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Provided by the compucert equaggy \KWAG-ee\, adjective:
1. Marshy; boggy.2. Soft or flabby.
Quaggy ultimately derives from the Old English cwabba, "shake or tremble," in the sense of viscous fluid.
a person's behavior which is drastically different than normal usually because they are in the presence of certain people.
"Oh she gonna act all brand new today because her friends are around when she was all in my face last night!"
Trivia
What was the original name of the popular dice game Yahtzee?
The Yacht Game. It was invented by a Canadian couple who played it with guests aboard their yacht. In 1956 they asked toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe, who had developed Bingo, to manufacture copies to give as gifts for their friends. Lowe convinced them to sell him the rights to the game. The price—one thousand copies of the game.
History
Boston: was founded by Puritan settlers (1630)
General Motors: the world's largest automobile maker was founded by William C. Durant in Flint, Michigan (1908)
Wall Street bombing: explosives detonated in a horse-drawn wagon killed 38 people in New York City's financial district; the perpetrators were never definitively identified but the FBI suspected Italian anarchists (1920)
Vietnam War: President Gerald Ford announced conditional amnesty for draft dodgers and deserters (1974)
Arnold Schwarzenegger: actor-turned-California-governor became a US citizen (1983)
Montreal Protocol: treaty that aims to protect the ozone layer was signed (1987)
Birthdays
Elgin Baylor (76): basketball hall-of-famer; baseball hall-of-famer Robin Yount (55) shares this birth date
David Copperfield (54): magician and illusionist
Marc Anthony (42): Latin Grammy winner and actor; musicians Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979), B.B. King (85), Charlie Byrd (1925-1999), Betty Kelly (66), Ron Blair and Kenney Jones (both 62), Earl Klugh (57) and Nick Jonas (18) were also born on this date
Amy Poehler (39): comedian and actress, Parks and Recreation; other actors born on this date include Lauren Bacall (86), Anne Francis (80), Susan Ruttan (62), Ed Begley Jr. (61), Christopher Rich (57), Mickey Rourke (54), Jennifer Tilly (52), Molly Shannon (46), Alexis Bledel (29) and Madeline Zima (25)
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