upbraid \uhp-BRAYD\, transitive verb:
- To scold or criticize harshly.
Urban Word of the Day
January 17, 2008: wdt
- Acronym for "who does that?" -- spoken incredulously.
She sneezed and then shook my hand... WDT?
Trivia
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor with the shortest performance - just over 16 minutes onscreen?
- Anthony Hopkins, for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 chiller The Silence of the Lambs.
- Queen Liliuokalani: queen of the Hawaiian Islands was deposed by largely American annexationists after she tried to return power to the monarchy (1893)
- Virgin Islands: prompted by fear of German expansion, the US bought the islands from Denmark for $25 million; its inhabitants became US citizens 10 years later (1917)
- Gulf War: air offensive was launched to remove the Iraqi army from the Persian Gulf kingdom of Kuwait (1991)
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790): sage statesman who published Poor Richard's Almanack and The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Betty White (86): TV star; other actors born today include Eartha Kitt (81), James Earl Jones (77), Maury Povich (69), Jim Carrey (46), Josh Malina (42), Naveen Andrews (39), Freddy Rodriguez (33) and Zooey Deschanel (28)
- Muhammad Ali (66): "the Greatest" boxer
- Mick Taylor (60): rock 'n roll musician; others born today include Steve Earle (53), Paul Young (52), Susanna Hoffs (49) and Kid Rock (37)
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