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12/03/19 Grif.Net – Made-Up Words

12/03/19 Grif.Net – Made-Up Words

[“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said =
in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean =
– nothing more nor less.”   So let us find a =
“meaning” and then MAKE UP new words to match =
it.]

 

ATHLETHARGY =3D the triumph of the La-Z-Boy over the =
Stair-Master

 

BASEBULL =3D the endless litany of RBI’s, =
records, ERA’s and team trivia often repeated by =
base-bores

 

CELLFISH =3D someone who talks on the phone to the =
exclusion of real people he/she is with

 

DUDEVORCE =
=3D when two bros end their friendship

 

ERRORIST =3D =
someone who is repeatedly and invariably wrong

 

FAUXPOLOGY =
=3D an insincere expression of regret

 

METOX =3D to =
take a break from self-absorption

 

NONVERSATION =
=3D a meaningless or useless conversation

 

TEXTPECTATION =3D the anticipation felt when awaiting =
a response to your message

 

YOUNIVERSE =
=3D the immediate environment of the terminal =
narcissist

 

[. . . adapted from Reader’s =
Digest]

 

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Dr Bob Griffin =

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