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New phrase: “I shoot/shot them with my sword”
I’ve used this on Facebook referring to people who claim to blog or have a blog because they use Facebook. Of course, since Facebook is invisible and merely repackages and…
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Rhaphanidosis
Definitely a word you should know. Goes hand in hand with “sodomy with a mullet.”
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Laotian paraprosdokian of the day
“The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the somtam.”
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Hapax legomenon of the day (with def)
Bamafutication: Claiming that the commander-in-chief had “nothing to do” with a military operation targeting the most wanted man in the world. ———– You’re just angry you missed the Apprentice. ———–…
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Mina in Cornfield Blue
Why yes, cornfield blue is a color I’ve just made up.
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ESL Lesson of the day – Son of of Bitch (i.e., Son of Bitch)
This video of a Korean English teacher explaining choice bits of slang and expletives had me snorting with laughter: My favorite ESL-related clip of all time, though, is Harold Ramis’s…
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SAMURAIFERETTO (?????????)
shifty samurai speak softly –> Speak softly SAMURAIFERETTO Go check out Translation Party!
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keriorrhoea
n : gastrointestinal symptoms caused by undigested wax esters (Gempylotoxin) of the oilfish or butterfish (that is contained in their natural diet but remain in their muscle tissue) which may…
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response in the dark
Sometimes getting a comment on a post I wrote long ago when I was insane really makes my day: Scalpulation The really puzzling thing is that since I broke my…
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“The devil is beating his wife”
Someone at work asked me what this phrase meant the other day. I just got around to looking it up. It refers to the weather condition when it is sunny…
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Definition: Nirvani
(Sanskrit) [Also nirvanee, nirvanin] One who enters, or has entered, nirvana. We still can’t figure out why Beat Takeshi had Iranian factory workers greeting each other with this word in…
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Applicosinox
Today’s New Word is: Applicosinox. Applicosinox made its debut about five years ago in a song recorded by Taro and I in his old juku (cram school). I made it…
