Tag: words

May 30

Saturday Morning Pajama Day at Walmart

My wife coined this phrase. I think it’s pretty self-explanatory.  

Mar 09

Yiddish curse

“May you inherit a hotel of a hundred rooms, and may you be found dead in every one of them.”

Feb 21

‘the Marital We’

My friend Kaleb, another logophile, coined this phrase. It describes the phenomena when a wife addresses her husband with a sentence beginning with, “We need to…,” and by this statement what she means is, “You need to….”

Jan 11

Overheard: 28 yr old women

Chick #1: do you say the word ‘hiccup’ when you hiccup? Chick #2: yes.

Dec 17

Hubbly-bubbly

n. South-African colloquialism for a hookah.

Nov 09

Chippy

n. British slang for either a fish and chip shop, a carpenter, or a prostitute.

Oct 18

Staycation

n., a vacation during which you just stay home, either by choice or dictated by finances. Speaking of which, I’m on it for the next two weeks! See ya.

Sep 29

Bunto

So I learned another word in my sleep. Quite some time ago I posted how I had learned a word in my sleep–pickle-faced–and it was a word I hadn’t ever heard until my dream. Two nights ago it happened again. In my dream the word wasn’t explained. “I killed three buntos,” the guy said. When …

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Jul 15

I got yer pig

Several years ago I went to a independent wrestling event with Dave, the Celt, and Mrs. Celt. The event was put on by MRW, a small federation from the St. Louis area. The wrestlers acted as their own ring crew and souvenir sales, they had a lot of energy, and put on a great show. As …

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Jul 13

Cousaunts & Cousuncles

k’ZANT, k’ZUNKLE, n. member of a family who was one’s cousin, but through intra-family adulterous relationships, have now also become one’s aunt or uncle. I heard these words from some friends of mine who are a married couple, and who had these unique relatives on both his and her side of their family.