![]() ![]() Ungar won about $30 million playing cards during his life, yet he died penniless. Many followers of the game believe that Stu Ungar was the best ever player of Texas hold ’em. 49 Three-time World Series of Poker champion Ungar : STU Some of those vacuum tubes we used to see in old radios and television were diodes, but nowadays almost all diodes are semiconductor devices. 47 Simple semiconductor : DIODEĪ diode is a component in a circuit, the most notable characteristic of which is that it will conduct electric current in only one direction. Years later he was killed when a poisoned arrow struck him in the heel. ![]() As he was held by the heel as he was immersed, this became the only vulnerable point on his body. When Achilles was born, his mother attempted to make him immortal by dipping him into the River Styx. 42 Weak : ACHILLES’ HEEL (Weak spot)Īchilles is the protagonist in Homer’s “Iliad”. Given the modern use of computers, the publishing house responsible feels that there will never be a third print version of the famous dictionary. The OED was first published in electronic form in 1988 and went online in 2000. The second edition of the OED appeared in 1989 and is made up of twenty volumes. Several interim versions of the dictionary were published in the coming years with the first full version appearing, in ten bound volumes, in 1928. Work started on what was to become the first “Oxford English Dictionary” (OED) in 1857. : AVEĪvenue (ave.) 41 Massive lexicon: Abbr. It is a pet name that is an abbreviation of “babe, baby”, although I’ve also read that it is an acronym standing for “before anyone else”. “Bae” is a contemporary term of endearment. Ned is voiced by actor Harry Shearer, and has been around since the very first episode aired in 1989. Ned Flanders lives next door to Homer Simpson on TV’s “The Simpsons”. The story centers on Jiang Qing, who was also known as “Madame Mao” as she was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong. 31 “Becoming Madame _”: Anchee Min novel set in China : MAOĪnchee Min’s historical novel “Becoming Madame Mao” was published in 2000. Moses appears in the Book of Genesis, the “first part” of the Bible. 27 Party of the first part in the Bible? : MOSES “Osso” is the Italian word for bone, as in the name of the dish “osso buco” (bone with a hole), which features braised veal shanks. Nowadays the escape key is used for all sorts of things, especially in gaming programs. It was a key that allowed the computer operator to stop what the peripheral was doing (cancel a print job, for example). The escape key (Esc) was originally used just to control computer peripherals. “Ruckus” is possibly a melding of the words “ruction” and “rumpus”. The word “ruckus” is used to mean “commotion”, and has been around since the late 1800s. Iberia takes its name from the Ebro, the longest river in Spain, which the Romans named the “Iber”. However, also included is the Principality of Andorra in the Pyrénées, a small part of the south of France, and the British Territory of Gibraltar. The Iberian Peninsula in Europe is largely made up of Spain and Portugal. The phrase “in dire straits” originated in the world of sail, and is a reference to a vessel navigating a dangerous channel of water, a dire strait. The be in dire straits is to be in a very difficult situation. In China, you can buy Hot Chicken Wing Oreos and Wasabi Oreos. Oreo cookies can be found with a savory-flavored filling in some parts of the world. The company was started in 1876 to make bustles for women, and is named for its founders. ![]() The men’s underwear known as BVDs are made by Bradley, Voorhees & Day. ![]() One exception is the drama series “Big Love”, in which Thorne played one of the daughters in the main “family” in the show. 6 Singer/actress Thorne : BELLAīella Thorne is an actress who seems to appear in movies and shows that I tend not to watch. At that time, it was applied as an acronym standing for “Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale”, a group of ministers known for their plots and schemes. It is suggested that the term gained some popularity, particularly in a sinister sense, during the reign of Charles II in the 1670s. The use of “cabal” in this way dates back to the mid-1600s. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĪ cabal is a small group of plotters acting in secret, perhaps scheming against a government or an individual. ![]()
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