14 May 2013

curmudgeon

[ker-muhj-uhn]

noun

– a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

Origin:
1570–80; unexplained; perhaps cur- representing cur

Related forms
cur·mudg·eon·ly, adjective

Synonyms
grouch, crank, bear, sourpuss, crosspatch.

Today’s aphorism

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

– Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara

On this day

14 May 1919 – death of Henry John Heinz, founder of Heinz Company, responsible for canned baked beans. Born 11 October 1844.

14 May 1948 – the modern nation of Israel is established by United Nations Resolution 181.