21 December 2014

spree

[spree]

noun
1. a lively frolic or outing.
2. a bout or spell of drinking to intoxication; binge; carousal.
3. a period, spell, or bout of indulgence, as of a particular wish, craving, or whim:
an eating spree; a spending spree.
4. a period or outburst of extreme activity: the team’s scoring spree;
no motive for his killing spree.

Origin
1795-1805; origin uncertain

Spree
[shprey]
noun
1. a river in E Germany, flowing N through Berlin to the Havel River. 220 miles (354 km) long.

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Examples from the web for spree
– They may live frugally and hoard what they have, or dissipate it in a wild spree.
– Here’s how to turn your next stroll through the woods into a shopping spree.
– It is part horror, part thriller, featuring a couple of hitmen on a mercenary killing spree.

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Today’s aphorism

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

– Frank Zappa

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 was revealed … and it was a non-event …