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25 March 2007

Make up a new word. Mine's demigrate: to reduce one's cheese intake by half. [More:]

The linked WashPo contest seems to be a hoax, but the words are pretty good — I particularly like beelzebug and ignoranus.

Submissions, chatfiends?
WaPo (or someone) holds the contest every year. I didn't remember that it was them, but I remember the annual NPR stories about the winners.

I can't come up with one just now, but I have to ask -- why the hell would anyone demigrate in the first place?? It's not right, I tell you!
posted by mudpuppie 25 March | 19:39
I just saw the cardiologist; doc's orders (sigh).
posted by rob511 25 March | 19:42
I totally suck at this. I'm no Rich Hall.
posted by richat 25 March | 19:45
Jeezes, rob--get a second opinion!!
posted by jrossi4r 25 March | 19:46
donnybrood: the offspring of one of the Osmonds
posted by iconomy 25 March | 19:59
defecration: flinging poo at holy relics

Why is that the first thing that popped into my head?
posted by backseatpilot 25 March | 20:02
hormonious: a very vocal prostitute
posted by iconomy 25 March | 20:04
cordiologist: someone that pulls on your heartstrings
posted by backseatpilot 25 March | 20:09
smocktologist.
posted by quonsar 25 March | 20:49
popporn: The Young and the Dressless
posted by rob511 25 March | 20:53
Bizzaster: a bizarre disaster
Cacopiphany: an epiphany induced by cockatoos
posted by dhruva 25 March | 21:19
all ur exes r belong to texas
posted by Eideteker 25 March | 21:36
Flongy, or Phlongy (Phlongie): Adj.

Something that is half deflated, or generally tilts to one side, or just doesn't fit right.
"See that flongy car rolling along with that flongy tire on it?"

" I can't get the new printer ink cartridge to fit cause it's all flongy."

Usually once something is flongy, it's usually "all flongy".

posted by Balisong 25 March | 21:38
Nah, not a hoax, but not an annual contest either. It's just an occasional feature, not a real "contest". E-mail forwards of one particular week -- over 400 weeks ago -- keep it alive.

The rules are changing one letter of a dictionary word, so some of the above don't actually fit.

I'm sitting here trying to think of something computer-related as an entry, and all I come up with is Web 2.0 company names ...

OK, here's one: impoachment, n. A legal process of removing a country's leader, thus devolving the powers of the said office to a lousy hunter.
posted by stilicho 25 March | 22:09
quonsar IS a Doctor of Smockology. As well a Licensed Foonancial Analyst.

A person who gives up early on the latest Web 2.0 thing is a Qwitter.

The social site for X-Men is MutaChat.

The new OS for people ticked off at Microsoft is Pista.

A politician who uses the fear of terrorism to cover up his treasonous actions is a Fraitor. (Not that I can give you examples...)



posted by wendell 25 March | 23:16
Here's another political one (you can tell where my mind is, I guess): lierarchy, n. A system of government where more powerful persons order less powerful persons to speak untruthfully, and in some cases suffer the consequences.
posted by stilicho 26 March | 01:23
Followgarchy. A system of government where people vote for liars because it's easier than thinking.
posted by arse_hat 26 March | 01:30
Time Killing Activity For Desperate Mefites || My girlfriend got mugged

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