Wednesday, August 5, 2026

arsy-varsy \ AHR-see-VAHR-see \ , adjective; 

• Informal . wrong end foremost; completely backward: an arsy-varsy way of doing things . 

adverb: 

• Informal . in a backward or thoroughly mixed-up fashion: The papers are all filed arsy-varsy . 

Origin: This term first came to English in the 1530s. It is probably an alteration of the Latin vice versa with arse substituted to make a facetious rhyming compound. 

making base contact

• Making Base Contact; "saying" meaning contacting your wife, girlfriend, or serious female relationship via your cellular phone, just like as paramedics make base contact to get additional orders for patient care, one can give ones female an updated status on what the boys and yourself are doing.

you: hey guys so are we getting ready to head to the bar now?
friends: yeah sure were leaving in ten, can't wait to get smashed!!
you: sounds great lemme just go "make base contact" first
ORyou: great if you leave any sooner Ill be over by the garage "making base contact"
 

History 

• federal income tax: was levied for the first time in the US; it aimed to help pay the bills for the Civil War and was rescinded in 1872 (1861)
• "Damn the torpedoes": famous order was given by Union Admiral David G. Farragut as he led his fleet at Mobile Bay during the Civil War (1864)
• Little Orphan Annie: Harold Gray's comic strip debuted (1924)
• Nelson Mandela: South African resistance leader and later president was arrested and jailed; his imprisonment lasted till 1990 (1962)
• Marilyn Monroe: was found dead after overdosing on sleeping pills (1962)
• Test Ban Treaty: the US, Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to prohibit nuclear weapon tests underwater, in the atmosphere and in outer space (1963)

Birthdays

• Guy DeMaupassant 1850
• Conrad Aiken 1889
• Andrew Alford 1904
• John Huston 1906
  
• Robert Taylor 1911
• David Brian 1914
• Jeri Southern 1926
• Richie Ginterh 1930
• Neil A. Armstrong 1930
• Vern Gosdin 1934
• Cammie King 1934
• John Saxon 1935
• Zakes Mokae 1935
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  Damita Jo 1940
• Bobby Braddock 1940
• Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five) 1942
• Sammi Smith 1943
• Jimmy Webb 1946
• Erika Slezak 1946
• Loni Anderson 1946
• Greg Leskiw (Guess Who) 1947
• Rick Derringer 1947
• Holly Palance 1950
• Samantha Sang 1953
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  Maureen McCormick 1956
• Pat Smear (Foo Fighters) 1959
• Pete Burns (Dead Or Alive) 1959
• Mark O'Connor 1961
• Tawny Kitaen 1961
• Patrick Ewing 1962
• Adam Yauch (M.C.A. of the Beastie Boys) 1964
• Elvis Duran 1964
• Jonathon Silverman 1966
• Terri Clark 1968
• Brendon Ryan Barrett 1986
• Xenia Tchoumitcheva (model / blogger) 1987 
• Jessica Nigri (cosplayer) 1989 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

Sunday, August 2, 2026

scofflaw \ SKAWF-law, SKOF- \ , noun; 

1. a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed. 
2. a person who flouts rules, conventions, or accepted practices. 

Origin: Scofflaw is a portmanteau that describes a person who scoffs, or mocks, the law. It's been used in English since the 1920s. 

finger guns

• A way for creepy people with porn mustaches to say hello or "I understand". Hold your fingers in the shape of guns (use both hands for maximum effect) and point at someone who just arrived. Bend thumbs to simulate shooting your finger guns and make a clicking sound with your mouth. May be accompanied with a wink in extreme cases.

That dude that looks like he just fell out of the 70's just offered me a piece of candy and then winked and gave me finger guns. I said no.

History

• 
  Declaration of Independence: members of the Continental Congress began putting their John Hancocks on "The Unanimous Declaration of the 13 United States of America" (1776)
• Marihuana Tax Act: US law doused marijuana use, sale and possession with sheer legal intricacy (1937)
• PT-109: a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy was sunk off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer (1943)
• Gulf of Tonkin: the Pentagon reported attacks on US ships by North Vietnamese; the incident led to a Congressional resolution and expansion of the war effort (1964)
• Kuwait: was invaded by Iraq, triggering the Gulf War five months later (1990)

Birthdays

• Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss 1891
• Myrna Loy 1905
• Beatrice Straight 1918
• James Baldwin 1924
• Carroll O'Connor 1924
• Peter O'Toole 1932
• Hank Cochran 1935
• Garth Hudson (The Band) 1937
• Wes Craven 1939
• Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and the Pips) 1939
• Doris Kenner-Jackson (The Shirelles) 1941
• Kathy Lennon 1942 - Musician (The Lennon Sisters)
• Max Wright 1943
• Joanna Cassidy 1945
• Lance Ito 1950
• Andrew Gold 1951
• Butch Vig 1955 (Garbage)
• Mojo Nixon 1957
• Victoria Jackson 1959
• Apollonia 1961
• Cynthia Stevenson 1963
• Mary-Louise Parker1964
• John Stanier (Helmet) 1968
• Kevin Smith 1970
• Zelma Davis (C+C Music Factory) 1970
• Angel Lynn Boris 1974
• Edward Furlong 1977
• Charli XCX (Charlotte Emma Aitchinson) 1992 
  
  
  

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Monday, July 27, 2026

hemidemisemiquaver \ hem-ee-dem-ee-SEM-ee-kwey-ver \ , noun; 

• Music. Chiefly British . a sixty-fourth note.

