procrasturbate / prəʊ'kræs'təbeɪt / verb to stimulate
one’s genitals for sexual pleasure as a means to delay action: you’d get your homework done quicker if you
didn’t procrasturbate so often [blend of procrastinate
and masturbate]
Sunday 29 April 2012
Causea
causea / kɔ:'zi:ə, kɔ:'ʒə, kɔ:'si:ʌ, kɔ:'ʃə / noun the feeling of sickness
in the stomach with an urge to vomit experienced after consuming a high coffee
to food ratio [blend of coffee and
nausea]
Saturday 21 April 2012
Hangopent
hangopent / hæŋ'əʊ'pent / verb to feel
remorse or show contrition for recent actions performed while inebriated: please allow me to hangopent for texting you photos of my scrotum last night [blend of hangover
and repent]
Friday 20 April 2012
Prough
prough / prɒf / verb to suddenly expel air from one’s
lungs to create a noise as a deliberate attempt to indicate displeasure at another person’s cigarette smoking [blend of pretend and cough]
Thursday 19 April 2012
Voyeverie
voyeverie / vɔɪ'evɜ:ri: / noun to be so lost in a moment of reverie
as to unintentionally direct one’s gaze toward a stranger’s backside or genital
region, or toward a female’s bosom: I was
so tired on the train this morning that some girl caused a scene in response to
my voyeverie [blend of voyeur
and reverie] [see also: publerection]
Jophemism
jophemism / ʤɒ'fem'ɪsm
/ noun Colloquial a vague word used in
substitution for a blunt word when discussing professional sports, sportsmen or
sportswomen; usually bearing a dubious correlation with ordinary English usage: ‘ordinary’ and ‘average’ are jophemisms for
bad; ‘physical’ is a jophemism for violent (particularly when callously violent)
[blend of jock and euphemism]
Wrongonym
wrongonym / rɒŋ'ɒ'nɪm / noun a word vaguely similar with another
in pronunciation, yet so dissimilar only ignoramuses suffering diarrhoea of the
vowels could mistakenly apply it: ‘quite’
is a wrongonym for ‘quiet’ in the passage ‘please be quite, I have to work
early tomorrow’ [blend of wrong
and homonym]
Doppelgouche
doppelgouche / dɒ'pel'gu:ʃ / noun Colloquial (derogatory) a male
stranger thought to appear almost identical to a male acquaintance or public
figure, while exhibiting traits that suggest the subject overestimates his
level of social esteem: a saw your
doppelgouche at a bar last night, he looked exactly like you except he had a
faux-hawk and Chinese calligraphy tattoo [blend of doppelganger and douche]
[see also: doppelskanker]
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Yehnactually
yehnactually / jεə-'næktſəli / adverb Colloquial on further consideration; moreover; besides: yehnactually, I reckon those jeggings look totes hot. [blend of YEAH and NAH and ACTUALLY]
Hiparista
hiparista / 'hıpə'rıstə / noun a person with distinctive facial hair and tattoos who occasionally makes espresso coffee on request; typically takes far-longer to make coffee than an ordinary barista, particularly for customers wearing corporate attire: dude, I love the way your capri pants show off your muted posthorn tattoo, you're such a hiparista. [blend of HIPSTER and BARISTA]
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