Kiki is a slang term used for an informal gathering among close friends, especially to share lively gossip or frank conversation. It can also refer more broadly to gossipy conversation. Kiki is especially used in and associated with LGBTQ+ and Black communities.
☰Thought of the Day
"I would rather die of passion than of boredom." - Vincent van Gogh
- Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassal state
- Earthquake kills 47 in Japan
- USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- British people get drunk more than any other nation, 51 times a year according to the Global Drug Survey, with English-speaking countries drinking the most
- 118-year old American department store JC Penney files for bankruptcy
- John Sell Cotman, English water color artist, born in Norwich, England (d. 1842)
- Jakob van Hoddis [Hans Davidsohn], German Jewish expressionist poet, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1942)
- John Salley, NBA star (Detroit Pistons)
- Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress (Naked Killer), born in Hong Kong
- Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer and songwriter ("Jungle Drum"; "Gollum's Song"), born in Kópavogur, Iceland
