#HappyBirthday to #StevenPinker @SAPinker & @BillyEichner & ... you? (the #September18 #BirthdayCohort) on #HIV/#AIDS/Aging-Awareness Day | @HolidaysCalendr @BirthdayMates #TheFamousPeople @YourTango @MySundayMass
... or -on 'whichever of these holidays &or event-anniversaries you celebrate!'
Holidays Calendar explains #NHAAD in a report linked through 'that word' below; but first I want to understand that word better. And I find you understand words better if you look at 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum)
HIV is an initialism that stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (the name for either of the two viruses that cause AIDS). #HumanImmunodeficiencyVirus
AIDS is an acronym that stands for #Acquired Immune #Deficiency Syndrome. #AcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndrome
The word “Acquired” (here meaning "occurring after birth, and thus not congenital nor dependent on heredity") is built on ancient words that mean "to Seek to |Obtain To" (|Ad-, |Query). #Acquire #Aquiring #Acquirement #Acquisitive #Reacquire #Acquisition #AcquiredTaste
The word “Deficiency” is built on ancient words that mean "to Do-, Make- (Set, Put) -Down, -Away" (Falling Short, Lacking, Failing). #Deficiencies #Deficience #Deficient #Deficit
... and the 'holiday' is directed to 'those who are |aging while suffering HIV/AIDS'; if you're old and HEALTHY, every day's a holiday! right?
I sometimes get a little 'thrill' from realizing that I have the same birthday as several famous people, and enough other people get that thrill from seeing their birthday-cohort (both the currently-famous & the probably-not-yet famous) that I figure it's worth doing 'one of these entries for every birthday' ...
Today's Birthday-Cohort
Astrologically, their sign is Virgo (on the cusp of Libra) ... no matter WHICH stars they were born under: Ronaldo, Fred Willard, comedian Billy Eichner, Xzibit, basketball-star Serge Ibaka, cyber-security pro John McAfee, Jason Sudeikis, James Gandolfini, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Armstrong, James Marsden, Robert Blake, Greta Garbo, Dr. Ben Carson, Frankie Avalon, Dee Dee Ramone, Dr. Steven Pinker ... and lots more I don't recognize (maybe you do recognize some ... you can find the date at the birthday-cohort link)
(and--if you or someone you know about has a birthday today
--please mention them (and how you know them or -know
about them) in the comments, thanks)
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