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


  1. aquadexterous (ak wa deks'trus) adj.~ possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on/off with your toes.

  2. 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.

  3. 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!

  4. elbonics (el bon' iks) n. ~ the actions of two people maneurvering for an armrest in a movie theater.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. phonesia (fo nee' zhuh) n. ~ the affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you are calling just as they answer.

  9. pupkus (pup' kus) n. ~ The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses it's nose to it.

  10. 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


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