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Monday, March 16, 2009

Word of the Day

gams 
Pronunciation:
\ˈgam\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
probably ultimately from Lingua Franca gamba leg, from Italian, from Late Latin
Date:
circa 1785
1: slang for legs
2: Cyd Charisse, circa 1953.
 
See? You learn something new every day.  Few things give me more joy than watching Cyd Charisse basically do anything. 

3 comments:

Adam Riggio said...

These people are dancing wordlessly on a sparsely decorated mauve soundstage. This is the most surreal thing I've seen all week.

Screw Pink Floyd. Stoners need to get high and watch Astaire/Charisse movies.

Read and See said...

I'm with you there. I would watch Cyd Charisse dance her way out of a paper bag. Best dancer the movies ever had (even better than Ginger, and I love Ginger).

Jillian Butler said...

Cyd owns me. That little green number in Singin' in the Rain? Oh dear me.

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