Wednesday - May 18, 2005

Gift vapour (n.) 


An invisible aura of goodwill and friendship that surrounds gifts, presents, cards, and—more controversially—the ideas of those things, that gives rise to the saying ‘It's the thought that counts’. 

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Tuesday - May 17, 2005

Hard of thinking (n.) 


If not actually stupid, then somewhat thick, dim-witted and lacking in commonly held mental faculties. 

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Tuesday - May 17, 2005

Mnemonically challenged (n.) 


Having a poor, dysfunctional, or completely inoperative short-term memory. 

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Wednesday - May 04, 2005

[man] (n.) 


The silent [man] is a form of silent punctuation in which the word ‘man’ is clearly present at the end of a sentence but without any corresponding sound actually having been uttered. 

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Wednesday - May 04, 2005

Gihuge (adj.) 


Very, very, very big. 

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Monday - April 25, 2005

Intellectual masturbation (v.) 


Any engaging mental activity that is pursued solely for the self-gratification and pleasure of its active participants that has no other socially redeeming features whatsoever. 

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