Thursday, June 3, 2010

swain \SWEYN\, noun:

 

1. A male admirer or lover.

2. A country lad.

3. A country gallant.

Swain evolves from swein, Old English for "servant".

nouveau douche

• A person with a little bit of money who thinks that their small bankroll gives them the right to discard manners and class. Literally, "the new douche."

PERSON 1: Check out that ass-hat in the "stunna shades" arguing with the hotel manager because they won't give him a free upgrade to a penthouse on a sold-out night.

PERSON 2: He won't even take off his shades to argue with the guy!

PERSON 1: It's probably to protect his eyes from all the cubic zirconium he's wearing to look like "ice."

PERSON 2: Welcome to the nouveau douche.

Trivia

What is Thailand’s famous sacred Emerald Buddha carved from?

• Jade—a single block of jade. It’s called the Emerald Buddha because of its color.

History

• ''Casey at the Bat'': was first published, in the San Francisco Examiner (1888)

• Duke of Windsor: the former King Edward VIII wed American divorcee Wallis Simpson, for love of whom he abdicated the throne of England (1937)
• Edward White: Gemini 4 astronaut became the first American to walk in space (1965)
• Tupolev Tu-144: Soviet jet crashed at the Paris Air Show; it was the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft (1973)
• The Producers: Broadway musical by Mel Brooks won a record 12 Tony Awards (2001)

Berfdays, yo!

• Jefferson Davis (1808-1889): Confederate president
• Charles Drew: surgeon who created the first blood bank (1904-1950)
• Josephine Baker (1906-1975): singer, dancer, activist
• Tony Curtis (85): star of Some Like it Hot and The Boston Strangler
• Larry McMurtry (74): novelist/screenwriter who wrote The Last Picture Show and Lonesome Dove; writers William Douglas-Home (1912-1992) and Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) shared his birth date
• Dan Hill (56): singer/songwriter, "Sometimes When We Touch"; also, musicians Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), Charles Lecocq (1832-1918), Boots Randolph (1927-2007), Suzi Quatro (60)
• Anderson Cooper (43): broadcast journalist, host of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
• Rafael Nadal (24): tennis pro