Topic: new word needed!  (Read 3803 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

new word needed!
« on: July 16, 2015, 07:35:52 AM »
10 Words That Don't Exist, But Should:
1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus) adj.
Possessing the ability to turn the bathroom
faucet on and off with your toes.
2. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun)
n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a
string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times,
reaching over and picking it up, examining it,
then putting it back down to give the vacuum
one more chance.
3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the
piece of candy you dropped on the floor by
blowing on it, assuming this will somehow
'remove' all the germs.
4. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n. The actions of two
people maneuvering for one armrest in a
movie theater (airplane).
5. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that
refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keep
backing a person across the room until he
finally decides to give up and sweep it under
the rug.
6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man guy lay'
shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout
on a milk container so badly that one has to
resort to the 'illegal' side.
7. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay') n. The waiter at a
fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to
be walking around asking diners if they want
ground pepper.
8 PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of
dialing a phone number and forgetting whom
you were calling just as they answer.
9. PUPKUS (pup'kus) n. The moist residue left
on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.
10.TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun)
n. The act of always letting the phone ring at
least twice before you pick it up, even when
you're only six inches away.

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
0 Replies
911 Views
Last post February 16, 2017, 07:01:51 PM
by linda
0 Replies
947 Views
Last post May 13, 2017, 07:03:06 AM
by NaijaPilot
0 Replies
778 Views
Last post August 28, 2017, 07:01:59 PM
by olutee
Caution is the word

Started by thenation Newspaper Board

0 Replies
737 Views
Last post July 23, 2018, 07:01:00 AM
by thenation
0 Replies
877 Views
Last post May 06, 2019, 07:04:33 AM
by sahara
0 Replies
1079 Views
Last post July 12, 2019, 07:01:16 AM
by sahara
0 Replies
461 Views
Last post October 26, 2020, 01:10:25 AM
by NaijaPilot
0 Replies
547 Views
Last post February 23, 2021, 07:01:39 PM
by PulseNG
0 Replies
276 Views
Last post August 21, 2022, 07:17:09 PM
by observer
0 Replies
80 Views
Last post January 09, 2024, 01:04:45 PM
by PulseNG