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Lou Gehrig

Definition: Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig

Noun

1. Baseball player with the New York Yankees; died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Lou Gehrig" is a common misspelling or typo for: lab , lag , laud , law , lax , lip , loft , loot , lour .


Synonyms: Lou Gehrig

Synonyms: Gehrig (n), Henry Louis Gehrig (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Lou Gehrig

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You're Lou Gehrig. (Fathers' Day; writing credit: Francis Veber)

Did you know that Eleanor Roosevelt gave Lou Gehrig the clap? (Lenny; writing credit: Julian Barry)

Movie/TV Titles

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Lou Gehrig

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Pitcher Jackie Mitchell shaking hands with Babe Ruth, while Lou Gehrig (left) and Joe Engel stand by. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Lou Gehrig

AuthorQuotation

Denis Leary

Gotta love Lou Gehrig. Jesus Christ, poor Lou Gehrig. Died of Lou Gehrig's disease. How the hell do you not see that coming? You know. We used to tell him, Lou, there's a disease with your name all over it, pal!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lou Gehrig

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

lou gehrig

502

lou gehrig disease

151

lou gehrig speech

29

lou gehrig picture

20

lou gehrig biography

14

lou gehrig photo

10

lou gehrig autograph

6

lou gehrig poster

5

lou gehrig disease symptom

4

lou gehrig jersey

4

lou gehrig baseball

4

lou gehrig pic

3

lou gehrig s disease

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Lou Gehrig

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-g-h-i-l-o-r-u"

-1 letter: roughleg.

-2 letters: ghoulie, higgler, loggier.

-3 letters: gluier, gouger, gurgle, higgle, hogger, holier, hugger, ligure, logger, loggie, logier, lugger, luggie, reguli, uglier.

-4 letters: erugo, ghoul, gighe, gigue, gluer, gorge, gouge, grego, gruel, guile, guiro, gurge, helio, houri, huger, liger, lough, louie, luger, ogler, oiler, oriel, ourie, reoil, rogue, rouge, rough.

-5 letters: elhi, ergo, euro, girl, giro.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-g-h-i-l-o-r-u"
 

+4 letters: overslaughing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Lou Gehrig


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 6F 75      47 65 68 72 69 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01101111 01110101 00100000 01000111 01100101 01101000 01110010 01101001 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#111 &#117 &#32 &#71 &#101 &#104 &#114 &#105 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 006F 0075      0047 0065 0068 0072 0069 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4681872417174847573

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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