drawl \drawl\, verb:
1. to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
noun:
1. an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
Drawl entered English in the late-1500s and is likely from the East Frisian draulen meaning "to linger" or "delay." It is thought to be related to the word draw.
homemade word
- Those words invented at home, and used in the family but don't have a meaning outside of the family or friendship group
Tom: Sorry I didn't understand that, what did you say?
David: Oh, sorry, it was a homemade word.
callipygian (kal-uh-PIJ-ee-en). adj.
- Having a beautfully proportioned buttocks.
History
- Niagara Movement: W.E.B. Du Bois and other African-Americans united to call for an end to racial discrimination (1905)
- Skylab: after six years in space, the space station reentered Earth's atmosphere (1979)
- Mumbai train bombings: seven blasts set off in pressure cookers took more than 200 lives (2006)
Birthdays
- John Quincy Adams (U.S.) 1767
- John Wanamaker 1838
- E.B. White 1899
- Harry Von Zell 1906
- Yul Brynner 1915
- Gene Evans 1924
- Brett Somers 1927
- Theodore Harold Maiman 1927
- Paul Harney 1929
- Giorgio Armani 1934
- Bobby Rice 1944
- Beverly Todd 1946
- Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1947 - Musician
- Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1951 - Singer
- Stephen Lang 1952
- Leon Spinks 1953
- Mindy Sterling 1953
- Sela Ward 1956
- Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) 1957 - Musician
- Mark Lester 1958
- Suzanne Vega 1959 - Musician
- Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) 1960 - Musician
- Lisa Rinna 1963
- Debbie Dunning 1966
- Michael Rosenbaum 1972
- Lil' Kim 1975
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