It makes sense that the term “Black Friday” might refer to the single day of the year when retail companies finally go “into the black” (i.e. make a profit). The day after Thanksgiving is, of course, when crowds of turkey-stuffed shoppers descend on stores all over the country to take advantage of the season’s biggest […]
stuffing (noun) Earlier in the month we featured the word stuff. Stuffing comes from the cooking meaning of stuff, and it is the mixture used to stuff chicken, turkey, or other foods. In the North American tradition, stuffing is often made using bread, onions, celery, and black pepper (though, of course, every family has its […]
2348 BC Is the day of the Great Flood, according to scientists. 1914 Birthday of Joe Dimaggio, US baseball star 1971 Birthday of Christina Applegate, American actress.
tap (noun, verb) As a verb, tap means ‘to strike something lightly and softly,’ and also ‘to enter words or numbers on a keyboard.’ As a noun, tap is something that you close and open to let liquid or gas flow (it’s often called faucet in the US in reference to liquids). Another verbal use […]
chill (noun, verb, adjective) Chill as a noun means ‘a piercing coldness,’ or ‘the feeling of cold in the body.’ It is used figuratively to mean ‘unfriendliness,’ and it also means ‘a sudden fear or alarm.’ As a verb, chill means both ‘to become cold’ or ‘to make cold,’ and informally, ‘to relax or take […]
zip (noun, verb, adjective) You may already know that zip is a short word for “zipper” in the UK and is a format for compressing computer files. You also might know that a zip or “zip code” is a postal code in the US. But zip is also an informal way of referring to vitality […]
1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the USA. 1814 Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the Saxophone was born. 1946 American actress Sally Field was born. 1988 Actress Emma Stone was born.
1605 Guy Fawkes tries to blow up the British Parliament , but gets arrested and tried for treason. This day remains in history as the day of “the gunpowder treason”. 1930 Sinclair Lewis wins Nobel prize in Literature, for his novel Babbit, which is a satire of the American culture and lifestyle. 1913 […]
