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February 21, 2016 · 10:22 am

New words to live by: “Internept”

It is time, once again, for New words to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of two nouns into a new word. Without further waiting, Internept is the new word for this month.

OLD WORDS
Internet, n. vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide, including governmental, commercial, and education networks. Often preceded by the word “the” and sometimes capitalized: “The Internet.”

Inept, n. 1. Lacking skill or aptitude for an assignment or task. 2. Incompetent, clumsy, awkward, out-of-place.

NEW WORD
Internept, n. 1. Those times when the Internet is so slow as to be worthless, unable to perform the tasks directed to it. 2. A person so awkward, clumsy, or out of place when attempting to perform tasks on the Internet. Such a person is a step or two ahead of the Luddite.

Example:
Jim knew what they were going to say, that he was incompetent with computers, maybe even a Luddite. But he knew how to turn on a computer and to do some basic functions. It just seemed that every time he got on the Internet, the stupid thing bogged down, and no matter what he did, he couldn’t speed it up. When he asked for help, somebody accused him of being Internept.

[Editor’s note: Thank you to Ashlie for the suggestion.]

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January 9, 2016 · 11:35 pm

New words to live by: “Holiday Horse Latitudes”

It is time, once again, for New words to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of a word and a a phrase. Without further waiting, Holiday Horse Latitudes is the new phrase for this month.

OLD WORDS
Holiday, n. A time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc. Often a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.

It's not easy to glide through the Holiday Horse Latitudes.

It’s not easy to glide through the Holiday Horse Latitudes.

Horse Latitudes, n. The horse latitudes are located at about 30 to 38 degrees north and south of the equator. According to legend, the term comes from ships sailing to the New World that would often become stalled for days or even weeks when they encountered areas of high pressure and calm winds. Many of these ships carried horses to the Americas as part of their cargo. Unable to sail and resupply due to lack of wind, crews often ran out of drinking water. To conserve scarce water, sailors on these ships would sometimes throw the horses they were transporting overboard. Thus, the phrase “horse latitudes” was born. Source: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/horse-latitudes.html

NEW WORD
Holiday Horse Latitudes, n. That time of year, usually shortly after the first of a new year, when all the major holidays have been celebrated and there is not another one for several months. Usually Memorial Day, which is the end of May, in the U.S.

All that is left are a few lesser-celebrated holidays, such as President’s Day, and overly hyped pseudo-holidays like the Super Bowl.

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December 12, 2015 · 8:21 pm

New words to live by: “Indiplation”

It is time, once again, for New words to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of word and a suffix two words. Without further waiting, indiplation is the new word for this month.

OLD WORDS
Indigestion, n. 1. Difficulty or inability to digest food; fancy term: dyspepsia.

Contemplation, n. 1. Thoughtful observation. 2. Deep contemplation, full reflection.

NEW WORD
Indiplation, n. Nagging indigestion or churning heat burn caused by thoughtful observation or continued reflection on the foible filled state of mankind.

Homo sapiens — wise man, my ass. Homo disgustus was more like it, and that was being generous. Tom wadded up the newspaper and threw in the trash and then crunched another antacid tablet. His tenth today and it wasn’t even noon. This indiplation was eating a hole in his stomach and his wallet.

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October 18, 2015 · 7:36 pm

New words to live by: “surlen”

It is time, once again, for a new word to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of word and a suffix two words. Without further waiting, surlen is the new word for this month.

OLD WORDS
surly, adj. 1. Bad-tempered, churlishly rude. 2. Unfriendly; irritable.

sullen, adv., adj. 1. Ill-humored or silently ill-humored. 2. Showing irritation. 3. Sluggish, like a stream.

NEW WORD
surlen, adj. 1. Dark look of irritability. 2. Sluggish and ill-tempered. Can be rude.

Displayed most often by children between the ages of 10 and 20, who master it when told by parents or adults to do their homework, pick up their rooms, finish their chores. If looks could kill, grave diggers would be in short supply.

Sometimes referred to as the “passive-aggressive up yours.”

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October 13, 2015 · 7:13 am

cARtOONSdAY: “wILLARD aND tHE wORD”

Amphigory: a meaningless or nonsensical bit of writing.

Amphigory: a meaningless or nonsensical bit of writing.

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September 13, 2015 · 4:26 pm

New words to live by: “Awkwapella”

It is the first or second weekend of the month and time, once again, for a new word to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of word and a suffix two words. Without further waiting, awkwapella is the new word for this month.

