[Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff

John Shulick jsbudda at verizon.net
Thu Jan 7 18:28:27 EST 2010


Capt. Mike

I thought cutlery was for boarding helpless merchies after ye put a
broadside in her!!

ARRGH!!!

Capt. "Iron" John S
  

R22MikeW wrote:
> 
>>From the table to the cutlery, obviously.
> 
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
> 
> From: "John Shulick"  Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:55 AM
>>
>> My My
>>
>> Where have table manners gone
>>
>> John S
>>
>> Lady in Red wrote:
>>>
>>> Rum One,
>>> Sometimes these things just happen....but proper preparation of the
>>> brain
>>> is essential.
>>> Here's one for you..that just 'happened'....let's just say I can
>>> personally vouch for the authenticity of this one:
>>> A couple was nestled comfortably together..'spooning is the term
>>> used...(think of spoons in the cutlery drawer....)
>>> The female partner told her male partner the name for this was
>>> spooning....the male partner quickly retorted that if this was spooning,
>>> what was the other...forking???
>>> All true...
>>> elle
>>>
>>>
>>> Beer is good....people are crazy
>>>
>>> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recycled '06"Watermusic" {Lady in Red}
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, r22rumrunner at aol.com <r22rumrunner at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: r22rumrunner at aol.com <r22rumrunner at aol.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff
>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 3:36 PM
>>>
>>> Elle,
>>> I don't know if I could sit down and just try to come up with some of
>>> these. It would take a lot of rum to get me in the correct frame of
>>> mind.
>>> Then,
>>> you never know what could come to my sick twisted rum soaked mind.
>>>
>>> Rummy
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 1/5/2010 11:52:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> watermusic38 at yahoo.com writes:
>>>
>>> I used to use these and other Style Invitational stuff (when
>>> appropriate!)
>>> when I taught in No Va.
>>> One of my former students (now a teacher in the same system) was a Style
>>> winner/runner up several years ago....
>>>
>>> elle
>>>
>>> Beer is good....people are crazy
>>>
>>> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recycled '06"Watermusic" {Lady in Red}
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, KUHN, LELAND <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: KUHN, LELAND <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9:55 AM
>>>
>>> Thanks Mary Lou. My favorite:
>>>
>>> Frostitute: Nanooky of the North (Michael Gips, Bethesda; Eric Ries,
>>> Bethesda; Roy Ashley, Washington)
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:21 AM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff
>>>
>>> The Post runs or used to run these contests regularly under the
>>> heading of "Style Invitational"
>>>
>>> Here's a link to recent ones:
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR200912
>>> 2401947.html
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/12/24/ST20091224
>>> 02052.html?sid=ST2009122402052
>>>
>>> and a link to a listing of recent Style Invitationals:
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/25/LI200503
>>> 2501843.html
>>>
>>> You'll have to register if you aren't but it doesn't seem to cause any
>>> harm.
>>>
>>> They used to be in the Sunday paper (which is the only one we go out
>>> and buy) but they evidently now run on Saturdays. I didn't realize
>>> how much I missed them.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Rummy.
>>>
>>> Mary Lou
>>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>>> Rock Hall, MD
>>>
>>>
>>> At 08:12 AM 1/5/2010, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Rummy,
>>>>
>>>>Very good! It was so funny that I Googled winning entries from other
>>>>years and it looks like everyone is taking credit for this one single
>>>>"annual" contest. The best that I can tell it happened in 2005 and it
>>>>was the Washington Post, but it was also attributed to the New York
>>>>Times and many others for several years.
>>>>
>>>>Unsure about the date?
>>>>
>>>>Datum (n.), ummmm I think it was in 2005.
>>>>
>>>>Lee
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>>>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>r22rumrunner at aol.com
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:47 AM
>>>>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] neologism contest, funny stuff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions
>>>>to
>>>>its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply
>>>>alternative meanings for common words.
>>>>
>>>>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. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that,
>>>>when
>>>>you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
>>>>
>>>>16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by
>>>>Jewish men.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take
>>> any
>>>>
>>>>word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing
>>>>one
>>>>letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
>>>>bright
>>>>ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little
>>>>sign
>>>>of breaking down in the near future.
>>>>
>>>>2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
>>>>of
>>>>getting laid.
>>>>
>>>>3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
>>>>subject
>>>>financially impotent for an indefinite period.
>>>>
>>>>4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
>>>>
>>>>5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
>>>>person who doesn't get it.
>>>>
>>>>6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running
>>>>late.
>>>>
>>>>7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
>>>>
>>>>8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
>>>>credit.)
>>>>
>>>>9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these
>>>>really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
>>>>like, a
>>>>serious bummer.
>>>>
>>>>10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
>>>>consuming only things that are good for you.
>>>>
>>>>11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
>>>>
>>>>12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
>>>>when
>>>>they come at you rapidly.
>>>>
>>>>13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
>>>>you've
>>>>accidentally walked through a spider web.
>>>>
>>>>14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into
>>> your
>>>>
>>>>bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
>>>>
>>>>15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in
>>>>the
>>>>fruit you're eating.
>>>>
>>>>And the pick of the literature:
>>>>
>>>>16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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