My daughter found this word and sent it to me. It’s a German word “kummerspeck” that means “excess weight gained by emotional over-eating” and translates literally as “grief bacon.”
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“Rash judgments are doubly pernicious; they hurt those who form them, and those of whom they are formed.”
As far as I know Kaleb coined this verb. It’s a rather technical term, specialized to a particular activity within a specific series of video games. In the Elder Scrolls series you can shoot opponents / attackers with a bow and arrow while ‘in sneak,’ a state of stealthy concealment that provides extra attack damage […]
n., a loud and/or heated argument or brawl, named for the suburb in Dublin, Ireland and its formerly famous (and raucous) Donnybrook Fair.
Apparently Dennis Rodman has finally met his father. “Philander Rodman Jr., who has acknowledged fathering 29 children by 16 mothers, says he was happy and surprised that his son agreed to meet him late Wednesday.” 29 children by 16 mothers. Wow. Anyway, that’s kind of an unusual name. Philander. What’s that mean, anyhow? According to […]
My friend Mel, mother of the world’s most adorable baby, has a new baby. She coined this term based on a recent diaper change (I don’t know which baby’s it was). Thankfully, I do not have photos to confirm whether this qualifies for poop-mageddon status. Much as being a patient in a hospital debrides you […]
My friend B has a love / hate relationship with Friday. I won’t get into the origin story, but ever since he has worked with us he hates being reminded that it is Friday. And so every single Friday we try to make it a point to tell him that it is, indeed, Friday. Each […]
CON-san-GWIN-i-TEE, adj., relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor. Consanguineous marriages are those in which the spouses are related to one another by blood, hence the root sanguine.
SO-bri-KAY, n.; a nickname.
n., A word that can mean the opposite of itself, such as ‘cleave.’