Old Words
awkward, adj. 1. Missing social graces or manners. 2. Caused by a lack of social grace. [Editor’s note: There are other definitions for awkward, but these are the two best applicable to the new word.]

a cappella, adv., adj.. without instrument accompaniment.

New Word
awkwapella, adj. an unplanned and often awkward activity that suddenly casts full and unwanted attention on you.

For example, doing something embarrassing in front of others, especially your peers, co-workers, or friends that gets you attention from everybody in the immediate area. Maybe you have a noticeable laugh, which you try to hide by only laughing when everybody laughs, but then once you keep laughing after everybody else has stopped. Or maybe you start laughing at something, believing others will join you, but they never do.

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June 21, 2015 · 5:33 pm

New words to live by: “Wallowacity”

It is the first or second (or in this case, third) weekend of the month and time, once again, for a new word to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of word and a suffix two words. Without further waiting, Wallowacity is the new word / phrase for this month:

Wallow, n. The ability to self-indulge or revel.

-acity, noun suffix meaning “strong characteristic of” or “quality of.” or It is Latin suffix and appears Latin words such as tenacity.
tenacity.

New word Wallowacity, n. The state or degree to which you can master wallowing.

Example: There are few things that a man can do that woman can’t do equally as well and sometimes better. There is one thing, though, that men are more naturally born to and that is wallowing. From a young age, boys begin mastering the art of wallowing, but it rarely comes into full bloom or full wallowacity until around 55 years of age.

Boys may read about great men such as George Washington or Napoleon, sports greats such as Babe Ruth, great composers such as Mozart or dynamic world leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., but the men most of them grow up secretly admiring and then emulating is the guy in their circle of friends who has achieved his full wallow potential, his full wallowacity.

Maybe this entry was a week late due to a bit of wallowacity.

Just the gift to give dad for Father’s Day.

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May 10, 2015 · 9:13 pm

New Words to live by: “Conscience sedation”

It is the first or second weekend of the month and time, once again, for a new word to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of two words. Without further waiting, conscience sedation is the new word / phrase for this month:

Conscience, n.the self-guided sense of what is right or wrong in one’s conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action, such as following one’s conscience.

2. the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual.

Sedation, n. 1. calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, often by administering a drug, also known as a sedative.

2. the state so induced.

How about Conscience sedation?

Conscience sedation, n. 1. the mental condition or state by which you sedate your conscience in order to function in a situation. At best, you are amoral, but more likely a sociopath. This state can be achieved by drugs or by accepting whole heartedly a misguided ideology (Faux News, NRA, Tea Party), or sometimes by running for political office.

2. the state so induced

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April 11, 2015 · 8:20 pm

New words to live by: “Disrot”

It is the first or second weekend of the month and time, once again, for a new word to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of a prefix and a root word. Without further waiting, disrot is the new word / phrase for this month:

Dis, a Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force.

(For example: disrobe means to remove robe or clothing. Dismount means to climb off the mount, usually an animal such as a horse.)

Rot, v. 1.to undergo decomposition; decay.
2. to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay (often followed by away, from, off, etc.).
3. to languish, as in confinement.
4. to become morally corrupt or offensive.

How about Disrot?

Disrot, v. What happens after spending 5 snow days with your kids, once they have returned to school. You disrot. What happens after a long and tedious meeting in which much is said but little is accomplished. Example: Once the meeting was over, she felt herself disrot. Second example: Once he stopped watching Faux News, he felt himself begin to disrot, and it was a freeing and scary feeling.

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March 22, 2015 · 1:49 am

New words to live by: “slop kick”

It is the second full weekend of the month and time, once again, for a new word to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of two words cackle and brain. Without further chattering, slop kick is the new word / phrase for this month:

slop, n. 1) badly cooked or unappetizing drink or food. 2) liquid carelessly spilled or sloshed about. (There are other definitions, but these will do.)

v. the act of the liquid sloshing over the edge of its container. (The liquid slopped to the floor.)

kick, v. 1) to drive with a foot or feet (as in kick the ball). 2) to force, drive, make, etc. 3) to strike in recoiling (as in a gun kicking the shooter when it recoils).

How about slop kick?

slop kick, v. The act of hastily passing off to somebody else something you don’t want to do, but then you still find yourself stuck with at least part of what you tried to get rid of. Often, the most unwanted part.

Example: Barbara slop kicked the Van Buren project to me, but still found herself part of the team tasked with the completing the project, and she was assigned the part she liked least.

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