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“Doug is destroying the English language at an alarming rate.” –Doug’s high school English teacher.

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Entries from December 2008

Fake Word Of the Day: Premature countdown

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

prē’mə-tyŏŏr’ kount’doun’ noun An attempt to get a crowd to start shouting numbers from ten to one, long before midnight on New Year’s Eve. Often a test of the drunk level of New Year’s partiers.

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Fake Word Of the Day: My Face

December 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

mī fās noun A mixup of social networking sites, confusing Facebook with Myspace and referring to the wrong site.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Burnishings

December 29th, 2008 · No Comments

bûr’nĭshĭngs noun Furniture that has been torched with fire.

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Fake Word Of the Day: New Year’s Eve Eve Eve Eve

December 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

nōō yîrz ēv ēv ēv ēv noun December 28.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Financial Hangover

December 27th, 2008 · No Comments

fə-nān’shəl hāng’ō’vər noun The Visa bill one receives several weeks after Christmas. The Visa bill one receives after an uncontrolled spending spree.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Relative Headache

December 26th, 2008 · No Comments

rěl’ə-tĭv hěd’āk’ noun A head pain caused from spending too much time with family over the holidays, which is often much worse or intense compared to a normal head pain. Double up on the Advil for this type.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Alcoholiday

December 25th, 2008 · No Comments

āl’kə-hŏl’ĭ-dā’ noun Any designated day (either official or fabricated) that serves as an excuse to drink.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Foresleigh

December 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

fôr’slā noun The activity Mrs. Claus does with Santa on Christmas Eve as he prepares to deliver toys to the children of the world.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Ghost of Christmas Past-out

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

gōst ŭv krĭs’məs pāstout noun From the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. A series of ghosts appear to Ebenezer Scrooge to get him to repent. The Ghost of Christmas Past-out is the only ghost that does not appear, because he drank too much and was unconscious.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Antiductive

December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

ān’tī-dŭk’tĭv adjective Resulting in or producing nothing of any value.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Bastaroid

December 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

bās’tə-roid’ noun One who is offensive or unnecessarily difficult and a pain in the ass. A combination of bastard and hemorrhoid.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Amateurfiling

December 20th, 2008 · No Comments

ām’ə-tûr’fīl’ĭng verb Building a picture or detailed description of the kind of person that might have committed a crime, when handled by an untrained or neophyte investigator.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Gateway Shoe

December 19th, 2008 · No Comments

gāt’wā’ shōō noun The first piece of footwear one throws at a politician or other public figure. Typically a canvas or athletic shoe that leads to further escalation to wing tips, stiletto heels, and eventually spirals to the most dangerous and unpredictable, a heavy duty steel-toe work boot. If you encounter the Dutch, do not [...]

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Fake Word Of the Day: Infacticide

December 18th, 2008 · No Comments

ĭn-fāk’tĭ-sīd’ noun The act of killing a truth or one who kills truth. Often practiced by corrupt politicians, police and military.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Fightamin

December 17th, 2008 · No Comments

fī’tə-mĭn noun Alcohol or drugs, or a combination of alcohol and drugs that cause one to pick fights with friends, enemies, total strangers, or inanimate objects. A quantity of alcohol or drugs causes one to pick fights with friends, enemies, total strangers, or inanimate objects. “The seventh shot of Jagermeister is Mikes fightamin. Believe me, [...]

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Fake Word Of the Day: Cashastrophe

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

kāsh-ās’trə-fē noun A large financial failure or meltdown, either personal, corporate or government.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Amsneezia

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

ām-snē’zhə noun Loss of memory due to an unusually large, traumatic and uncontrollable bout of forcefully expelling air from the mouth and nose. Loss of memory that results in forgetting to wipe one’s nose and/or upper lip of mucus.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Tinct

December 14th, 2008 · No Comments

tĭngkt’ adjective Alive, in existence, current or active. The opposite of extinct.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Saving Spree

December 13th, 2008 · No Comments

sāvĭng sprē noun A brief period of extravagant saving, staying at home and doing nothing. Often followed by an even bigger spending spree than normal, continuing the cycle of excess and lack of control.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Tripolar

December 12th, 2008 · No Comments

trī-pō’lər adjective Relating to a major disorder that is characterized by mood or personality changes that swing wildly in three different directions. 50% worse than bipolar.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Icepick Traffic

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments

īs-pik trāf’ĭk noun A traffic jam that is so unbearable that ramming oneself in the eye or head with a sharp object seems like a more desirable option.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Shoulderbacked

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments

shōl’dərbākt noun A situation at a party, social event or other type of gathering in which the people surrounding you turn away, leaving only a view of shoulders and backs.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Amaturefanity

December 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

ām’ə-chûr’-fān’ĭ-tē noun Soft language, often used to vent frustration or anger, such as drat, dang, gosh-nabbit, and fiddlesticks. Butters’ favorite expression when he gets into trouble, “Aww hamburgers.”

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Fake Word Of the Day: Manualbiography

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments

ô’tō-bī-ŏg’rə-fē noun A history of a person’s life using longhand or a Gutenberg Press, rather than using technology like a typewriter or a computer and printer.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Regretrofitting

December 7th, 2008 · No Comments

rĭ-grět’rō-fĭt ‘ĭng verb To feign regret for something that one honestly does not regret. Often used by politicians who fake regret because the public and/or their constituents expect them to if they want to be reelected.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Progested

December 6th, 2008 · No Comments

prōjěst’ěd adjective Sparse, open, uncrowded.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Heirogance

December 5th, 2008 · No Comments

âr’ə-gəns noun An offensive display of superiority or importance due to inherited wealth or knowledge of forthcoming inherited wealth.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Organ Pawn Shop

December 4th, 2008 · No Comments

ôr’gən pôn shŏp noun An emerging business due to the collapsing financial markets and massive layoffs, that supports the sale and purchase of human body parts.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Cashaclysm

December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

kāsh’ə-klĭz’əm noun A violent economic collapse of the financial markets.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Nadvent Calendar

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

nād’věnt’ kāl’ən-dər noun Something you don’t want to open every day until Christmas — it ain’t pretty! see: nadvent season : nadvertising : nad revenue : nad dollars : nad nauseum : nadolescence : naddict : nad infinitum : nad lib : nadvocate : Sacrates : nadvil : ballboard advertisement

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