Origin: Hemidemisemiquaver entered English in the mid-1800s, as an extension of demisemiquave , a thirty-second note. A quaver is chiefly British word for an eighth note. 

meter high club

• In the spirit of the mile high club, but for those who couldn't afford the plane tickets so are just taking the train.

Me and my girlfriend thought we would join the ranks of the prestigious mile high club, but had to take the train home instead. We went for the meter high club instead, but forgot that they can throw you off a train a lot easier than a plane.

History

• transatlantic telegraph cable: was completed, linking the US and Europe; the cord shortened communication time from days to minutes (1866)
• insulin: physiologists isolated the hormone used to manage diabetes (1921)
• Bugs Bunny: debuted in The Wild Hare (1940)
• Billboard: the magazine published its first singles record chart (1940)
• Korean War: the conflict ended with no clear winner, splitting the country into North and South (1953)
• Coronation Street: British soap characters Ken Barlow and Deirdre Langton tied the knot; their wedding got higher telly ratings than that of Prince Charles and Lady Di (1981)

Birthdays

• Charlotte Corday 1768
  
• George Foster Peabody 1852
• Keenan Wynn 1916
• Homer (Henry D. Haynes) 1918
• Charles P. Ginsburg 1920
• Norman Lear 1922
• Bob Morse (Hi-Lo's) 1927
• Harvey Fuqua (The Moonglows) 1929
• Jerry Van Dyke 1931
• Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio) 1933
• Don Galloway 1937
• Irv Cross 1939
• James Victor 1939
• Dennis Ralston 1942
• John Pleshette 1942
  
• Bobbie Gentry 1944
• Al Ramsey (Gary Lewis & The Playboys) 1946
• Betty Thomas 1948
• Peggy Fleming 1948
• Maury Chaykin 1949
• Maureen McGovern 1949
• Michael Vaughn (Paperlace) 1950
• Janet Eilber 1951
• Roxanne Hart 1952
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  Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown) 1956
• Karl Mueller (Soul Asylum) 1963
• Rex Brown (Pantera) 1964
• Juliana Hatfield 1967
• Stacy Dean Campbell 1967
• Julian McMahon 1968
• Maya Rudolph 1972
• Peter Yorn 1974
• Alex Rodriguez (MLB) 1975
• John Rhys Meyers 1977

  

 

  

Thursday, July 23, 2026

peregrine \ PER-i-grin, -green, -grahyn \ , noun; 

1. foreign; alien; coming from abroad. 
2. wandering, traveling, or migrating. 

noun: 

1. peregrine falcon. 

Origin: Peregrine entered English in the late 1300s from the Latin peregrē literally meaning "beyond the borders of the field." 

Textpectation

• The anticipation one feels when waiting for a response to a text message.

I just texted her for a date but now the textpectation is killing me.

History

• typographer: William Burt received a patent for his forerunner of the typewriter (1829)
  Batman - the caped crusader debuted (1939)
• Gamal Abdel Nasser: led the Egyptian army in an overthrow of King Farouk I (1952)
• 12th Street riot: police raid at a blind pig sparked five days of race riots in Detroit; 43 people died and 2,000 buildings burned down (1967)
• Tiger Woods: at 24, became the youngest golfer to win a career Grand Slam (2000)

Birthdays

• Karl Menninger 1893
• Vincent Sardi 1894
• Arthur Treacher 1894
• Karl Swenson 1908
• Michael Wilding 1912
• Coral Browne 1913
• Calvert DeForest 1921
• Gloria De Haven 1925
• Billy Maxwell 1929
• Bert Convey 1933
• Stacy Lacy 1934
• Cleveland Duncan 1935 - Musician (Penguins)
• Don Drysdale 1936
• Ronny Cox 1938
• Nicholas Gage 1939
• Don Imus 1940 - Radio personality, possible zombie
• Gary Stites 1940
• Tony Joe White 1943
• Dino Danelli 1945 - Musician (The Rascals)
• Andy Mackay 1946 - Musician (Roxy Music)
• David Essex 1947
• Larry Manetti 1947
• Belinda Montgomery 1950
• Blair Thornton 1950 - Musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
• Edie McClurg 1951
• Woody Harrelson 1961
• Martin Lee Gore 1961 - Musician (Depeche Mode)
  
• Eriq LaSalle 1962
• Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing) 1963
• Nick Menza 1964 - Musician (Megadeth)
• Slash (Saul Hudson) 1965 - Muscian (Guns N' Roses)
• Stephanie Seymour 1968
• Charisma Carpenter 1970
• Sam Watters 1970 - Musician (Color Me Badd)
• Alison Krauss 1971
• Chad Gracey 1971 - Musician (Live)
• Mr. Dalvin (Jodeci) 1971
• Marlon Wayans 1972 
• Omar Epps 1973
• Michelle Williams 1980 - Singer (Destiny's Child)