Word of the Day for Monday, September 3, 2007

maudlin \MAWD-lin\, adjective:

• Tearfully or excessively sentimental.

Urban Word of the Day

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September 03, 2007: OMGWTFBBQ
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=OMGWTFBBQ&defid=845729

• "Oh my God, What the fuck, Barbeque." A parody of internet acronyms, used sarcastically. It can be used at the same times one would use [omgwtf]"

MATT DAMON IS OMG SOOOO HAWT!!! OMGWTFBBQ!!!!1111!!

Trivia
How many days did Janet Leigh spend shooting the famous shower scene in the 1960 horror classic Psycho?

• Seven. As Leigh once noted, “Psycho gave me very wrinkled skin. I was in that shower for seven days —70 [camera] setups.” Only 45 seconds of the footage was used by director Alfred Hitchcock.

Today in History
Richard the Lion-Hearted: was crowned king of England (1189)
Treaty of Paris: formally ended US Revolutionary War, set borders of new nation (1783)
Viking 2: US spacecraft set down on the surface of Mars, sent back some of the first close-up photographs of the red planet (1976)

Today's Birthdays
Edward Filene (1860-1937): eponymous retailer
Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951): eponymous auto designer
Ruth Orkin (1921-1985): photographer and filmmaker
Charlie Sheen (42): actor, Two and a Half Men