Today’s WOTD – 18 October 2012

stertorous   

[stur-ter-uhs]
adjective
1. characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
2. breathing in this manner.

– adverb: stertorously

– noun:  stertorousness

For example:

Please STOP being so stertorous!

Today’s aphorism

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

Thomas Edison

On this day

18 October 1776 – the ‘cocktail’ is invented when a customer requests one in a New York bar which was decorated with a bird-tail.

18 October 1931 – death of Thomas Edison, U.S. inventor. Born 11 February 1847.