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 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?

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?

Mar 202013
 

Woman Gossiping in Man's EarGrape­whine (noun) /greyp-wahyn/ — A person-to-person method of bitch­ing by tele­phone, text, e-mail, etc.

Exam­ple: When Mr. McGre­gor changed the dress code from casual back to busi­ness attire, he heard through the grape­whine that his staff thought he was a pompous ass who had never been forced to wear panty­hose before.

Can you use grape­whine in a sentence?

Mar 132013
 

Woman Deciding What to WearSpringtrigue (noun, verb) \spring-treeg\ — Curios­ity as to whether tem­per­a­tures will be cool or warmd dur­ing the tran­si­tional period between win­ter and spring

Exam­ple: Mindy faced springtrigue every morn­ing as debated whether to wear hot pants or a snowsuit.

Can you use springtrigue in a sentence?