The earliest record of mummering in Canada is in 1819. It now takes place each year around Christmas. Also known in Newfoundland as jennying or jannying, this folk tradition involves people dressing up in flamboyant clothes, masking their faces and distorting their voices in order to conceal their identities. WhyRead More →
Desmond is a sophisticated and debonair name, with noble ties to 1984 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Desmond Tutu, and with some great nicknames: Des/Dez, Desi/Dezi. Another notable Desmond is British zoologist and anthropologist Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape and other popular books. What is the Irish for Desmond?Read More →
The adductors are a group of muscles, as the name suggests, that primarily function to adduct the femur at the hip joint. Although they are all located somewhere along the medial side of the thigh, they originate in different places at the front of the pelvis. What causes pain inRead More →
Empathy is learned behavior even though the capacity for it is inborn. The best way to think about empathy is an innate capacity that needs to be developed, and to see it as a detail in a larger picture. Is sympathy a negative emotion? Sympathetic Responses Feeling sympathy for someoneRead More →
Hasselbacking is a cooking method in which potatoes or other items are sliced not-quite-all-the-way through in thin, even layers, which can be stuffed or topped with additional flavorings. It’s a way of creating more surface area for flavors and creating additional texture. What are Swedish potatoes? Swedish Potatoes are anRead More →
“art or practice of beauty culture,” 1855, from French cosmétologie, from Latinized form of Greek kosmetos “well-ordered,” from kosmein “to arrange, adorn,” from kosmos “order; ornament” (see cosmos) + -ology. Which country started cosmetology first? Egypt. One of the earliest cultures to use cosmetics was ancient Egypt, where both EgyptianRead More →
noun Anatomy. any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot. What do lumbrical do? The lumbrical muscles are unique in having their origin and insertion on tendons. The lumbricals assist in metacarpophalangeal joint flexion; they contribute to interphalangeal joint extensionRead More →
The long head of the biceps tendon is a tough band of connective fibrous tissue that attaches the long head of the biceps to the top of the shoulder socket. How do you heal a long head bicep tendon? Treatment of long head of biceps tendonitis For long head ofRead More →
2 US slang : a dim-witted, silly, or foolish person —often used in a joking or friendly way By most accounts, Strickland is actually a sweet feller. Respected by his teammates, nice to the fans, et cetera. But he sure is a dingus on the mound sometimes.— Is the wordRead More →
(!) means “Sarcasm.” What is A ?! Called? (often represented by ?!, !?, ?!? or !?!), is an unconventional punctuation mark used in various written languages and intended to combine the functions of the question mark, or interrogative point; and the exclamation mark, or exclamation point, known in the jargonRead More →