Tuesday, December 24, 2024

moor \moor\, verb: 

1. To fix firmly; secure.
2. To secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.
3. To moor a ship, small boat, etc.
4. To be made secure by cables or the like.

noun:

1. The act of mooring.

Though moor gained popularity in the 1490s, the term originates from the Old English more from the maerelsrāp rope used for securing or 'mooring' ships.

 

Concubone

• Opposite of concubine. A man in a harem that a powerful woman keeps for sex.

Cougar MILFs often have a few young concubones.

 

christmastoe

• see also mooseltoe. Camel toe at Christmas time.

Mrs. Claus is always worried about christmastoe during her holiday picture opportunities at the mall.

 

Trivia

What early-19th-century American writer created the image of Santa soaring over rooftops in a sleigh, using chimneys to deliver gifts to children?

• Washington Irving, in 1809, in A History of New York, which he wrote under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker.

Trivia

Who did Forbes magazine list as America’s richest fictional character, with an infinite estimated net worth—represented by a dollar sign and the infinity symbol ($∞)?

• Santa Claus—in 2005.

Holiday 

• Christmas Eve

History

• Kiritimati: Pacific atoll also called Christmas Island was discovered by Captain Cook (1777)
  

  
• Treaty of Ghent: ended the War of 1812 between the US and Great Britain (1814)
• Library of Congress: majority of collection was destroyed by fire (1851)
• Ku Klux Klan: violent racist organization was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, by a group of Democrat Confederate veterans (1865)
• Aida: Giuseppe Verdi's opera had its world premiere in Cairo to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal (1871)

Birthdays

• John (King of England) 1167
  
• Ingatius (Loyola) 1491
• Benjamin Rush 1745
• Kit Carson 1809
• James Joule 1818
• Matthew Arnold 1822
• Harry Warren (Salvatore Guaragna) 1893
• Howard Hughes 1905
• I.F. Stone 1907
• Ralph Marterie 1914
• Dave Bartholomew 1920
  
• Ava Gardner 1922
• Lee Dorsey 1924
• Carol Haney 1924
• Robert Joffrey 1930
• Ray Bryant 1931
• Jill Bennett 1931
• Mike Curb 1944
• Nicholas Meyer 1945
• Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) 1945
• Jan Akkerman 1946
  
• Sharon Farrell 1946
• Clarence Gilyard 1955
• Stephanie Hodge 1956
• Ian Burden (Human League) 1957
• Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) 1963
• Diedrich Bader 1966
• Ricky Martin 1971 
• Stephanie Meyer 1973 author those dull TWILIGHT books
• Ryan Seacrest 1974