26 May 2016

gruntled

[gruhn-tld]

adjective

1. (informal) happy or contented; satisfied

Word Origin

back formation from disgruntled

Collins English Dictionary

Anagram

nerd glut
lug trend

Today’s quote

A writer is a world trapped in a person

– Victor Hugo

On this day

26 May – National Sorry Day. Since 1998, National Sorry Day occurs on 26 May every year to commemorate the maltreatment of Australia’s indigenous population.

26 May 1890 – Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, is released in England.

26 May 1913 – birth of Peter Cushing OBE, English actor who mostly appeared in Hammer Horror films, including The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula (in which he played vampire hunter, Van Helsing). Died 11 August 1994.

26 May 2012 – death of Festus, our beloved and most awesome budgie.