21 August 2015

muckspout

noun

– a person who swears too much.

Origin

a 1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) II. 223 *Muck-spout, one who is at once very loquacious and very foul-mouthed.

1916 D. H. Lawrence Let. c 15 Dec. (1962) 492 And Murry..is a little muck-spout. – See more at:

(from findwords.com)

Today’s quote

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.

– Leon Trotsky

On this day

21 August 1940 – death of Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronshtein). Russian Marxist revolutionary, Soviet politician, founder and first leader of the Red Army. Major figure in the Bolshevik victory during the Russian Civil War. After the Russian Revolution Trotsky became the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs. He was opposed to Joseph Stalin. He was expelled from the Communist Party in November 1927 and deported from the Soviet Union in 1929. Trotsky relocated to Mexico where he continued his opposition to Stalin. Trotsky was assassinated by ice-pick wielding Rámon Mercader in Mexico on the orders of Stalin. Trotskyism is a form of Marxism which is based on Trotsky’s ideas and opposed to Stalinism. Born 7 November 1879.

21 August 1970 – birth of Fred Durst, American rock vocalist with Limp Bizkit.

21 August – International Day of Lucid Dreaming. For further information check out this podcast on ABC radio