Sunday, March 6, 2011

13 new words to help make sense of these troubled times

See #2 on the list. Boooo!

1. Beerache - aka "hangover."

2. Boo Angel - Aqua Books' statue guardian of catcalls and wolf whistles. See photo at the top of this post.

3. Chorn - Short for "chornography" - the addiction to cleaning one's house.

4. Enginuity - How Google made and makes billions.

5. IPPed - What you did when you missed your IPP deadline. Speaking of: join us at the Independent Professional Project presentations, Wednesday to Friday, March 9 to 11 at the Convention Centre Presentation Theatre. Admission: free!

6. Medi-Ogre - A person who gets grouchy after having a bland day.

7. Noodlebonker - A child of headbanger parents. 

8. Peek-a-shoe - A shoe with holes in it.

9. Statastic - What a person who loves numbers says when he or she sees them.

10. SheenWow - A super-absorbent towel with Charlie's face on it. CreComm grad Jarrett Moffatt is probably working on it.

11. Starbucker - One who obsessively seeks association with baristas.

12. Touchébag - A distasteful person who loves one-upping others.

13. Yayngel - Mortal enemy of the Boo Angel and the statue guardian of hoots and hollers.

2 comments:

  1. how about Puracle? As in when John Pura shows up and inevitably solves any problem you may be having. Happens to me at least once a month.

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