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February 8, 2015 · 8:00 pm

New words to live by: “Cacklebrain”

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 cackle and brain. Without further chattering, cacklebrain is the new word / phrase for this month:

Cackle, n. 1) chatter or idle talk. 2) a form of laughter, usually shrill and broken in nature. 3) the sound of such laughter.

(There is also a verb form meaning idle talk, prattle, or to sound like a hen, or laugh in a shrill, broken manner, but the noun form is more what we are interested in here.)

Brain, n. Anatomy. That oblong organ sitting on top of your neck, enclosed in cranium, composed of two halves of convoluted gray and white matter directing your central nervous system.

How about Cacklebrain?

Cacklebrain, n. A person whose brain and mouth are full of shrill, idle patter, laughter always at somebody else’s expense, and an overweening sense of self-importance. In short, to motor your mouth with your mind in neutral and think you have said something profound. Example, most Fox network commentators. Example, Sarah Palin.

Cacklebrain is related to loopid another New Word. Exposure to Cacklebrains is a strong sign of Loopidity, a spiraling condition from which few escape.

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January 3, 2015 · 4:49 pm

New words to live by: “Shonkey”

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 sheep and donkey. Without further chattering, shonkey is the new word / phrase for this month:

Sheep, n. a ruminant mammal related to goats, of the genius Ovis and the family Bovidae, often domesticated for is hair and sometimes for meat.

Donkey, n. domesticated ass. Also a ruminant, though nor related to the sheep.

How about Shonkey?

Shonkey, n. An animal in a manger scene or other situation that you are not quite sure what it is. Is that a sheep? No, it’s a donkey. You sure? Could be any animal of the manger scene, or any animal in any other situation. For example, hunting: Bill, what was that animal? It was a shonkey, Ed.

Shonkey is the animal equivalent of doohickey, which is an informal word for a part, a tool, a gadget, a dingus, or a thingumbob.

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December 13, 2014 · 9:35 pm

New words to live by: “Indiplation or Contemgestion”?

It is the first or second weekend of the month and time 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 in two possible way: Indigestion and Contemplation. Without further chattering, Indiplation or Contemgestion is the new word / phrase for this month:

Indigestion, n. Difficulty in or inability to digest food. Also known as dyspepsia.

Contemplation, n. deep or full reflection or consideration.

How about Indiplation or Contemgestion?

Indiplation, n. In the midst of pain from indigestion, trying to remember where you put the medicine. Example: Heart burn, again? Where did I leave those chalky round pills? You know, the ones with the sigh-something in them? Oh, where did I leave them? Damn it, damn it, damn it.

Contemgestion, n. Thinking or contemplating your way through difficulty in digesting either an idea or food. Example: This fire of impurity raging in my alimentary canal can only be quenched with the round lozenge of hope. You know. The one that I must chew in a symbolic, transubstantiated breaking of the body of deep regret, as I regret now that re-fried turkey enchilada for dinner this evening. It is a feeling most foul in my intestinal world. A placebo effect administered by the mind.

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November 2, 2014 · 2:16 pm

New words to live by: “Auto Body Experience”

It is the first weekend of the month and time 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 three words: Auto, Body, and Experience. Without further chattering, Auto Body Experience is the new word / phrase for this month:

Auto, n. an object, such as a car or truck that propels itself by way of an engine.

Body, n. the physical structure of a plant, animal, or human, dead or alive.

Experience, n. a specific instance of personally undergoing, encountering, or observing something.

Auto Body Experience, n. The total of what happens when you experience a wreck while you are in your own car. It similar to but not the same as an out-of-body experience. With an Auto Body Experience, there is often a jolt of unreality, particularly if you get hit from behind and are at first confused as to what is happening.

Whether you see it coming or not, whether it involves other cars, or only your car, you, and a stationary object — such as a guard rail after you and your car have started spinning on a thin sheet of ice — there is nothing quite like an Auto Body Experience.

And then there is all the paperwork.

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October 4, 2014 · 7:04 am

New words to live by: “Loopid”

It is the first weekend of the month and time 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 merging of two words: Loop and Stupid. Without further chattering, Loopid is the new word for this month:

Loop, n. an object, such as a string, rope, or wire folded or turned back on itself, sometimes so that what goes out will come back on itself. Example, a feedback loop when the original signal keeps repeating itself.

Stupid, adj. dull, foolish, senseless, either a person or idea.

Loopid, adj. When you are so stupid, you don’t know how stupid you are and because of that, you continue to remain stupid, but may nonetheless think you are smart. Also known as a Loop Stupid.

n. One who is Loop Stupid.

To further explain the concept here is a short video.

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August 10, 2014 · 6:05 pm

New words to live by: “law of the inverse square”

It is the second weekend of the month and time again for a new word to live. 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. This month’s New Word is related to aging and being a parent: law of the inverse square.

Inverse-square law

Inverse-square law

Inverse-square law = In physics, this means the further you stand from an electromagnetic source (For example, light), the less radiation you will receive? That depends on how far from the source you stand. If you stand two feet further back from where you were, you will receive ¼ th the amount. If you stand six feet back, you will receive 1/36th the amount.

An expression that could elicit "the look."

An expression that could elicit “the look.”

