moot \moot\, adjective:
1. Open to discussion or debate; doubtful.2. Of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.3. Chiefly Law Not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.
verb:
1. To present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.2. To reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.3. Archaic To argue (a case), especially in a mock court.
noun:
1. An assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.2. An argument or discussion, especially of a hypothetical legal case.3. Obsolete A debate, argument, or discussion.
Moot is derived from the Old English gemot "meeting.” The adj. senses of "debatable" and "not worth considering" arose from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) "discussion of a hypothetical law case" (1530s), in law student jargon, in reference to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.
Friend Zone
- What you attain after you fail to impress a woman you're attracted to. Usually initiated by the woman saying, "You're such a good friend". Usually associated with long days of suffering and watching your love interest hop from one bad relationship to another. Verb tense is "Friend-ed".
"I spent all that money on a date, just to find out she put me in the Friend Zone (said with eerie echo)."
History
- Great Basel Earthquake: Swiss city was destroyed, along with parts of France and Germany (1356)
- Edict of Nantes: law that had granted religious liberties to Protestants was revoked by Louis XIV and replaced with the Edict of Fontainebleau; many Protestants left France as a result (1685)
- Moby-Dick: Herman Melville's novel about Captain Ahab's quest was published; it was originally entitled The Whale (1851)
- Alaska: territory known as "Seward's Folly" was purchased by the US from Russia for approximately $7 million in gold bullion (1867)
- Persons Case: a Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruling in Edwards v. Canada determined that in Canada women could be defined as persons for political purposes (1929)
- Giovanni Canaletto 1697
- Salomon Andree 1854
- Henri Bergson 1859
- Lotte Lenya 1898
- Miriam Hopkins 1902
- James Brooks 1906
- Bobby Troup 1918
- Anita O'Day 1919
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Canada) 1919
- Melina Mercouri 1923
- Chuck Berry 1926
- George C. Scott 1927
- Keith Jackson 1928
- Violeta Barrios de Chamorro 1929
- Forrest Gregg (NFL) 1933
- Inger Stevens 1934
- Peter Boyle 1935
- Mike Ditka (NFL) 1939
- Lee Harvey Oswald 1939
- Willie Horton (MLB) 1942
- Russ Giguere (The Association) 1943
- Joe Morton 1947
- Laura Nyro 1947
- Paulette Williams 1948
- Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon) 1949
- Wendy Wasserstein 1950
- Pam Dawber 1951
- Terry McMillan 1951
- Jerry Royster (MLB) 1952
- Keith Knudsen (The Doobie Brothers) 1952
- Martina Navratilova 1956
- Thomas Hearns 1958
- Jean-Claude Van Damme 1960
- Erin Moran 1961
- Wynton Marsalis 1961
- Vincent Spano 1962
- Tim Cross (Sponge) 1966
- Michael Stich 1968
- Nonchalant 1973
- Peter Svenson (The Cardigans) 1974
- Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr.) - Singer, rapper
- Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) 1981
- Frieda Selena Pinto 1984
- Tyler Posey 1991 - Actor
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