A humorously named but very sad real disease that affects domesticated African Pygmy hedgehogs.
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n.; a burglar or safecracker
a contraction / portmanteau of ‘SMS phishing.’
One of several polite terms for a bull (for those who did not want to say ‘bull’ due to its sexual overtones).
n.; an adult who is not a grown-up. Check the NY Times for an excellent article describing the word.
v., To lose or destroy through idleness or sloth. “He forslugged his once profitable farm away.”
n., A romantic and sentimental film or book. “Who’s Nicholas Sparks?” “Oh, you know, that guy that writes all those weepies.”
n., one who attends church only on Christmas and Easter, or adj., ‘Chreaster dad,’ via Wes Molebash‘s Insert [IMG].
n., a romantic novel set in Amish country. The phrase is a play on the term ‘bodice ripper,’ which refers to a typical romance novel. Unlike most romance novels, known for their sexual content, bonnet rippers are entirely chaste–though they may contain as much as a kiss or two. Credit for coining the term goes to […]
I have heard this word a couple of times this week: putten. As in, “I called earlier and you had putten a ticket in for my computer.” Merriam-Webster defines it as “dialectal past tense of put.” Putten.