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Provided by the compucert kenspeckle \KEN-spek-uhl\, adjective:
Conspicuous; easily seen or recognized.
Kenspeckle comes from Scottish and Northern English dialects, ultimately relating back to Norwegian.
thrift whore
a person who shops at many different thrift stores, thereby often finding wonderful deals.
One who feels the urge to brag about every single piece of crp they find at a thrift store.
Becky is such a thrift whore- she found a flying horse for a dollar!
Trivia
What have scientists determined was inaccurate about the physical appearance of the terrifying velociraptors in the 1993 sci-fi chiller Jurassic Park?
They should have had feathers. In 2007 paleontologists reported that they found quill knobs—where feathers had been anchored—on a velociraptor fossil forearm unearthed in Mongolia in 1998.
History
Brazil: the largest country in South America declared its independence from Portugal (1822)
Peking Protocol: ended the Boxer Rebellion in China (1901)
Miss America: the first competition began, as a two-day beauty contest, in Atlantic City, New Jersey (1921)
Tasmanian wolf: the last known thylacine, Benjamin, died in Hobart Zoo, though there may be survivors in the wild (1936)
London Blitz: heavy bombing of the UK by the Nazi Luftwaffe began during WWII (1940)
ESPN: the popular all-sports network made its debut on cable TV (1979)
Birthdays
Elizabeth I (1533-1603): England's "Virgin Queen"
Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985): novelist; also, writers Elinor Wylie (1885-1928) and Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)
Buddy Holly (1936-1959): rock and roller, "Peggy Sue"; also, musicians Arthur Ferrante (89), Sonny Rollins (80), Gloria Gaynor (61), Chrissie Hynde (59), Benmont Tench (57) and Michael Feinstein (54)
Evan Rachel Wood (23): actress, Once and Again, The Wrestler; also, actors Anthony Quayle (1913-1989), Peter Lawford (1923-1984), Julie Kavner (59), Michael Emerson and Corbin Bernsen (both 56), W. Earl Brown (47), Tom Everett Scott (40), Shannon Elizabeth (37) and Oliver Hudson (34)
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