Thursday, October 29, 2026

pilar \ PAHY-ler \ , adjective; 

• of, pertaining to, or covered with hair. 

Origin: Pilar came to English in the mid-1800s from the New Latin pilāris meaning "of hair."

deja moo

• The feeling that you have heard this bull before.

Katie: " How come you guys didn't go out and celebrate your anniversary?"
Nicole: " We were going to, but he had to take care of his little sister again."
Katie: "That sounds like deja moo to me."

History 

• Republic of Turkey: was established when forces led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, "the father of modern Turkey," wrested control from the Ottoman Empire (1923)

  
• 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)

Birthdays

• 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 
  

  

  

 

 

   

 

 

Monday, September 28, 2026

singultus \ sing-GUHL-tuhs \ , noun; 

• Medicine/Medical . a hiccup.

Origin: Singultus comes from the Latin word of the same spelling meaning "a sob" or "speech interrupted by sobs." It entered English in the mid-1700s. 

Auto Incorrect

• When the auto-correct feature on your iPod Touch or iPhone tries to correct your spelling, but instead changes it to words that just dont make sense with what you're typing.

JR: Hey what time should i come? 
Victor: I dont know... Are you busty all evening?
I MEAN BUSY!! 
ARE YOU BUSY ALL EVENING!
GOSH I HATE AUTO INCORRECT!

History

• William the Conqueror: the duke of Normandy invaded England (1066)
• Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: landed at San Diego Bay, becoming the first European to visit California (1542)
• first aerial circumnavigation: two US Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world flight — 44,000 kilometres (27,340 mi) — in 175 days (1924)
• RU 486: abortion pill was approved for US use by the Food and Drug Administration (2000)
• Falcon I: SpaceX rocket reached orbit, becoming the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so (2008)

Birthdays

• Confucius 551 B.C. - Teacher and philosopher
• Georges Clemenceau (France) 1841
• Kate Smith-Wiggin 1856
• Elmer Rice 1892
• William S. Paley 1901
• Ed Sullivan 1902
• Alfred Gerald Caplin (Al Capp) 1909
• Peter Finch 1916
• William Windom 1923
• Marcello Mastroianni 1924
• Arnold Stang 1925
• Jerry Clower 1926
• Tommy Collins 1930
• Brigitte Bardot 1934
• Koko Taylor 1935
• Bruce Crampton 1935
• Ben E. King 1938
• Charley Taylor 1941
• Grant Jackson 1942
• Joel Higgins 1943
• Nick St. Nicholas (Steppenwolf) 1943
• Helen Shapiro 1946
• 
  Jeffrey Jones 1947
• John Sayles 1950
• Sylvia Kristel 1952
• Steve Largent 1954
• Janeane Garofalo 1964 (hack comedianne, libtard cunt)
• Matt King 1966
• Moon Unit Zappa  1967
• Carre Otis 1968
• Naomi Watts 1968
• Mira Sorvino 1967
• Sean Levert (Levert) 1968
• Mandy Barnett 1975
• Anne Erin "St. Vincent" Clarke 1982 - musician
• Hilary Duff 1987

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

serein \ suh-RAN \ , noun; 

• Meteorology . fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible. 

Origin: Serein is a French loanword with roots in the Latin term sērus meaning "late." It entered English in the mid-1800s. 

airport vultures

• Passengers waiting to board a plane who stalk around near and clog up the boarding gate before a flight, regardless of where their seat is or when boarding actually is.

The flight attendant became so irritated with the airport vultures that the flight was abruptly cancelled.

