trepan \trih-PAN\, noun:
1. a person who ensnares or entraps others.verb:
2. a stratagem; a trap.
1. to ensnare or entrap.Trepan is of unknown origin, though it might have come from thieves' slang. The noun describing a person entered English in the mid-1600s, followed shortly after by the verb.
2. to entice.
3. to cheat or swindle.
no offense
- A phrase used to make insults seem socially acceptable. Usually said just before an unbelievably rude and offensive statement is about to be made.
"You've got huge bitch tits, Patrick... no offense."
History
- Black Tuesday: the US stock market crashed and the Great Depression began (1929)
- Star of India: giant star sapphire was stolen, along with other fabulous gems, from the American Museum of Natural History (1964)
- NOW: the women's organization was founded (1966)
- Internet: the first host-to-host connection was made on the ARPA Net between UCLA and SRI in California (1969)
- John Glenn: the first American in orbit took flight aboard the Discovery shuttle, becoming, at 77, the oldest person to visit space (1998)
"Super Storm Sandy" hit New York, leaving over 90% of Long Island without power. (2012)
- Daniel Emmett 1815
- Fanny Brice 1891
- Douglas Montgomery 1891
- Akim Tamiroff 1899
- William Juzda 1920
- Bill Mauldin 1921
- Neal Hefti 1922
- Zoot (John Haley) Sims 1925
- Jon Vickers 1926
- Sonny Osbourne (Osborne Brothers) 1937
- Lee Clayton 1942
- Bob Ross 1942 (Painter)
- Denny Laine (Moody Blues, Wings) 1944
- Melba Moore 1945
- Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) 1946
- Richard Dreyfuss 1947
- Kate Jackson 1948
- Ed Dyck 1950
Denis Potvin 1953
- Steve Kellough (Wild Horses) 1957
- Randy Jackson (Jackson Five) 1961
- Peter Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) 1965
- Paris 1967
- Joely Fisher 1967
- SA (311) 1970
- Toby Smith (Jamiroquai) 1970
- Winona Ryder 1971
- Tracee Ellis Ross 1972
- Trevor Lissauer 1973
- Brendan Fehr 1977
- Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (aka Tove Lo) (singer)1987







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