First Saturday (or Sunday) of the month. Time for new words to live by. Once a month on the first Saturday (or Sunday) of each month, I will list a new word. This is NOT a word you are likely to find in the dictionary. It is a new word, often a portmanteau word, sometimes just a new word not made from merging two other words. Some of the previous words have included: obsurd, a combination of obscure and absurd, obscure absurdity means something obsurd. These new words might even be considered an exercise in obsurdity.
Here now is the new word.
Blankenstein, n., 1) The blank look on your computer monitor when the hard drive has crashed and all your files are gone, the program has crashed and your important work is gone, or your computer won’t start up for some reason, such as the motherboard gone band, and you can’t access your folders and files. In some cases, also known as “The Blue Screen of Death.”
Beware the Blankenstein!
2) The blank look on a low level business or government functionary who, while claiming to help you, is actually doing nothing to aid your situation. The blank or dead eye look and the monotone voice are often signs of the Blankenstein in non-action. While this can sometimes be confused with being lost in thought, it is more the thought, on the part of the functionary, that you will get lost.
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