 

History 

• "I have not yet begun to fight": defiant statement was reportedly proclaimed by American commander John Paul Jones, just before winning a naval battle with the British (1779)
• Lewis and Clark: explorers arrived back in St. Louis after a three-year journey through the US Pacific Northwest (1806)
• Neptune: the eighth planet from the sun was discovered (1846)
• Checkers speech: as a vice-presidential candidate, Richard M. Nixon denied having received improper contributions, except perhaps for his daughter's dog, Checkers (1952)

Birthdays

• Caesar Augustus 63 B.C.
• William McGuffy 1800
• Victoria Chaflin Woodhull 1838
• Walter Lippmann 1889
• Walter Pidgeon 1897
• Louis Nevelson 1900
• Mickey Rooney (Joe Yule, Jr.) 1920
• Gail Russell 1924
• John Coltrane 1926
• Ray Charles 1930
• Colin Blakely 1930
• Pay (Chiyoko) Suzuki 1931
• Les McCann 1935
• Romy Schneider 1938
• Ben E. King (The Drifters) 1938
• Roy Buchanan 1939
• T3h Bax0jayz Father 1939
  
• Julio Iglesias 1943
• Steve Boone (The Lovin' Spoonful) 1943
• Paul Petersen 1945
• Ronald Bushy (Iron Butterfly) 1945
• Don Grolnick 1947
• Mary Kay Place 1947
• Neal Smith (Alice Cooper, Bouchard, Dunaway & Smith (BSD))
• Bruce Springsteen 1949 
• Jason Alexander 1959
• Elizabeth Pena 1961
• Don Herron (BR5-49) 1962
• Ani DiFranco 1970
• Lucia Cifarelli 1971 (KMFDM)
• Sarah Bettens (K's Choice) 1972
• Mike Felumiee (Smoking Popes) 1974

   

  

Thursday, August 27, 2026

writhen \ rith-uhn \ , adjective; 

• Archaic . twisted. 

Origin: Writhen has been in English since before 900. It is related to the Old English verb wrīthan meaning "to twist, wind" which in turn is a cognate with the Old Norse rītha meaning "to knit, twist." 

 

deface

• To remove a 'friendship' from facebook due to having either accidentally adding him/her as a friend or actually adding them and reconsidering later.

"Yeah, there was this guy in my network who added me. I thought he looked OK, but his updates were really cramping my news feed, so I had to deface him."

 

"I went on a date with a girl I met a week before and like the day after our date she changed her status to 'in a relationship.' I defaced her."

History

• Edwin Drake: drilled America's first successful oil well near Titusville, PA
• Krakatoa: volcano erupted in the loudest explosion ever recorded; the resultant tsunami killed 36,000 (1883)
• Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in history ended after less than an hour when Zanzibar surrendered (1896)
• Kellogg-Briand Pact: multinational treaty signed in Paris outlawed war — about 11 years before the same nations took part in WWII (1928)
• Mariner 2: the US launched a space probe to Venus; it flew past the planet in December (1962)
• Mars: the red planet got up close and personal with Earth — only 55,758,006 km away (2003)

Birthdays

• George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770
• Margaret Hungerford 1850
• Theodore Dreiser 1871
• Charles Rolls 1877
• Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S.) 1908
• Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Theresa) 1910
• Martha Raye 1916
• Jimmy C. Newman 1927
• Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (South Africa) 1928
• Ira Levin 1929
• Carter Stanley 1935 - Musician (Stanley Brothers)
• J.D. Crowe 1937
• Tommy Sands 1937

• Daryl Dragon 1942 - Musician (The Captain and Tennille)
• Tuesday Weld 1943
• Tim Bogert 1944 - Musician (Vanilla Fudge)
• Marianne Sagebrecht 1945
• Harry Reems 1947
• Barbara Bach 1947
• Jeff Cook 1949 - Musician (Alabama)
• Buddy Bell 1951
• Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens 1952
• Willy DeVille 1953
• Alex Lifeson 1953 - Musician (Rush)
• Diana Scarwid 1955
• Glenn Matlock 1956 - Musician (Sex Pistols) 
• Dean Delvin 1962
• Mike Johnson 1965 - Musician (Dinosaur Jr.)
• Bobo 1968 - Musician (Cypres Hill)
• Tony Kanal 1970 - Musician (No Doubt)
• Sarah Chalke 1976
• Jon Siebels 1979 - Musician (Eve)