Word of the Day for Friday, February 1, 2008

mien \MEEN\, noun:

1. Manner or bearing, especially as expressive of mood, attitude, or personality; demeanor.
2. Aspect; appearance.

Urban Word of the Day: ACB
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ACB&defid=1559136

• Mnemonic device for "Air Conditioner Booty": a woman whose buttocks, when viewed from the side, resemble a wall-unit air conditioner protruding from a house.

Holly's ACB was knocking peoples' drinks off the table last night.

Trivia
What is removed when a surgeon performs a cholecystectomy?

• The gallbladder.

Today in History

• US Supreme Court: held its first session, in NY; John Jay, a Federalist Papers author, presided (1790)
• Oxford English Dictionary: first fascicle, A—Ant, was published (1884)
• Columbia: space shuttle disintegrated on reentry, killing all 7 astronauts aboard (2003)
• Ayatollah Khomeini: returned to Tehran after some 15 years of exile; the Iranian Revolution turned the country into an Islamic republic soon after (1979)

Today's Birthdays

• Langston Hughes (1902-1967): poet/author/playwright of the Harlem Renaissance
• Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007): former president of Russia
• Lisa Marie Presley (40): singer/songwriter, Elvis' only child; other musicians born today include
• Rick James (1948-2004), Don Everly (71), Joshua Redman (39), Big Boi (33) and Julie Roberts (29)
• Michael C. Hall (37): serial-killer star of Dexter; other actors born on this day include: Stuart Whitman (80), Garrett Morris (71), Sherman Hemsley (70), Pauly Shore (40) and Brian Krause (39)