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Proposed Definitions:
DEFINITION: Verb: To forget specific names or places, but be able to give enough description that other forgetful people will know who/what you mean without also remembering the name. Noun:The act of describing someone/thing without actually remembering the name, but your friends who also cannot remember it, know what you mean.
CREATED BY: Nosila - 2008-03-02
DEFINITION: v.: To habitually correct the grammar or usage of anyone with whom one finds oneself engaged in conversation, without regard to the minuteness of the percieved error or the inappropriateness of the comment given the social context. n.: The perpetrator of such faux pas.
CREATED BY: stache - 2008-03-02
DEFINITION: n: the moment of hesitation when, upon entering a room, one immediately forgets why one entered the room in the first place v: to forget why one has entered a room
CREATED BY: Jamagra - 2008-02-29
DEFINITION: adj: Describing that state of being that occurs when everything one does is wrong, and one becomes extremely defensive when it is pointed out to him. n.:a person in such state.
CREATED BY: stache - 2008-02-28
DEFINITION: any media or data format that is no longer popular or accessible, like 5 1/4 floppy disks, audio cassettes, or VHS tapes, but they can't be thrown out until they are replaced with a new version
CREATED BY: yellowbird - 2008-02-28
DEFINITION: trying to pretend that someone's bizarre or alarming pet (skunk,enormous snake,crocodile) either doesn't bother you or is in fact perfectly normal
CREATED BY: yellowbird - 2008-02-28
DEFINITION: DEFINITION: Verb: to fill a empty Perrier water bottle with Wal-Mart water, or an empty Starbucks coffee cup with home brewed Folgers coffee. Noun: Angela always appeared to spend a lot on her beverages.
CREATED BY: ddove60 - 2008-02-26
VERBOTOMY: Would you like to try my new ride?
DEFINITION: A person who will beg, grovel and kneel just to get a few words of praise.
CREATED BY: wordmeister - 2008-02-25
DEFINITION: Noun: an inability to remember a person's name, when meeting them, causing alarm and embarrassment because you know them but don't see them often. Verb: being unable to recall a person's name as you are speaking with them, and feeling alarmed and embarrassed that you can't. This is especially alarming and embarrassing if you are related to them, or have been intimately involved with them!
CREATED BY: silveryaspen - 2008-02-24
VERBOTOMY: Who's the lucky lady?
DEFINITION: Noun: accidental shredding of an important document, then after it is done, realize you needed it. Verb: to shred and immediately regret shredding.
CREATED BY: silveryaspen - 2008-02-24
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