Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 3, 2008

My client cancelled, so here are the goods:

glower \GLAU-uhr\, intransitive verb:

1. To look or stare angrily or with a scowl.
2. An angry or scowling look or stare.

Glower is from Middle English gloren, perhaps ultimately of Scandinavian origin.

Loves it

• Loves it is just another word for "I love it!" Made up by Paris and Nicole of the Simple Life.

how's the hat on me?

loves it.

Trivia

How many mattresses did the princess sleep on in the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea?

• She slept on 20 mattresses (and 20 eiderdowns).

Today in History

• Richard the Lion-Hearted: was crowned king of England after defeating his father, Henry II (1189)
• Treaty of Paris: the US Revolutionary War came to an official end (1783)
• Malcolm Campbell: English racer and journalist became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah (1935)

Today's Birthdays

• Edward Filene (1860-1937): eponymous retailer and a developer of the "bargain basement"
• Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951): auto designer and WWII German armor
• Ruth Orkin (1921-1985): photographer and filmmaker
• Mort Walker (85): cartoonist, Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois
• Charlie Sheen (43): actor, Two and a Half Men; other actors who celebrate a birthday today include Anne Jackson (82), Pauline Collins (68), Valerie Perrine (65), Costas Mandylor (43) and Nick Wechsler (30)
• Steve Jones (53), musician, guitarist - Sex Pistols