Answer of the DayWon't you be my neighbor? It's another beautiful day in the neighborhood. On this date in 1984,
Fred Rogers (1928-2003) of PBS'
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood presented a sweater knitted by his mother to the
Smithsonian Institution, as "a symbol of warmth, closeness and caring." Mr. Rogers routinely began his weekday children's show by walking into his house and trading in his suit jacket for a sweater and his dress shoes for sneakers, always being sure to hang up his jacket in the closet, with his shoes placed neatly beneath. Children and their parents loved Mr. Rogers' recurring message, which he credited to his grandfather:
"You know, you made this day a really special day, just by being yourself. There's only one person in the world like you. And I happen to like you just the way you are."
Word of the Day
absquatulate
(ab-SKWOCH-uh-layt)
verb intr.
To leave in a hurry; to flee.
Etymology
A Mock-Latinate formation, from ab- (away) + squat + -ulate (as in congratulate). First cited from the late 1830s
Usage
"If you try to absquatulate again, I'll sic the FBI on you." — Elliott Roosevelt;
Murder in the Executive Mansion; St. Martin's Paperbacks; 1996.
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