[vy-ag-ruh-veyt-ed]
Viagra + Aggravated
adjective
1. to become annoyed, irritated and/or angry due to an inability to alleviate one's medication-induced erection.
Ex. Bob reached for an Advil but mistakenly popped the Viagra he'd planned to take hours later when his wife returned home. He spent the next four hours storming around the house, cursing the damn thing and furiously trying to find uses for "it" like popping bubblewrap and operating his touchscreen phone.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Esperant
[es-puh-rant]
Esperanto + Rant
verb
1. to exclaim, blather or speak excitedly in a language completely foreign to the listener.
Ex. "Listen lady, I dunno what you're esperanting about but I really don't want to call my manager over - I'm already on probation. Take some extra fries, er, 'los fry-o's.'"
Esperanto + Rant
verb
1. to exclaim, blather or speak excitedly in a language completely foreign to the listener.
Ex. "Listen lady, I dunno what you're esperanting about but I really don't want to call my manager over - I'm already on probation. Take some extra fries, er, 'los fry-o's.'"
Monday, October 10, 2011
Hangovert
[hang-oh-vurt]
Hangover + Overt
adjective
1. Having a physical or mental state that makes it blatantly obvious how incredibly drunk you were the previous night (and possibly still are).
Ex. "Did you see how hangovert Will was during this morning's meeting? He reeked of cheap vodka and I swear I watched his cheeks fill with his own vomit before he swallowed it back down. So. Gross."
Hangover + Overt
adjective
1. Having a physical or mental state that makes it blatantly obvious how incredibly drunk you were the previous night (and possibly still are).
Ex. "Did you see how hangovert Will was during this morning's meeting? He reeked of cheap vodka and I swear I watched his cheeks fill with his own vomit before he swallowed it back down. So. Gross."
Friday, October 7, 2011
Pompensate
[pom-puhn-seyt]
Pompous + Compensate
verb
1. to attempt to mask one's inadequacies by acting knowledgeable or cool but instead appearing as a pompous @$$hole.
Ex. "Gil's been pompensating all night; his never-ending rant about the lacking supply of well-patterned pocketsquares on the island of Manhattan was quite obviously meant to distract us from staring at his weak chin. And you don't even want to know what he had to say about the canapés."
Pompous + Compensate
verb
1. to attempt to mask one's inadequacies by acting knowledgeable or cool but instead appearing as a pompous @$$hole.
Ex. "Gil's been pompensating all night; his never-ending rant about the lacking supply of well-patterned pocketsquares on the island of Manhattan was quite obviously meant to distract us from staring at his weak chin. And you don't even want to know what he had to say about the canapés."
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Three Day Bleakend
[three dey bleek-end]
Three Day Weekend + Bleak
noun
1. A three day break from the workweek which involves a holiday celebrating a depressing or dreary event.
2. A three day break from the workweek during which nothing fun is planned or happens.
Ex. "Man, this is a double whammy three day bleakend. I got a whole day off work to celebrate the genocide committed by Columbus and his homies but the grocery store was all out of Bud Light Lime! What 's the point of a day off with no B Double-L?!"
Today's portmanteau courtesy of Shak M.! Submit your own!
Three Day Weekend + Bleak
noun
1. A three day break from the workweek which involves a holiday celebrating a depressing or dreary event.
2. A three day break from the workweek during which nothing fun is planned or happens.
Ex. "Man, this is a double whammy three day bleakend. I got a whole day off work to celebrate the genocide committed by Columbus and his homies but the grocery store was all out of Bud Light Lime! What 's the point of a day off with no B Double-L?!"
Today's portmanteau courtesy of Shak M.! Submit your own!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Foliagitated
[foh-lee-aj-i-teyt-ed]
Foliage + Agitated
adjective
1. Feeling annoyed or disturbed as a result of the changing color of leaves. Psychologists speculate that it is associated events that trigger this reaction rather than the leaves themselves. Some examples include endless discussions of leaf colors and ensuing, painful holidays.
Ex. "I'm so foliagitated whenever I'm in the office this time of year and subjected to my coworkers' fawning over the "gorgeous golds" and "rousing reds." Remind me to quit before Autumn rolls around again next year."
Foliage + Agitated
adjective
1. Feeling annoyed or disturbed as a result of the changing color of leaves. Psychologists speculate that it is associated events that trigger this reaction rather than the leaves themselves. Some examples include endless discussions of leaf colors and ensuing, painful holidays.
Ex. "I'm so foliagitated whenever I'm in the office this time of year and subjected to my coworkers' fawning over the "gorgeous golds" and "rousing reds." Remind me to quit before Autumn rolls around again next year."
Monday, October 3, 2011
Ovaryact
[oh-vuh-ree-akt]
Ovary + Overreact
verb
1. to react or respond more fervently than appropriate due to what is perceived to be a high level of estrogen coursing through one's veins. Appropriate usage applies to menstruating and thus justifiably moody females and more popularly in a figurative nature to lame, cowardly or weak males.
Ex. "Can you believe how Doug ovaryacted to his group evaluation by declaring that we were all just jealous of his wardrobe and then storming off to the nearest Pinkberry?"
Ovary + Overreact
verb
1. to react or respond more fervently than appropriate due to what is perceived to be a high level of estrogen coursing through one's veins. Appropriate usage applies to menstruating and thus justifiably moody females and more popularly in a figurative nature to lame, cowardly or weak males.
Ex. "Can you believe how Doug ovaryacted to his group evaluation by declaring that we were all just jealous of his wardrobe and then storming off to the nearest Pinkberry?"
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