In Ireland, in less polite moments, we still refer to a toilet as “the jacks”. “John” probably comes from the older slang term of “jack” or “jakes” that had been around since the 16th century. The use of “john” as a slang term for a toilet is peculiar to North America. In the 1600s, “lavatory” came to mean a washroom, and in the 1920s a toilet. Our word “lavatory” (sometimes “lav”) originally referred to a washbasin, and comes from the Latin “lavatorium”, a place for washing.
Walgreens claims to have introduced the malted milkshake, back in 1922. Pulik (the plural of “puli”) originated in Hungary. The puli is a small herding dog that is noted for its coat with tight curls that resemble dreadlocks. 41 Dog breed whose coat resembles dreadlocks : PULI Allen dropped out of school to start work as a programmer, and he later convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard so that they could create Microsoft. The two parted company when they graduated and went to different colleges, Allen to Washington State and Gates to Harvard. One of their first programming projects was to create a computerized version of tic-tac-toe, which they did together on a time-shared computer that was donated to the school by the Mothers’ Association. Gates was three years younger than Allen, but the pair gravitated towards each other due to a shared interest in computers. Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen met and became friends in high school. The term came into English meaning “a central difficulty” in the early 1700s. Abbas is also the President of the Palestinian National Authority, a position equivalent to “head of state”. Mahmoud Abbas took over as Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 2004 after the death of Yasser Arafat. Identity document (ID) 32 Palestinian president starting in 2005 : ABBAS 26 Kid at a college bar who seems, to me as a bouncer, too young to allow in : STUDENT I’D CARD (from “student ID card”) She is a National Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Sadly, Teri Garr suffers from multiple sclerosis. Garr’s big break came with the role of Inga in “Young Frankenstein”, and her supporting role in “Tootsie” earned Garr an Academy Award nomination. 23 Actress Garr : TERIĪctress Teri Garr had a whole host of minor roles in her youth, including appearances in nine Elvis movies. For example, the par-5 thirteenth hole is named “Azalea”. As such, each hole on the course is named for a tree or shrub associated with that hole. The Augusta National Golf Club was built on a former plant nursery. 20 Flowering plants associated with the Augusta National golf course : AZALEAS “Ophthalmos” is the Greek word for “eye”. Ophthalmology is that branch of medicine dealing with the physiology and health of the eye. It has an aperture in the center that can open or close depending on the level of light hitting the eye. 15 Good name for an ophthalmologist : IRIS
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Li played a villain in “Lethal Weapon 4”, and had a leading role in the 2000 movie “Romeo Must Die”. Jet Li is a martial artist and international film star from Beijing, China. I can’t say that I approve … 14 Martial artist/actor who played the emperor of China in 2020’s “Mulan” : JET LIĪctor Jet Li’s real name is Li Jian Jie.
The Spanish “banderilla” translates as “little flag”. In bullfighting, the banderillero is the torero (bullfighter) who plants the little flags in the bull’s shoulder. The word “zeta” is also the ancestor of the letter name “zed”, which became “zee”, the term that we use here in the US. Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet, and is a precursor of our Roman letter Z. 9 Letter that’s only 25% of the way through the Greek alphabet, surprisingly : ZETA However, the brand name uses the wrong accent (“Ragú” instead of “Ragù”), which drives a pedant like me crazy.
Note that the Ragú brand of sauces introduced in North America in 1937 takes its name from the same source (pun … sauce!). The recipe is usually referred to as “ragù alla bolognese” in Italian, or simply “ragù”. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ Italian sauce with meat and tomatoes : RAGUīolognese sauce is a meat-based sauce originating from Bologna in Italy, hence the name.
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