chairness , n :
The essence of what it means to be a chair; the qualities that make a chair what it is. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/04/chairness-word-of-day-for-april-3-2018.html
The Wikipedia article of the day for April 2, 2018 is The Boat Races 2017.
The Boat Races 2017 took place on 2 April. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. For the second time in the history of the event, the men’s, the women’s and both reserves’ races were all held on the Tideway on the same day. In the men’s reserve race, Cambridge’s Goldie were beaten by Oxford’s Isis, and in the women’s reserve race, Cambridge’s Blondie defeated Oxford’s Osiris. In the women’s race, Cambridge won by a large margin following a disastrous start by the Oxford boat. This win, their second in ten years, took Cambridge’s advantage in the overall standings to 42–30. The Oxford men’s boat won their race after leading from the start, their fourth victory in five years, taking the overall record in the event to 82–80 in Cambridge’s favour. The races were watched by around a quarter of a million spectators live, including, for the first time, on YouTube.
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/04/wikipedia-article-of-day-for-april-2.html
beer o’clock , n :
(slang, humorous) The time of the first beer (or alcoholic beverage) of the day. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!
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The Wikipedia article of the day for April 1, 2018 is RAF Uxbridge.
RAF Uxbridge (1 April 1918 – 31 March 2010) was a Royal Air Force station in the London Borough of Hillingdon. In the Second World War, it was the headquarters of No. 11 Group RAF, responsible for the aerial defence of London and south-east England during the Battle of Britain. Hillingdon House served as the group’s headquarters. What is now called the Battle of Britain Bunker was built nearby to house the 11 Group Operations Room, which was also responsible for air support during the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 and the D-Day landings in 1944. It was here that Winston Churchill first said, “Never in the history of mankind has so much been owed by so many to so few”, repeating the sentiment to Parliament in a speech four days later. When the Uxbridge station closed in 2010, many of its units moved to nearby RAF Northolt. Much of the land around the River Pinn has been designated as greenbelt. All listed buildings on the property were retained after redevelopment, including the bunker, which is now a museum.
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/03/wikipedia-article-of-day-for-april-1.html
percussive maintenance , n :
(humorous) The use of physical concussion, such as a knock or a tap, in an attempt to make a malfunctioning device or person work. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts – enjoy! Today is also the anniversary of the founding of Apple Inc. in 1976, an American company established to develop and sell a product sometimes subject to percussive maintenance – the personal computer.
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/03/percussive-maintenance-word-of-day-for.html
The Wikipedia article of the day for March 31, 2018 is Awake (TV series).
“Nightswimming” is the eighth episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake, which originally aired on NBC in 2012. Written by Leonard Chang and co-executive producer Davey Holmes, and directed by executive producer Jeffrey Reiner, the episode received mixed reviews. Awake stars Jason Isaacs (pictured) as Michael Britten, a detective living in two separate realities after a car crash. In one reality, his wife Hannah (Laura Allen) survived the crash; in the other, his son Rex (Dylan Minnette) survived. In this episode, Michael helps accountant Marcus Ananyev (Elijah Alexander) and his wife Alina (Ayelet Zurer) start a new life in the Witness Protection Program after a gang member attempts to kill Marcus in Rex’s reality. In the other reality, Michael and Hannah prepare for a new life in Oregon, and go swimming at a college pool to celebrate their love. During filming, a woman who was near the swimming pool confronted Isaacs about his nudity. The episode featured Otis Redding’s “Pain in My Heart”. “Nightswimming” drew 2.8 million viewers on its debut.
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/03/wikipedia-article-of-day-for-march-31.html
worshipful , adj :
Tending to worship; showing reverence. (chiefly Britain) Used as respectful form of address for a person or body of persons, especially in the name of a livery company. This day in 2017 is Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, in Western Christianity.
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/03/worshipful-word-of-day-for-march-31-2018.html
clerihew , n :
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. English humourist and novelist Edmund Clerihew Bentley, who invented the clerihew, died on this day in 1956.
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/03/clerihew-word-of-day-for-march-30-2018.html
The Wikipedia article of the day for March 30, 2018 is DJ AM.
DJ AM (A. M. Goldstein; March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009) was an American disc jockey (DJ). Obsessed with deejaying as a child, Goldstein developed a drug addiction as a teenager and was sent to the controversial rehabilitation center Straight, Incorporated. His drug problems worsened until a failed suicide attempt in 1997. He became sober, and later sponsored other addicts through Alcoholics Anonymous. He began deejaying and joined the band Crazy Town in 1999 before focusing on a career as a solo DJ. In 2006, he accepted a million-dollar contract to perform weekly at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. In 2008, Goldstein and Travis Barker formed the duo TRV$DJAM. They were the only two survivors of a Learjet 60 crash later that year. Goldstein hosted the 2009 drug intervention television series Gone Too Far, and appeared to be struggling with his addiction during filming. In August 2009, he was found dead from a drug overdose. The DJ AM Memorial Fund was launched that year for people recovering from drug addiction.
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/03/wikipedia-article-of-day-for-march-30.html
wrest , v :
(transitive) To pull or twist violently. (transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force. (transitive, figuratively) To seize. (transitive, figuratively) To distort, to pervert, to twist. (transitive, music) To tune with a wrest, or key.
Source http://handbookblogger.blogspot.com/2018/03/wrest-word-of-day-for-march-29-2018.html
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