08-31-2022, 12:06 PM
As time goes on, the number of "hendenarians," a term that is slowly gaining popularity - it means "having (lived for) eleven (decades)" - will give the appearance of increasing, due to the increasing likelihood that a reported birth date can be confirmed beyond the merest statistical shadow of a doubt (the Silent were the first generation to be born in hospitals more than half of the time).
Even as recently as the '80s, it was not uncommon to see a fugitive's birth date on an FBI wanted poster followed by the notation "not supported by birth records."
And Jeanne Calment was a "dodenarian" - meaning "having (lived for) twelve (decades)."
Even as recently as the '80s, it was not uncommon to see a fugitive's birth date on an FBI wanted poster followed by the notation "not supported by birth records."
And Jeanne Calment was a "dodenarian" - meaning "having (lived for) twelve (decades)."
"These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation" - Justice David Brewer, Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 1892