Law of the inverse square = the further you get from your childhood in terms of age and maturity (at least to some degree), the more you will start sounding like at least one of your parents. This can be in tone of voice, mannerisms, phrases, and temperament. In this case, the further away in time you travel, the more pronounced these things become. You become the “square” (parent) you promised yourself you wouldn’t be when you grew up, particularly the stern side of your parents. The law giver

For example, as your child grows up and asks the 20th time why something has to be done, you snap back with the same tone and inflection as your father, “Because I said so.”

Or, if you’re a mother, you give your child “the look,” which was the same look your mother gave you.

Training is not required. It happens, in an eerie, secretive, delayed genetic development sort of way.

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July 5, 2014 · 11:22 pm

New words to live by: “corpfare” and “corpsefare”

It is the first weekend of the month and time again for a new word to live. 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. This month’s New Words are related and are the merging of corporation and welfare to create corpfare, and the merging of corpse and welfare to create corpsefare.

Corporation, n. an association of individuals or groups, created not by nature or God, but by law or under authority of law, having an ongoing existence independent of those of its members, exercising powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members, and deemed by the U.S. Supreme Court to have many of the same rights as a human adult, but little of the responsibilities. Oftentimes words such as large, multinational or international accompany the word corporation.

Welfare, n. 1a) government assistance, financial or other, to an individual or family from a city, state, or national government.

Many dictionaries don’t recognize the word welfare as applying to corporations or other businesses, most of them quite large. So to fill the gap:

Corpfare, n. government assistance, financial or other, to a business, company, or corporation.

For example, in 2011, on the federal level, $57 billion was spent on individual or family welfare. Yet also in 2011, on the federal level, $94 billion was spent on “corpfare = corporate welfare.” When tax breaks, financial incentives, and things like TIF (Tax Increment Financing) and PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) on the state and local levels are thrown in, the balance by some estimates is a true 2 to 1 in favor of corporations, businesses, industries, etc. vs. individuals and families.

Corpse, n. Someone or something no longer useful or viable.

Corpsefare, n. 1) Corpfare to the point that the public coffers are sucked dry by the corporations. 2) the misguided belief that this is a good thing. v. the act of sucking dry the public coffers.

For example, Biglittle Corporation corpsefared the city and then left without completing any of the proposed projects. Or Biglittle Corporation completed all its projects, but in so doing corpsefared the city.

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June 15, 2014 · 9:24 pm

New words to live by: “Al-Gore-rhythm”

It is the second full weekend of the month and time again for a new word to live. 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 merging of two words: quagmire and muffin. Without further chattering, and in honor of the “father” of the Internet, Al-Gore-rhythm is the new word for this month:

Al-Gore-rhythm =
a set of strictures by conservatives for solving a problem in a finite number of steps by blaming it all on Al Gore.

Conservatives have a problem with loyalty of today’s youth.

Al Gore speaks to the youth about an issue, such as climate change a/k/a global warming.

Al Gore is undermining respect for authority by encouraging them to ask questions.

Example, In 2009 when Glenn Beck accused Al Gore of trying to create a Hitler Youth-type movement by encouraging young kids to ask questions of their parents about global warming. In short, blame Al Gore for undermining family values by encouraging the youth to think and question.

Or put another way, Al Gore is the conservatives’ straw man and boogeyman all rolled into one.

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May 3, 2014 · 5:54 pm

New words to live by: “trumpmuffin”

It is the first weekend of the month and time again for a new word to live. 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 merging of two words: quagmire and muffin. Without further chattering trumpmuffin is the new word for this month:

Trump, v. to surpass, outdo, excel.

Muffin, n. small, cup-shaped quick breads made with cornmeal, wheat flour, or something similar and baked in a muffin pan creating a series of cuplike breads. Slang., an “attractive” person. Example:, a stud muffin = attractive male.

Trumpmuffin, n. 1) a person who feels the need to outdo the previous person. Example: tell the biggest fish story. 2) a person who has to get the last word in. 3) a person who has to get the last word in regardless of being right or wrong, and is often wrong. Example: Donald Trump is a trumpmuffin (particularly when you consider his hair) regardless of whether he is right or wrong when he speaks.

Use in a sentence: “Don is such a trumpmuffin,” Gail said, getting in the last word in her group of friends.

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April 13, 2014 · 9:31 pm

New words to live by: “Biercism”

A young Ambrose Bierce

A young Ambrose Bierce

“Cynic. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.”
–Ambrose Bierce

Biercism, n. dry wit on par with that of Ambrose Bierce.

Old biercism (original): Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.

Modern biercism: Love, n. a meeting of the mind and the loins, one hopes somewhere around the heart. A volatile mixture often given to displays of insanity, vitriol, and occasionally violence. The world seems turned upside down by love – and often is. You fall in love and fall out of love, but the violence appears to be less to the shins, knees, hands, arms, or back, and more to the internal organs.

[Editor’s note: one might consider this both a new word to live byand a Devil’s Dictionary entry all mashed up (or rolled up) into one. In our continuing quest to revisit a classic, or even a curiosity from the past and see how relevant it is, we continue with The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce. Originally published in newspaper installments from 1881 until 1906. You might be surprised how current many of the entries are.

Click on Devil’s Dictionary in the tags below to bring up the other entries. Click on new word or new words below to see some other new words, such as congressed or obsurd or fogget or awfulizer. Words that should be in the modern lexicon, but aren’t … yet.]

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