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2011-07-13
History and Word: July 13 and 14
Going a day ahead so I don't forget. ;)
Word of the Day
July 13:
- Flippant: disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness (lightly).
- From Northern English dialectal flippand (“prattling, babbling, glib”), present participle of flip (“to babble”), of North Germanic origin. Cognate with Icelandic "fleipa" (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal "flepa" (“to talk nonsense”).
Julu 14:
Neolithic:
- Related to the New Stone Age (After Pre-Ceramic)
- From Ancient Greek νέος (neos, “new”) + λίθος (lithos, “stone”).
History of the Day
July 13:
- In Montevideo, Uruguay, the first two matches in the FIFA World CUP began in 1930
July 14:
- Bastille Day in France, marking the Fête de la Fédération of 1790.
Word of the Day
July 13:
- Flippant: disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness (lightly).
- From Northern English dialectal flippand (“prattling, babbling, glib”), present participle of flip (“to babble”), of North Germanic origin. Cognate with Icelandic "fleipa" (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal "flepa" (“to talk nonsense”).
Julu 14:
Neolithic:
- Related to the New Stone Age (After Pre-Ceramic)
- From Ancient Greek νέος (neos, “new”) + λίθος (lithos, “stone”).
History of the Day
July 13:
- In Montevideo, Uruguay, the first two matches in the FIFA World CUP began in 1930
July 14:
- Bastille Day in France, marking the Fête de la Fédération of 1790.