Verboticism: Mimeogaffe
DEFINITION: n., An expressive gesture made with the belief that the person it is directed at cannot see it, typically occurs during telephone conversations, email discourses, and behind people's backs. v. To use an unseen gesture to express what you cannot say.
Mimeogaffe
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: mim/ee/oh/gaf
Sentence: Stan's hilarious imitation of his boss as a gorilla turned into a huge mimeogaffe when the boss' face popped up from under the desk.
Etymology: mimicry + mimeograph
Points: 956
Comments: Mimeogaffe
Nosila - 2008-11-19: 23:12:00
Good word...if he had imitated the boss as a girraffe it would have been a mimeogiraffe!