alate \EY-leyt\, adjective:
1. Having wings; winged.2. Having membranous expansions like wings.
noun:
1. The winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
Alate is comprised of the Latin roots āla meaning "wing" and the suffix -ate which was used in Latin to make a word an adjective (like separate) but in English came to be used to create a verb out of a noun (like agitate).
drop the pin
- Letting people know where you are through Google maps or any app that shows your location on a map.
Bored person wanting to meet up with friends: Come on, let me know where you're at. Drop the pin dude!
Person needing alone time: "I know its Friday but I'm not dropping the pin anywhere tonight."
History
- Virgin Islands: prompted by fear of German expansion, the US bought the islands from Denmark for $25 million; its inhabitants became US citizens 10 years later (1917)
- Great Brinks Robbery: 11 men steal over $2 million in Boston in what was then the biggest US robbery; they were eventually caught (1950)
- Operation Desert Storm: air offensive was launched in the Gulf War to remove the Iraqi army from the Persian Gulf kingdom of Kuwait (local time; in the US it was still the previous day) (1991)
- Benjamin Franklin 1706
- Anton Chekhov 1860
- David Lloyd George (Britain) 1863
- Noah Beery 1883
- Mack Sennet 1884
- Marjorie Gateson 1891
- Al Capone 1899
- Nevil Shute 1899
- Vido Musso 1913
- George Handy 1920
- Betty White 1922
- Moira Shearer 1926
- Eartha Kitt 1927
- Vidal Sassoon 1928
- Jacques Plante 1929
- James Earl Jones 1931
- Sheree North 1933
- Shari Lewis (Hurwitz) 1934
- Troy Donahue 1937
- Maury Povich 1939
- Muhammad Ali 1942
- Chris Montez 1944
- William Hart (Delfonics) 1945
- Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones) 1948
- Andy Kaufman 1949
- Steve Earle 1955
- Paul Young 1956
- David Caruso 1956
- Steve Harvey 1957
- Susanna Hoffs (Bangles) 1957
- John Crawford (Berlin) 1960
- Jim Carrey 1962
- Shabba Ranks 1966
- Naveen Andrews 1969 - Actor ("Lost")
- Kid Rock 1971
- Zooey Deschanel 1980
- Ray J 1981
- Amanda Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) 1982
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