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the annual reminder that you survived another lap around a giant fireball.
means The yearly anniversary of the day you were born, typically marked with cake, candles, and varying levels of denial.
from A plain old English compound, stitched together from "birth" and "day" — both Old English in bones ("byrth" and "dæg"). The word is exactly what it looks like, no hidden surprises. Older English sometimes called such a recurring anniversary a "birthday" too, but the sense of one's own annual celebration has been around for centuries — the Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians all kept the custom long before English had a tidy word for it.
- shared odds
- 23 people make a shared birthday more likely than not
- happy birthday
- the song was copyrighted until 2016
- most common
- September births cluster nine months after winter holidays
- royal trick
- the Queen had two birthdays, one official
marilyn monroe's birthday — june 1, 1926 in los angeles; her birthday became iconic in pop culture and marilyn monroe productions