Friday, November 29, 2024

dog-ear \DAWG-eer\, verb:

1. To fold down the corner of a page in a book.

noun:

1. (In a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
2. In architecture, another term for a crossette.

Dog-ear as a metaphor for the folded pages of a book first appears in the 1650s.

 

skinflint 

• An unreasonably thrifty person. (Flint is a semiprecious mineral a relative of quartz, and the notion that the greediest person would keep flint shavings for economy). 

My uncle George will never help anyone out. He's too much of a skinflint.

History

• Army-Navy game: football rivalry began at West Point; Navy won 24-0 (1890)

  
• South Pole: was flown over for the first time by American explorer Richard E. Byrd and three others (1929)
• Palestine: the UN voted to divide the region between Jews and Arabs (1947)
• "I Want to Hold Your Hand": The Beatles released their first No. 1 hit in Great Britain (1963)
• Warren Commission: was established by US president Lyndon Johnson to investigate JFK's assassination (1963)
• Pong: Atari announced the release of the early video game (1972)

Birthdays

• Louisa May Alcott 1832
• Busby Berkeley 1895
• C.S. Lewis 1898
• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. 1908
• Madeline L'Engle 1918
• Vin Scully 1927
• Diane Ladd 1932
• John Mayall (Bluesbreakers) 1933
• Meco Monardo 1939
• Peter Bergman 1939
• Chuck Mangione 1940
• Jody Miller 1941
• Dennis Doherty (The Mamas & The Papas) 1941
  
• Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals) 1944
• Suzy Chaffee 1946
• Garry Shandling 1949
• Barry Goudreau (Boston) 1951
• Jeff Fahey 1952 - Actor ("Lost") 
• Joel Coen 1954
• Howie Mandel 1955
• Cathy Moriarty 1960
• Andrew McCarthy 1962
• Kim Delaney 1964
• Don Cheadle 1964
• Neill Barry 1965
• Wallis Buchanan (Jamiroquai) 1965
• Martin Carr (Boo Radleys) 1968
• Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) 1968
• Howard K. Stern 1968
• Gena Lee Nolin 1971
• Anna Faris 1977
• Krystal Steal (t3h pr0n) 1985