Early Life. Gerald R. Ford Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska, but kept neither his name nor his hometown for long. In just weeks, he was whisked away by his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, to her parents' home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Fess definition, an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon. See more.
Cuss is simply an American alteration of curse, and its meaning âto say bad wordsâ was first recorded in 1815. How does swear come to simultaneously mean âto bind oneself by oath,â and âto use profane oaths or languageâ? The earliest swear words were identical to curse words â taking the Christian Godâs name in vain, or speaking of acts that were considered sinful.