Something or someone that could not be more distasteful.
"Paris Hilton, epitome of kitschiest."
(epitome: representative or perfect example of a class or type)
8.30.2010
Online Cleanse
Extreme measure you take when you get so sick of the Internet that you unplug from it; includes not using Email, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and news sites.
"I am so fed up with my online life that I will take an online cleanse for three days... I hope I´ll survive."
"I am so fed up with my online life that I will take an online cleanse for three days... I hope I´ll survive."
Why does everything have to suck?!
Everything sucks or, eventually, will suck.
Why does everything have to suck?!
Why does everything have to suck?!
Labels:
bother,
disappointment,
obstacle,
problem,
suck
8.23.2010
Greenjoy
The pleasure you get from doing ecotourism (also known as ecological tourism, it is responsible travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and (often) small scale. It purports to educate the traveller; provide funds for conservation; directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities; and foster respect for different cultures and for human rights.
—"Guess where is my sister Emilia and her kids now."
"Where?"
—"Costa Rica"
"For holidays? Doing what?"
—"Ecotourism man!"
"Wao!!! What a greenjoy!"
—"Guess where is my sister Emilia and her kids now."
"Where?"
—"Costa Rica"
"For holidays? Doing what?"
—"Ecotourism man!"
"Wao!!! What a greenjoy!"
8.21.2010
20-Nothings
Grown children moving back in with their parents delaying the “transition to adulthood” as marked by five milestones: completing school, leaving home, becoming financially independent, marrying and having a child.
"Jesus, I am so fed up of dating 20-Nothings, going-nowhere-fast guys, with their arrested development!"
"Jesus, I am so fed up of dating 20-Nothings, going-nowhere-fast guys, with their arrested development!"
Labels:
20-somethings,
adulthood,
childhood,
dependence,
independence
8.15.2010
Third World America
The decline of the United States of America as an industrial, political, and economic leader.
"From Canada´s border, down to the Patagonia, there is now a united Third World America."
"From Canada´s border, down to the Patagonia, there is now a united Third World America."
Labels:
america,
decline,
recession,
third world,
usa
predigital
No longer current or in fashion, out-of-date, faded, aged.
"But darling, those trousers are so last year, so predigital!"
"But darling, those trousers are so last year, so predigital!"
Relatable
Word very much in use by students, meaning someone or something you can relate to.
"Lady Gaga said that there must be something greater than her, meaning that there must be a God. That´s relatable to my ego."
"Lady Gaga said that there must be something greater than her, meaning that there must be a God. That´s relatable to my ego."
8.11.2010
B.G. (Before Google)
8.05.2010
Asphinxiation
Being sick to death of unanswerable puzzles or riddles.
—"Cause of death?"
"Asphinxiation."
—"How?"
"His wife."
—"Got it... poor bastard."
—"Cause of death?"
"Asphinxiation."
—"How?"
"His wife."
—"Got it... poor bastard."
Dringle
The watermark left on wood caused by a glass of liquid.
"Whose glass is this that made such a nasty dringle on my antique table?"
"Whose glass is this that made such a nasty dringle on my antique table?"
Optotoxical
A look that could kill, normally from a parent or spouse.
"End of line! I won´t go out to dine with you anymore. Anytime I greet any woman I know, you get borderline optotoxical."
"End of line! I won´t go out to dine with you anymore. Anytime I greet any woman I know, you get borderline optotoxical."
Wikism
A piece of information that claims to be true but is wildly inaccurate.
"Your life is just a monumental wikism... so full of inaccurate shit you are."
"Your life is just a monumental wikism... so full of inaccurate shit you are."
Labels:
erroneous,
false,
inaccurate,
misleading,
wiki,
wikipedia,
wikism
Blogish
A variety of English that uses a large number of initialisms, frequently used on blogs.
"For God´s sake Sheldon, speak English... I don´t understand bloody Blogish!"
"For God´s sake Sheldon, speak English... I don´t understand bloody Blogish!"
Labels:
blog,
blogish,
communications,
english,
initialisms
Glocalization
Running a business according to both local and global considerations.
"
Think global, act local?... that´s glocalization to me."
"
Think global, act local?... that´s glocalization to me."
Labels:
boundaries,
business,
global,
international,
local
Espacular
Really spectacular.
—"The concert was awesome... saw the espacular guitar shredding?"
"Yeah, espacular indeed!"
—"The concert was awesome... saw the espacular guitar shredding?"
"Yeah, espacular indeed!"
Labels:
awesome.amazing,
great,
incredible,
spectacular,
top
Furgle
To feel in a pocket or bag for a small object such as a coin or key.
—"Honey... have you seeing my keys."
"Let me furgle."
—"Honey... have you seeing my keys."
"Let me furgle."
Pregreening
To creep forwards while waiting for a red light to change.
"Stop it!!! Your are driving me nuts with your third-worldish pregreening way of driving."
"Stop it!!! Your are driving me nuts with your third-worldish pregreening way of driving."
Labels:
anticipation,
driving,
green,
red,
stoplight
Smushables
Items that must be packed at the top of a bag to avoid being squashed.
To supermarket clerk: "Be careful with the smushables dear, and I´ll tip you well."
To supermarket clerk: "Be careful with the smushables dear, and I´ll tip you well."
Labels:
groceries,
pack,
smash,
squash,
supermarket
Scrax
The waxy coating that is scratched off an instant lottery ticket.
"Hear me you asshole... next time you cover my coffee table with scrax I´m gonna rip off your sorry balls!"
"Hear me you asshole... next time you cover my coffee table with scrax I´m gonna rip off your sorry balls!"
Wurfing
Surfing the Internet while at work.
Sign at work: "Wurfing not allowed at any time during work hours."
Sign at work: "Wurfing not allowed at any time during work hours."
Xenolexica
A grave confusion when faced with unusual words.
—"Don´t mention anything Urban Dictionary to Mary."
"Why?"
—"She will go xenolexica."
—"Don´t mention anything Urban Dictionary to Mary."
"Why?"
—"She will go xenolexica."
Labels:
new,
unusual,
Urban Dictionary,
words,
xenolexica
Sprogging
Accordionate

Being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time.
Folding a map as if you were playing the accordion (a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox.)
—"How do you always manage to get to your precise point of destination when driving in a foreign city?"
"I think that is because I accordionate very well."
Labels:
destination,
direction,
driving,
location,
map
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