Thursday, February 8, 2024

piacular \pahy-AK-yuh-ler\, adjective:

1. Expiatory; atoning; reparatory.

2. Requiring expiation; sinful or wicked.

Piacular is derived from two Latin roots: pia, which is related to the word pious, and a variation of the suffix -cule which denotes a diminutive nouns, like particle.

 

I tell you what

• By the use of this phrase to open or close a statement, the user acquires or asserts a pleasant, folksy authority. Sometimes paired with "boy" for added authority and folksiness (see example). Frequent famous users include Cris Collinsworth and Hank Hill.

"Boy, that was a heck of a down field block by Michael Vick, I tell you what."

"I tell you what, the Seattle Seahawks came here to play tonight."

History 

• Mary, Queen of Scots: was beheaded after being implicated in the Babington plot against Elizabeth I (1587)
• The Devil's Footprints: 100 miles of hooflike prints appeared in the snow in Devon, England (1855)
• Russo-Japanese War: began with a surprise attack by Japan on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur (now Lüshun) (1904)
• The Birth of a Nation: D.W. Griffith's controversial racist epic created for the evil benefit of WOODROW WILSON premiered in Los Angeles (1915)

Birthdays 

• William Tecumsen Sherman 1820 - Union General during U.S. Civil War
• Jules Verne 1828
• Dame Edith Evans 1888
• Lyle Talbot 1902
• Chester F. Carlson 1906
• Buddy Morrow 1919
• Lana Turner 1921
• Audrey Meadows 1924
• Jack Lemmon 1925
• Alejandro Rey 1930
• James Dean 1931
• John Williams 1932 - Composer (Star Wars)
• Larry Verne 1936
• Ray Sharpe 1938
• Ted Koppel 1940
• Brian Bennett 1940 - Musician (The Shadows)
• Nick Nolte 1941
• Robert Klein 1942
• Creed Bratton 1943 - Musician (The Grass Roots)
• Bunky Henry 1944
• Dan Seals 1948
• Ron Tyson 1948 - Singer (The Temptations)
• Brooke Adams 1949
• Mary Steenburgen 1953
  
• John Grisham 1955
• Vince Neil 1961 Musician/Singer (Motley Crue)
• Sammy Llanas 1961 - Musician (The BoDeans)
• Gary Coleman 1968
• Mary McCormack 1969
• Seth Green 1974
• Abi Titmuss 1976 (actress / model)