[Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff

Thu Jan 7 13:39:30 EST 2010

>From the table to the cutlery, obviously.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "John Shulick"  Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:55 AM
>
> My My
>
> Where have table manners gone
>
> John S
>
> Lady in Red wrote:
>>
>> Rum One,
>> Sometimes these things just happen....but proper preparation of the brain
>> is essential.
>> Here's one for you..that just 'happened'....let's just say I can
>> personally vouch for the authenticity of this one:
>> A couple was nestled comfortably together..'spooning is the term
>> used...(think of spoons in the cutlery drawer....)
>> The female partner told her male partner the name for this was
>> spooning....the male partner quickly retorted that if this was spooning,
>> what was the other...forking???
>> All true...
>> elle
>>
>>
>> Beer is good....people are crazy
>>
>> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recycled '06"Watermusic" {Lady in Red}
>>
>> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, r22rumrunner at aol.com <r22rumrunner at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: r22rumrunner at aol.com <r22rumrunner at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 3:36 PM
>>
>> Elle,
>> I don't know if I could sit down and just try to come up with some of
>> these. It would take a lot of rum to get me in the correct frame of mind.
>> Then,
>> you never know what could come to my sick twisted rum soaked mind.
>>
>> Rummy
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/5/2010 11:52:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> watermusic38 at yahoo.com writes:
>>
>> I used to use these and other Style Invitational stuff (when
>> appropriate!)
>> when I taught in No Va.
>> One of my former students (now a teacher in the same system) was a Style
>> winner/runner up several years ago....
>>
>> elle
>>
>> Beer is good....people are crazy
>>
>> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recycled '06"Watermusic" {Lady in Red}
>>
>> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, KUHN, LELAND <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>>
>> From: KUHN, LELAND <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9:55 AM
>>
>> Thanks Mary Lou. My favorite:
>>
>> Frostitute: Nanooky of the North (Michael Gips, Bethesda; Eric Ries,
>> Bethesda; Roy Ashley, Washington)
>>
>> Lee
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:21 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff
>>
>> The Post runs or used to run these contests regularly under the
>> heading of "Style Invitational"
>>
>> Here's a link to recent ones:
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR200912
>> 2401947.html
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/12/24/ST20091224
>> 02052.html?sid=ST2009122402052
>>
>> and a link to a listing of recent Style Invitationals:
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/25/LI200503
>> 2501843.html
>>
>> You'll have to register if you aren't but it doesn't seem to cause any
>> harm.
>>
>> They used to be in the Sunday paper (which is the only one we go out
>> and buy) but they evidently now run on Saturdays. I didn't realize
>> how much I missed them.
>>
>> Thanks, Rummy.
>>
>> Mary Lou
>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>> Rock Hall, MD
>>
>>
>> At 08:12 AM 1/5/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>>Rummy,
>>>
>>>Very good! It was so funny that I Googled winning entries from other
>>>years and it looks like everyone is taking credit for this one single
>>>"annual" contest. The best that I can tell it happened in 2005 and it
>>>was the Washington Post, but it was also attributed to the New York
>>>Times and many others for several years.
>>>
>>>Unsure about the date?
>>>
>>>Datum (n.), ummmm I think it was in 2005.
>>>
>>>Lee
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
>>>r22rumrunner at aol.com
>>>Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:47 AM
>>>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions
>>>to
>>>its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply
>>>alternative meanings for common words.
>>>
>>>The winners are:
>>>
>>>1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
>>>
>>>2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have
>> gained.
>>>
>>>3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
>>>
>>>4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
>>>
>>>5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
>>>
>>>6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
>>>answer the door in your nightgown.
>>>
>>>7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
>>>
>>>8. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.
>>>
>>>9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are
>>>run
>>>over by a steamroller.
>>>
>>>10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
>>>
>>>11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
>>>
>>>12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by
>>>proctologists.
>>>
>>>13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
>>>
>>>14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with
>>>Yiddishisms.
>>>
>>>15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that,
>>>when
>>>you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
>>>
>>>16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by
>>>Jewish men.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take
>> any
>>>
>>>word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing
>>>one
>>>letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:
>>>
>>>
>>>1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
>>>bright
>>>ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little
>>>sign
>>>of breaking down in the near future.
>>>
>>>2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
>>>of
>>>getting laid.
>>>
>>>3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
>>>subject
>>>financially impotent for an indefinite period.
>>>
>>>4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
>>>
>>>5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
>>>person who doesn't get it.
>>>
>>>6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running
>>>late.
>>>
>>>7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
>>>
>>>8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
>>>credit.)
>>>
>>>9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these
>>>really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
>>>like, a
>>>serious bummer.
>>>
>>>10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
>>>consuming only things that are good for you.
>>>
>>>11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
>>>
>>>12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
>>>when
>>>they come at you rapidly.
>>>
>>>13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
>>>you've
>>>accidentally walked through a spider web.
>>>
>>>14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into
>> your
>>>
>>>bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
>>>
>>>15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in
>>>the
>>>fruit you're eating.
>>>
>>>And the pick of the literature:
>>>
>>>16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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