Verboticism: Yakitylack
DEFINITION: n., An ongoing relationship where one person does all the talking, whining and complaining, and the other just listens quietly and tries to appear sympathetic. v., To participate in a lopsided conversation where one person does all the conversing.
Yakitylack
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: yak-it-ee-lak
Sentence: Conveniently, Bob was able to mow the grass and trim the hedges while Sue yakitylacked with what he could only assume was the toaster oven.
Etymology: yackity yak, lack
Points: 731
Comments: Yakitylack
silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 08:51:00
Fun to say!
Jabberwocky - 2008-02-11: 14:46:00
Yakety yak (don't talk back) (song for the day)
purpleartichokes - 2008-02-11: 15:35:00
Guess I coulda picked a better song... Try "Red, Red Whine" instead.
silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 18:17:00
99 bottles of beer on the wall !!! Now that's a yakitylak song!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 19:00:00
I wanted to spell it b-ear ... but bear is a bear and that's a whole different animal!
OZZIEBOB - 2008-02-11: 22:47:00
Seeing the cartoon has a cat and Purps' sentence mentions toast, I am reminded of "The Cat and Buttered Toast Theory." An American magazine held a competition, inviting its readers to submit new scientific theories on any subject. The winner was "Perpetual Motion" It theorized that when a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. Therefore, if a slice of toast is strapped to a cat's back, buttered side up, and the animal is then dropped, the two opposing forces will cause it to hover, spinning inches above the ground. If enough toast-laden felines were used, perhaps they could form the basis of a high-speed monorail system.
Tigger - 2008-02-12: 01:00:00
Cool idea Bob. One question though. How do you keep all those cats from licking the butter off each other's toast?