May 222013
 

Too Much Camping EquipmentVaca­tion Poor (adjec­tive) \vey-key-shuhn poor\ — When one spends all their sav­ings on acces­sories for one’s trip and has no money left to do anything–or pos­si­bly even eat–on their vacation.

Exam­ple: Bob spent so much at REI on camp­ing equip­ment, he had to dump­ster dive for his entire vaca­tion to Jelly­stone National Park.

Can you use vaca­tion poor in a sentence?

May 152013
 

Wonder BraWon­der Brawn (noun) \wuhn-der brawn\ — The feel­ing of strenth and power that comes from don­ning a sports bra.

Exam­ple: After slip­ping on her sports bra, Becky often felt like kick­ing her husband’s ass; how­ever, she chalked it up to won­der brawn and made him din­ner instead.

Can you use won­der brawn in a sentence?

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May 082013
 

Communion CupCharaz (noun) \shuh-rahz\ — Grape juice used in place of wine in some protes­tant communions.

Exam­ple: After sit­ting through the ser­mon with the ram­bunc­tious triplets while vis­it­ing her in-laws, Peggy had looked for­ward to a shot of wine dur­ing the Lord’s Sup­per, only to dis­cover the Church of Christ served charaz.

Can you use charaz in a sentence?

May 012013
 

Buff Guy in Body Paint and Shoulder PadsSin­sa­tional (adjec­tive) \sin-sey-shuh-nl\ — pro­duc­ing an extra­or­di­nar­ily good reac­tion because one knows it’s con­sid­ered slightly improper or suggestive.

Exam­ple: Although Bobby was only in the eighth grade, in his mind, noth­ing beat the sin­sa­tional feel­ing or wear­ing a red thong under his white lin­nen pants to school.

Can you use sin­sa­tional in a sentence?

Apr 242013
 

Bob NewhartFlash Bob (noun) \flash bob\ — A group of peo­ple mobi­lized by social media to show up in one place, wear­ing Bob Newhart masks.

Exam­ple: After Mar­jorie started walk­ing through the lobby of the hotel and said “Hi, Bob!” to ten dif­fer­ent peo­ple wear­ing Bob Newhart masks, it dawned on her that she was wit­ness­ing a Flash Bob.

Can you use Flash Bob in a sentence?

Apr 172013
 

Heated ArgumentDis­gus­tion (noun) \dih-guhstsh-uh n\ — A revolt­ing argu­ment or debate.

Exam­ple: After Willie listed all his points for why women should remain in the kitchen–barefoot and pregnant–Natalie ended the dis­gus­tion with with a high­kick to his groin.

Can you use dis­gus­tion in a sentence?

Apr 102013
 

Woman Dressed as Little GirlWord Up Wednes­day: Inkid­nito n. /in-kid-nee-toh/ — When an adult attempts to pass her­self off as a child.

Exam­ple: Putting her hair in pig­tails and don­ning a Justin Bieber t-shirt, Donna went inkid­nito to order the all-you-can-eat buf­fet at the child’s price.

Can you use inkid­nito in a sentence?

Apr 042013
 

Post-It NotesOne of the more inter­est­ing aspects of man­ag­ing an inde­pen­dent book­store is the notes left by the day staff. Often, they are cryp­tic, odd, and down­right funny. Here are the most unusual and enter­tain­ing notes I’ve received over the past seven years:

01. Jerry Dan­vers would like to know if you receive any books on mak­ing cheese.

02. Cus­tomer asked if we plan to get Banana­grams in other flavors.

03. Does Go the F*ck to Sleep go in Chil­drens 0–2 or Children’s 3–5?

04. Susie Parker would just like to be clear that all the books she’s ordered on the sub­ject of polygamy are not for her and her hus­band, Bill.

05. Are there any trans­gen­der Fancy Nancy books? Cus­tomer needs to explain to her lit­tle girl that her babysit­ter Tracey will soon be Eddie.

06. Man wants to know if he can buy the book­store cat. If you’re not will­ing to sell, he would con­sider rent­ing her. Interested?

07. Cus­tomer wants to know if we still have that book she saw when she was here a year ago. She thinks it has a head­less woman in a white dress on the cover.

08. Majorie Jones would like to know if you think Fifty Shades of Gray would be too kinky for her taste.

09. Cus­tomer asked if would be okay to bring her live rats into the store if she kept them in her bra. She said you would know exactly who I’m talk­ing about.

10. If the cash drawer doesn’t bal­ance tonight, call me; it’s a LONG story.

11. She had it coming!

Mar 272013
 

Fake Cat PawFaux Paw (noun) \foh-paw\ — An arti­fi­cial ani­mal foot or prosthesis.

Exam­ple: The mail­man secretly rejoiced when Rex lost his leg in the acci­dent, day­dream­ing of finally being able to out­run the Boston Ter­rier after deliv­er­ing the mail; there­fore, a look of panic crossed his face when entered the yard and spot­ted Rex sport­ing a faux paw.

Can you use faux paw in a sentence?