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Provided by the compucert toady \TOH-dee\, noun, verb:
- a fawning flatterer; humble dependent
- to attempt to gain favor by fawning or being servile
c 1690 for noun, possibly shortened from toad-eater "fawning flatterer," originally referring to the assistant of a charlatan, who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison. The verb is recorded from 1827.
canniversary- A year from the date on which you were fired from a job.
Trivia
When did the New York Stock Exchange close for 4 1/2 months—the longest shutdown in its history?
- In 1914, as war raged in Europe and stocks prices plunged and financial markets around the world suspended operations. The NYSE was closed from July 31st through December 12th.
- Davis Cup: international tennis competition was played for the first time; its donor, Dwight F. Davis, won (1900)
- daylight savings time: clocks were turned forward one hour in the US to aid the war effort; the change was year-round and lasted till the end of WWII (1942)
- Satchel Paige: became the first Negro League player elected into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame (1971)
- Joe Pesci (66): actor, My Cousin Vinnie; also, actors include Kathryn Grayson (87), Janet Suzman (70), Mia Farrow (64), Judith Light (60), Charles Shaughnessy (54), Julie Warner (44), Jason George (37), Charlie Day (33) and Zhang Ziyi (30) and David Gallagher (24)
- Alice Walker (65): Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple; other writers born on this date include Amy Lowell (1874-1925) and J. M. Coetzee (69)
- "Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'" — Paul McCartney
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