Verboticism: Slowmad

'I guess I'll do a little window shopping...'

DEFINITION: v. What boyfriends and husbands do while they are waiting their girlfriends and/or wives to shop. n. A person doing such a thing.

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Slowmad

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: SLO-mad

Sentence: As Tom wandered from store to store waiting for his wife to finish her shopping he became just one more slowmad, looking over each item as if he really cared, fending off sales clerks with the slowmad's mantra "Just looking". He also knew that this activity was slowly driving him stark-raving mad. He could feel his sanity slipping away with each step he took. The last thing he wanted to become was a husbutt-parker — those old men who take up every inch of available bench space vacantly staring into space while a mound of packages accumulates at their feet.

Etymology: Slow (Very not fast) + nomad (a desert wanderer)

Points: 5387

Comments: Slowmad

metrohumanx - 2008-08-28: 03:03:00
RIGHT ON! Great sentence, artr.

metrohumanx - 2008-08-28: 03:38:00
Slowmad reminds me of Strongbad. http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html