9 July 2016
swank(1)
[swangk]
noun
1. dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
2. a swagger.
adjective, swanker, swankest.
3. stylish or elegant.
4. pretentiously stylish.
verb (used without object)
5. to swagger in behavior; show off.
Origin of swank(1)
Scots, Old English
1800-1810; compare Scots swank lively, perhaps ultimately representing back formation from Old English swancor lithe; akin to Middle Dutch swanc supple, Middle High German swanken to sway
swank(2)
[swangk]
verb
1. a simple past tense of swink.
swink
[swingk] British Archaic.
verb (used without object), swank or swonk, swonken, swinking, noun
1. labor; toil.
Origin
before 900; Middle English swinken, Old English swincan; akin to swing1
Related forms
swinker, noun
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Today’s quote
The cost of not following your heart is spending the rest of your life wishing you had. Don’t let fear or peer pressure determine your path. Be courageous, take risks, make mistakes, and realize that this is your life. The only person’s approval you are truly in need of, is your own.
– Gavin Nascimento
On this day
9 July 1941 – British military cryptologists break the Enigma code which the German Army was using for encrypting messages used for directing ground to air operations. However, a group of Polish cryptologists claim to have assisted in the cracking of Enigma and have been campaigning for recognition of their part in the break-through.
9 July 1946 – birth of Ronald Belford ‘Bon’ Scott, Scottish-born Australian rock musician. Most famous as the lead-singer of legendary hard rock band, AC/DC. Scott died on 19 February 1980, after choking on his own vomit following a heavy drinking session.
9 July 1982 – In the early hours of the morning, 30 year old Irishman, Michael Fagan breaks into Buckhingham Palace and makes his way to Queen Elizabeth II’s bedroom. Reports at the time, claimed that he spent 10 minutes in there talking with the Queen before being arrested, however, Fagan later claimed that the Queen immediately fled the bedroom and summoned security. The incident was the biggest royal security breach of the 20th century.
9 July 2004 – A US Senate Intelligence Committee finds that the CIA misrepresented the threat posed by Iraq, which was used by President George W. Bush in order to justify the 2003 Iraq invasion by the ‘Coalition of the Willing’.