Saturday, November 5, 2011

quean \kween\, noun:

1. An overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.

2. A prostitute.

3. British Dialect. A girl or young woman, especially a robust one

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Quean, predictably, is rooted in the same Old English word that queen comes from, the word cwen which meant woman.

Mechanic's Arm

• A mechanic's arm is what happens when you wank too much; one arm becomes more muscular than the other. Someone who lies on their back all day tightening nuts.

John: "Jaidon, you've probably got mechanic's arm from her Facebook photos".

Jaidon: "Ha ha, very funny."

Trivia

What was Frankenstein’s first name in the famous Mary Shelley horror story?

• Victor.

History

• Susan B. Anthony: the suffragist attempted to vote in the 1872 presidential election although women were not allowed to; she was fined $100 but refused to pay (1872)
• Monopoly: the popular Parker Brothers board game was released (1935)
• FDR: beat Wendell Wilkie to win an unprecedented third term as US president (1940)
• Ella Grasso: Connecticut woman became the first female to be elected governor of a US state without succeeding her husband (1974); Shirley Chisolm, the first black woman representative, was elected to Congress (1968)
• Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity (2006)

Birthdays

• J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964): geneticist; plus, scientists Paul Sabatier (1854-1941) & Fred Whipple (1906-2004)
• Sam Shepard (68): actor and Obie-winning playwright; writers Anna Leonowens (1834-1914), William Durant (1885-1981) and Ida Tarbell (1857-1944) share this birth date
• Bryan Adams (52): rock artist; also, musicians Ike Turner (1931-2007), Art Garfunkel (70), Peter Noone (64) and Kevin Jonas (24)
• Tilda Swinton (51): actor, Michael Clayton; also, actors Roy Rogers (1911-1998), Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Elke Sommer (71), Nestor Serrano (56), Mo Gaffney and Robert Patrick (both 52), Andrea McArdle and Tatum O'Neal (both 47), Judy Reyes (44) and Sam Rockwell (43)
• Johnny Damon (38): NY Yankees outfielder; also, team players Bill Walton (59), Kellen Winslow (54) and Javy López (41)

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