Wednesday, January 10, 2024

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paregmenon \puh-REG-muh-non\, noun:

• The juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”

Paregmenon comes from the Greek word parēēgménon meaning "to bring side by side or derive."

 

yestergay

• a gay male now in a heterosexual relationship or marriage. Not the same as ex-gay, which is someone who seeks a religious conversion to abandon homosexuality.

After years of bad relationships with men, he finally found a woman he loved enough to want to marry. Marty's a yestergay.

History

• Julius Caesar: crossed the Rubicon with his army (49 BCE)
• Common Sense: Thomas Paine published (anonymously) his influential pamphlet calling for American independence from Britain via revolution (1776)
• London Underground: the Metropolitan Line, the first section of the tube, opened, running between Paddington and Farringdon streets (1863)
• gusher: oil was discovered near Beaumont, Texas (1901)
• League of Nations: precursor to the United Nations held its first meeting; though it was proposed by a US president, the US never did join (1920)
• Vatican City: the US reestablished full diplomatic relations with the Holy See after having been out of touch for over a century (1984)
• Where's the beef?: Wendy's ad campaign began; it quickly morphed into a political slogan (1984)

Birthdays 

• Ethan Allen 1738
• Francis X. Bushman 1883
• Ray Bolger 1904
• Paul Henried 1908
• Max Roach 1925
• Johnnie Ray 1927
• Gisele MacKenzie (LaFleche) 1927
• Donald Brooks 1928
• Maurice Sendak 1928
• Tintin 1929 (fictional character)
• Sherrill Milnes 1935
• Ronnie Hawkins 1935
• Willie McCovey 1938
• Sal Mineo 1939
• Bill Toomey 1939
• Scott McKenzie 1939
• Walter Hill 1941
• Jim Croce 1943
• Frank Sinatra Jr. 1944
• Ronny Light 1945
  
• Rod Stewart 1945
• Bob Lang (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders) 1946
• Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) 1948
• Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) 1948
• George Foreman 1949
• Bobby Rahal 1953
• Pat Benatar 1953
• Michel Schenker (Scorpions) 1955
• Shawn Colvin 1958
• Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) 1959
• Evan Handler 1961
• Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) 1963
• Trini Alvarado 1967 
• Jill Marie Nicolini 1978 (bottom)
• Chris Smith (Kris Kross) 1979
• Sarah Shahi 1980 (below)
• Josh Ryan Evans 1982