Friday, September 14, 2007

Word.

It's the weekend. In case you're looking to update your cocktail party conversational skills, here are some new words to drop, from Word.com, a listing of new entries from Merriam-Webster's Open Dictionary, which will soon be celebrating its second anniversary and boasts "more than 11,000 submissions and includes entries for nearly 10,000 words of all kinds, from slang to technical, playful to serious, and from fanciful coinages to words that may indeed find their way into regular dictionaries."

burquini (noun): Modest swimwear (mostly for ladies) which covers the head and most parts of the body while swimming. A cross between a burqua and bikini. The advent of the burquini has made swimming popular among conservative Muslim girls.

buffer-stall (noun):The empty stall in the restroom left unused when someone is using the stall next to it. I was so upset when someone used the stall next to me; there needs to be a buffer-stall.

deskercise (noun):Exercise, usually stretching and calisthenics, that can be performed while someone is sitting at a desk at work. I try to do at least 15 minutes of deskercise everyday in order to increase blood flow and alleviate stiff muscles.

fat finger (noun): Tendency to always press the wrong button. The system is not working because of your fat finger.

grumpelstiltskin (noun): Someone who is easily agitated; an overly grumpy person. [named after Rumpelstiltskin, a character from a Brothers Grimm fairytale] My dad can be a real grumpelstiltskin when my mom asks him to mow the lawn.

intoxitexting (verb): Sending text messages while intoxicated. Sorry if my last text didn't make any sense. I was intoxitexting at the bar.

LSS (abbreviation): Last Song Syndrome; a state wherein you keep on singing the last song you heard, whether from the radio or from someone else. I got LSS and have kept singing 'I Ain't Got You' for five hours now.

one-downmanship (noun): Verbal sparring over who has the worse tale of self-inflicted woe or the hardest luck of all. When they started talking about their disastrous first days at the office, the one-downmanship became intense.

varitarian (noun): A not-so-firm vegetarian who occasionally eats meat when cravings overcome logic. David showed his varitarian tendencies when he failed to resist the barbecued chicken at the neighbor's party.

vidiot (noun): One who languishes in front of a television screen watching videos or television programs continuously.

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