (Canada) 1815
• Eugenio De Hostos 1839
• Henry Gordon Selfridge 1864
• Alice Paul 1885
• Monte Blue 1890

  
• Alan Paton 1903
• Carroll Shelby 1923
• Don Cherry 1924
• Slim Harpo (James Moore) 1924
• Grant Tinker 1926
• Rod Taylor 1930
• Jack Nimitz 1930
• Goldie Hill 1933
• Mitchell Ryan 1934
• John Chretien (Canada) 1934
• Clarence Clemons (E Street Band) 1942
• Jim Hightower 1943
• Kristine Kaufmann 1945
  Tony Kaye (born Anthony John Selvidge) YES 1946 
• Naomi Judd (The Judds) 1946
• Anna Calder-Marshall 1947
• Dennis (Frederick) Greene (Sha-Na-Na) 1949
• Ben Crenshaw 1952
• John Sessions 1953
• Robert Earl Keen 1956
• Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) 1958
• Kim Coles 1963
• Jason Connery 1963
  Tom Dumont 1968 (No Doubt)
• Maxee Maxwell (Brownstone) 1969
• Mary J. Blige 1971
• Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers) 1971
• Amanda Peet 1972
  Kayleen "KayPikeFashion" Pike 1988