21 December 2012 – uxorious

21 December 2012

uxorious

[uhk-sawr-ee-uh s, -sohr-, uhg-zawr-, -zohr-]

adjective

1. doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one’s wife.

Example sentence:

‘I am not uxorious by nature, just ask my wife’.


Today’s aphorism

‘Nya b’a’n tu’n tjax tk’on chi’l toj twiy, ku’n b’e’x ch’ajila tu’n tx’yan’.

Which translates as: ‘It’s not wise to put a basket on your head as you will be eaten by a dog’, meaning [He who walks without looking will fall into trouble]

– Ancient Mayan proverb.


On this day

21 December 1913 – American newspaper, New York World, publishes the world’s first crossword puzzle. It was created by English journalist, Arthur Wynne.

21 December 1940 – birth of Frank Zappa, American revolutionary musician. Died 3 December 1993.

21 December 1991 – representatives of all Soviet Republics, except Georgia, signed the Alma-Ata Protocol which confirmed the Belavezha Accords of 8 December 1991 that declared the Soviet Union dissolved.

21 December 2012 – end of the world as predicted by the Ancient Mayans … or is it just the end of an age within their calendar? All will be revealed today …

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