prate \ preyt \ , verb;
- to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream .
- to utter in empty or foolish talk: to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness .
noun:
- act of prating.
- empty or foolish talk.
Origin: Prate finds its roots in the Middle Dutch praeten meaning "to speak." It came to English during the time when Middle English was spoken.
critical ass, adj.
- The stage in fat accumulation when fabric can no longer contain the enormity of one's buttocks.
Jesus, I can't zip up these jeans anymore - I've reached critical ass!
History
- Detroit: La Ville d'Etroit, or "city of the strait," was founded by Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, a French fur trader (1701)
- Brigham Young: seeking a safe haven, the Mormon leader and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake, in what is now Utah (1847)
- kitchen debate: US vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev debated the merits of capitalism vs. communism in a replica of an American kitchen, set up at the American National Exhibition in Moscow (1959)
- Watergate: the US Supreme Court ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over incriminating subpoenaed White House recordings (1974)
- Simon Bolivar 1783
- Alexander Dumas 1802
- Amelia Earhart 1898
- Chief Dan George 1899
- Cootie Williams 1908
- Vera (Salaff) 1910
- Frank Silvera 1914
- Bob Eberly 1915
- Bella Abzug 1920
- Alexander H. Cohen 1920
- Billy Taylor (Billy Taylor Trio) 1921
- Jaqueline Brookes 1930
- Doug Sanders 1933
- Rudy Collins (Dizzy Gillespie Quintet) 1934
- Pat Oliphant 1935
- Ruth Buzzi 1936
- Mark Goddard 1936
- Dan Hedaya 1940
- Barbara Jean Love (Friends of Distinction) 1941
- Cris Sarandon 1942
- Roger Lafreniere 1942
- Heinze Burt (The Tornadoes) 1942
- Robert Hayes 1947
- Michael Richards 1949
- Lynda Carter 1951
- Lynval Golding 1951
- Pam Tillis 1957
- Robbie Grey (Modern English) 1957
- Kadeem Hardison 1965
- Laura Leighton 1968
- John P. Navin Jr. 1968
- Jennifer Lopez 1970 - Singer, actress
- Summer Glau 1981
- Anna Paquin 1982
- Mara Wilson 1987
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