This was discover in my local paper. They had been e-mailed to one of the staff writers who, in turn, wrote them for the public. In my book, they count as "saved mail"
Ten Words You Thought Didn't Exist
- aquadexterous (ak wa deks'trus) adj.~ possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on/off with your toes.
- carperpetuation (kar' pur pet a a shun) n.~ the act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or 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.
- disconfect (dis kon fekf') v.~ to sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somwhow "remove" all the germs. ...my favorite!
- elbonics (el bon' iks) n. ~ the actions of two people maneurvering for an armrest in a movie theater.
- frust (frust) n. ~ the small line of debris that refuses to be swept into the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
- lactomangulation (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n. ~ handling the "open here"spout in a milk carton so badly that one has to resort to the ilegal side.
- peppier (pehp ee ay') n. ~ the waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if the want groud pepper.
- phonesia (fo nee' zhuh) n. ~ the affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you are calling just as they answer.
- pupkus (pup' kus) n. ~ The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses it's nose to it.
- telecrastination (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. ~ act of always letting the phone ring twice before picking it up, even if you're only 6 inches away
Found in Ocala Star Banner
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