President Obama caused some confusion yesterday when he suggested that "There's something about August going into September where everybody in Washington gets all wee-weed up." Pundits immediately began to scratch their heads in wonderment, and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was today forced to clarify that the phrase was meant to suggest nocturnal micturation, or bed-wetting. While its meaning may have shifted over the course of time (it originally was intended to signify general vexation), "wee-weed up" is not an Obama coinage; it has a long and storied history in the English language.