Posted by geekUK on August 18, 2001, at 17:33:52
In reply to It must be Saturday again ..., posted by Willow on August 18, 2001, at 16:36:25
> I slept around the clock and figured the board would be swamped with new threads. Well guess who was wrong again?
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> These definitions I learnt from Mighty Mouse:
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> 1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.
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> 2. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun) 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.
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> 3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow 'remove' all the germs.
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> 4. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n. The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater(airplane).
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> 5. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keep backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
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> 6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man guy lay' shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the'illegal' side.
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> 7. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.
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> 8. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
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> 9. PUPKUS (pup'kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.
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> 10. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) 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.
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