Wednesday, November 3, 2010

hyperbolic \hahy-per-BOL-ik\, adjective:

1. Using hyperbole; exaggerating.

2. Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.

Hyperbolic is an alteration of the Greek hyperbole, hyper- meaning "beyond" and -bole "a throwing" (related to -bolt.)

question fart

A fart which sounds as if the inflection raises toward it's end, exactly as you would do with your voice when asking a question.

Barry punctuated his statement with a tiny question fart.

Trivia

Who did Time magazine pick as the 20th century’s Person of the Century?

• Albert Einstein. In its January 3, 2000, edition, the news weekly described Einstein as “the genius among geniuses who discovered, merely by thinking about it, that the universe was not as it seemed.”

History

• The Times of India: the world's most widely circulated daily newspaper was founded under the name The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1838)
• Opium War: first broke out between China and Britain (1839)
• US presidential election of 1948: the Chicago Tribune reported erroneously that "Dewey Defeats Truman"
• Sputnik II: the Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space; Laika died in orbit (1957)
• Iran-contra affair: Reagan administration scandal came to light when a Lebanese periodical revealed that the US was selling weapons to Iran (1986)

Birthdays

• Aria Giovanni (33): Adult model / t3h pr0n
• Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836): pioneer who colonized Texas
• André Malraux (1901-1976): writer and politician, Man's Fate; plus, writers William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) and James Reston (1909-1995)
• Walker Evans (1903-1975): American photographer
• Bob Feller (92): legendary pitcher and MLB hall-of-famer; plus, tennis hall-of-famer Roy Emerson (74)
• Charles Bronson (1921-2003): tough-guy actor; also, actors Jeremy Brett (1933-1995), Ken Berry (77), Roseanne Barr (58), Kate Capshaw (57), Kathy Kinney (56) and Dolph Lundgren (51)
• Dennis Miller (57): conservative talk show host and Saturday Night Live alum
• Adam Ant (56): British face-painted rock singer