Monday, December 16, 2019

wight \wahyt\, adjective: 

1. active; nimble.
2. strong and brave, especially in war. 

noun:

1. a human being.
2. Obsolete. a. a supernatural being, as a witch or sprite. b. any living being; a creature.

Wight is related to the Old Norse word vīgr which meant "able to fight." 

 

bangorrhea

1. Overusing exclamation points in a vain and failing attempt to make your writing sound more exciting. Trying to put more "bang" in your prose, but looking instead like you have exclamation point diarrhea. 
2. Obsessively talking about sex, or "banging." An oral disorder usually found in those who aren't actually having sex.

"Checking in with a bad case of 'bangorrhea' -- the official 'grammedical' term for exclamation-point overdose -- is Kanye West. In a single blog post, West used 188 exclamation points. At least we think it was 188. We tried counting and the ordeal made our eyeballs twitch." --Martha Brockenbrough, MSN Encarta columnist

"Did they do sharies? Did you watch? I do that all the time. Did they do tasties after? I do that all the time. Then did they have sex? I do that all the time."

"You have got a serious case of bangorrhea."

History

• Oliver Cromwell: was sworn in as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland; he reigned for five years, till his death (1653)

  
• Boston Tea Party: rebellious American Patriots dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest paying tea taxes to Britain (1773)
• Battle of the Bulge: German attack began in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium in WWII (1944)
• Millau Viaduct: taller than the Eiffel Tower and nearly as tall as the Empire State Building, the world's tallest vehicular bridge opened to traffic near Millau, France (2004)

Birthdays

• Catherine of Aragon 1485

  
• Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770 - Composer
• Jane Austen 1775
• George Santayana 1863
• Arthur Fieldler 1894
• Noel Coward 1899 - English actor, playwright and composer
• Margaret Mead 1901
• Turk Murphy 1915
• Arthur C. Clarke 1917 - Author
• Bruce Ames 1928
• Philip K. Dick 1928 - Author (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which became the movie BLADERUNNER, among others)
• Wayne Connelly 1929
• Shelby Singleton 1931
• Morris Dees 1936 - Civil rights attorney
• Joyce Bulifant 1937 - Actress
• Jim Glaser 1937 - (Tompall and the Glaser Brothers)
• Liv Ullmann 1939 Actress
• Leslie Stahl 1941 - CBS news correspondent ("60 Minutes")
• Paul Butterfield 1942
• Steven Bochco 1943 - TV producer (NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues)
• Anthony (Tony) Hicks 1943 - Musician (The Hollies)

  
• Benny Andersson 1946 - Singer, keyboards, synthesizers (ABBA)
• Ben Cross 1948 - Actor
• Billy Gibbons 1949 - Musician (ZZ Top)
• Robben Ford 1951
• Bill Bateman 1951 - Musician (The Blasters)
• Alison LaPlaca 1959 - Actress
• Jon Tenney 1961 - Actor (The Closer)
• Sam Robards 1961 - Actor (American Beauty)
• William "Refrigerator" Perry 1962 - Football player
• Jeff Carson 1963 - Country singer, songwriter
• Benjamin Bratt 1963 - Actor
• Michael McCary 1971 - Singer (Boyz II Men)
• Krysten Ritter 1981
• Chris Scruggs 1982 - Country musician
• Hallee Hirsh 1987 - Actress (JAG)
• Anna Popplewell 1988 - Actress (The Chronicles of Narnia)