[3463] in Humor
useful words
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ashish Mishra)
Thu May 10 01:20:30 2001
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To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 01:20:07 -0400
From: Ashish Mishra <ashm@MIT.EDU>
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Ten Words That Don't Exist,
But Should...
AQUADEXTROUS - (adj.) Possessing the ability to turn the
bathtub =
faucet on and off with your toes.
CARPERPETUATION - (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.
DISCONFECT - (v.) To sterilize a piece of candy you dropped
on =
the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow "remove" all
the =
germs.
ELBORESTLE - (n.) The actions of two people maneuvering for
one =
armrest in a movie theater (or airplane).
REFDUST - (n.) The small line of debris that refuses to be
swept =
onto 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 - (n.) Manhandling the "open here" spout on
a =
milk container so badly that one has to resort to the "illegal" side.
PEPPIER - (n.) The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole =
purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground
=
pepper.
PHONESIA - (n.) The affliction of dialing a phone number and =
forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
PUPKUS - (n.) The moist residue left on a window after a dog =
presses his nose to it.
TELECRASTINATION - (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.=20
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