Jun 122013
 

Woman Trying to Prevent a SneezeSna­choo (noun, verb, adjec­tive) \sna-choo\ — An unex­pected and badly timed sneeze that makes  a dire sit­u­a­tion worse

Exam­ple: After hid­ing from the veloci­rap­tor in the pantry, Judy’s peanut allergy resulted in a sna­choo that gave her away and resulted in a nutri­tious lunch for the inex­plic­a­bly non-extinct and car­niv­o­rous dinosaur.

Can you use sna­choo in a sentence?

May 292013
 

Ozzy Osbourne Bites Kermit the Frog's Head OffFriendly Ire (noun) \frend-lee ahyuh r\ — The state of being caught in the line of a loved one’s wrath with­out any warning

Exam­ple: After Bob got reamed out by his boss before he came home, Melinda fell vic­tim to his friendly ire while try­ing to show him the cute lit­tle pair of shoes she bought on sale ear­lier that day.

Can you use friendly ire in a sentence?

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?

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?

Feb 202013
 

CouponsCoupone­sia (noun) \koo-pon-nee-zhuh\ — To momen­tar­ily for­get one has a coupon to use for an item one is pur­chas­ing, until after one leaves the store.

Exam­ple: Mindy com­pletely for­got she had a fifty-cents-off coupon with the pur­chase of 12 ene­mas until she got to the car with a baker’s dozen of Fleet products.

Can you use coupone­sia in a sentence?

Jan 092013
 

Lounge LizardFoo­los­o­phy (noun) \fool-los-uh-fee\ — A hare-brained set of truths or belief system.

Exam­ple: Chuck believed expos­ing the right per­cent­age of chest hair and ask­ing if she had lost wait would always per­suade a woman to do any­thing he asked.

Can you use foo­los­o­phy in a sentence?

Jan 022013
 

Man with Extremely Colored HairDye-Hard (noun) \dahy-harhd\ — A man who unknow­ingly begins to use hair color in an extreme way.

Exam­ple: When Bob left the office before the hol­i­days, Melody con­sid­ered him a sil­ver fox, due to his gray­ing hair; how­ever, when he returned after New Year’s after a bad Just for Men job and resem­bled a guido, she began refer­ring to him as the dye-hard.

Can you use dye-hard in a sentence?