![]() 41 Yoga pose that stretches the abdominals : COBRA People born from July 23 to August 22 are Leos. Leo is the fifth astrological sign of the Zodiac. 40 Anyone born in late July or early August : LEO “Norte” (north) is a “dirección” (direction), in Spanish. ![]() The phrase comes from “dish” (in the sense of dishing out food) and “dirt” (in the sense of negative information). To dish the dirt is to talk about someone or something without regard to veracity. That water barrel was called a “scuttlebutt”, from “scuttle” (opening in a ship’s deck) and “butt” (barrel). Just as modern day office workers gather around the water cooler to gossip, on board a ship back in the early 1800s the sailors would gather around the water barrel on the deck to shoot the breeze. Back then, the term was used for female friends who attended a birth, and later for anyone engaging in idle talk. Our word “gossip” comes from the Old English “godsibb” meaning “godparent”. I haven’t seen this one yet, but it sounds intriguing … 34 Dish near a water cooler? : OFFICE GOSSIP Rich created the show, which stars Daniel Radcliffe as an angel whose job it is to handle all of the prayers of humanity. “Miracle Workers” is a comedy show based on a 2012 novel by Simon Rich titled “What in God’s Name”. Originally a stoolie was a decoy for the police, rather than an informer, hence the name. A stool pigeon was a decoy bird tied to a stool so as to lure other pigeons. Stoolies, also called “canaries”, will “sing” to the cops given the right incentive. 22 Dead lines? : ELEGYĪn elegy is a mournful poem or funeral song, and is also known as a dirge. The usage of “batting” extended to the fluttering of a human’s eyelids, giving us the expressions “batting an eye” and “batting an eyelid”. 20 Strike … or something that can be batted : LASHĪt least as far back as the 1800s, the term “batting” was used in falconry to describe the fluttering of a hawk’s wings while on a perch or a fist, as if the bird intended to fly away. The device is a table that can be used as a personal gaming unit, or can be docked for use as a home console. I guess the name “Switch” is used because users can “switch” between portable and home console modes. The Nintendo Switch is a gaming console released in 2017. Introduced in 2006, Nintendo’s Wii quickly became the biggest-selling game console in the world. ![]() He gave a lauded performance as basketball prodigy Jesus Shuttlesworth in the 1998 film “He Got Game”, appearing alongside Denzel Washington. Ray Allen is a retired NBA player who has made a name for himself as an actor. Over in Britain, “caravan” is the name given to travel trailers. “Caravan” derives from the Persian “karwan”, which has the same meaning. ![]() She later patented her invention, which she called the “Backless Brassiere.” 13 Long line of travelers : CARAVANĪ camel train carrying passengers or goods across a desert can be referred to as a caravan. Jacob was looking for a more comfortable and fashionable alternative to the corsets that were then commonly worn, and she fashioned a bra using two handkerchiefs and some ribbon. The first modern bra was invented by a New York socialite named Mary Phelps Jacob in 1913. There is a longer version of the traditional slalom that is called giant slalom 10 Cup holder : BRA “Slalom” is an anglicized version of the Norwegian word “slalam” that translates as “skiing race”. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ Race that winds down in the winter? : SLALOM ![]()
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