9 October 2016

gaposis

[gap-oh-sis]

noun, Facetious.

1. a noticeable gap or series of gaps, as between the fastened buttons or snaps on an overly tight garment.

Origin of gaposis

1950-1955; gap + -osis

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Anagram

I so gasp

Today’s quote

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he’s no longer God… They’ll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.

– John Lennon

On this day

9 October 1940 – birth of John Lennon. English guitarist and singer-songwriter for the Beatles. Murdered 8 December 1980.

9 October 1967 – death of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, Argentinian Marxist revolutionary, physician, author. Executed in Bolivia. Born 14 June 1928.

9 October 1969 – birth of P.J. Harvey, English musician.

9 October 1975 – Andrei Sakharov, Soviet dissident, wins Nobel Peace Prize.