Pre-K Jargon File
About a year ago, my wife and I were in the midst of watching the classic Stephen Fry/Hugh Laurie-helmed Jeeves and Wooster and we were allowing our kids to watch it along with us. We had been watching episodes each…
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Compound German Neologism Of The Day: Vergeblicherufnummer-suchemüherealisierung
Vergeblicherufnummersuchemüherealisierung Literally: wasted telephone number search-effort realization The dawning realization that the business phone number you just spent five minutes tracking down on Google was, in fact, already stored in your phone’s contact list, primarily due to the fact that…
Compound German Neologism Of The Day: Verlorenfreund-überraschenfalschgefähl-geburtstaggrüssung
Verlorenfreundüberraschenfalschgefühlgeburtstaggrüssung noun Literally: Surprised by a lost friend fake enthusiastic birthday greeting The false bravado one adopts upon encountering an estranged friend while attending a third party’s child’s birthday party. (Ref. inspiration)
Compound German Neologism Of The Day: Apfelzerstörenangst
Apfelzerstörenangst noun Literally: Apple destroying anxiety or dread The sense of existential dread one experiences in the moments after dropping one’s lunch sack and having heard a sickening “thunk”, thus assuring the bruised-beyond-recognition of one’s apple.
“SAT Words”
I used to be regularly derided by friends and acquaintances of all stripe for my use of “SAT words”, generally defined as words that do not see regular use in the populace at large and thus achieve a “nerdy” gloss.…
