Monday, November 26, 2007

Word of the Day for Monday, November 26, 2007

foundling \FOWND-ling\, noun:

  • A deserted or abandoned infant; a child found without a parent or caretaker.
Urban Word of the Day
November 26, 2007: cyber monday
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cyber+monday&defid=1530539
  • Cyber Monday is the Monday after [Black Friday], when online retailers will be looking for their biggest sales from those who checked out products over the thanksgiving weekend, and will now be ordering them Monday at work.
Forget those long black Friday lines, I'm going to order on Cyber Monday!



Trivia
What inspired Swanson to come up with its first frozen TV dinner?
  • The 260 tons of frozen turkey it had left over after Thanksgiving in 1953. Swanson offered its first TV dinner—turkey with cornbread stuffing, peas, and sweet potato—in a three-compartment tray, and sold 10 million the first year.

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