I "found" this page a few days ago at work and had to stop reading after a few minutes because I was laughing so hard.
I introduce you to Sniglets
I've copied a few examples here for your enjoyment. These are ones that resonate with me. However I highly recommend heading over to the whole list as there are many, many more. (Note: the indented comments are my own)
Sniglet (snig'lit) - n. Any word that doesn't appear in the dictionary, but should.
Anticiparcellate (an ti si par' sel ate) - v. Waiting until the mailman is several houses down the street before picking up the mail, so as not too appear too anxious.
- I've never been sure why I do this. Perhaps it's because if I'm home when the mail is delivered I'm probably still in my jammies.
- Futile.
- There has to be an anthropologist with an answer to this one. I suspect laziness (and yes I do this).
- When I worked in a hospital the maintenance man would yell at the nursing staff for doing this. His office was right next to the elevator shaft and every time we pushed the button he would hear the clacking sound from his desk. Repeated pushing would produce a charming percussion beat for his pleasure - clack clackity clackity clack. We also broke the button faceplate innumerable times.
- "You asshole, don't open that.... Told you that would happen."
- And feeling like a complete tool in the process.
- Pointers and Setters, John and Yoko, a picture of a boob and a penis; these are all examples that I've seen. Not confusing so much as silly.
- Marketing idea: A rented GPS embedded in a map so you carry around your own "you are here". Have it programmable in some way so that you can also see the locations of people you are with. "Hey we lost John and Mary, no here they are over at the roller coaster of sure death"
- I usually remove these cards (along with perfume cards and other card stock inserts) before I read a magazine. They drive me nuts!
- And you hope you recognize the voice at the other end. Not so much a problem anymore with an lcd display on the phone.
- Isn't there a chef living in the fridge?
- It's not polite to watch.
1 comment:
Hah - these are fantastic! We should work on some Vlib-specific sniglets.
- Kay
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