Nerdiness

From several peple, including Stark and Avon:



Low-rank? (Well, that's what it says when their site's up) [sigh] Sounds about right for just about all aspects of RL. :-(

Nerdiness

From several peple, including Stark and Avon:



Low-rank? (Well, that's what it says when their site's up) [sigh] Sounds about right for just about all aspects of RL. :-(

Annual redefinition contest winners

Some of you have probably seen these already, but they're so worth a post. I'd call them redefinitions rather than neologisms, but they're very clever.

ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its annual contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are:

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
   
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
   
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
   
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
   
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
   
6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
   
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
   
8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
   
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
   
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
    
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
    
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
    
13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
    
14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
    
15. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

Annual redefinition contest winners

Some of you have probably seen these already, but they're so worth a post. I'd call them redefinitions rather than neologisms, but they're very clever.

ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its annual contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are:

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
   
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
   
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
   
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
   
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
   
6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
   
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
   
8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
   
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
   
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
    
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
    
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
    
13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
    
14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
    
15. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.