 Suzie
from Preston's ten words that don't exist, but should...
1.
AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks'trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn
the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.
2.
CARPERPETUATION (kar'pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming,
of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times,
reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back
down to give the vacuum one more chance.
3.
DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of confection
(lolly) you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this
will somehow 'remove' all the germs.
4.
ELBONICS (el bon'iks) n. The actions of two people manoeuvering
for one armrest in a movie theatre.
5.
FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept
onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until
he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
6.
LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n. Manhandling the
"open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one
has to resort to the 'illegal' side.
7.
PEPPIER (peph ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose
sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want
fresh ground pepper.
8.
PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number
and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
9.
PUPKUS (pup'kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog
presses its nose to it.
10.
TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. The act of always
letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even
when you're only six inches away.
Add
to the list...
Mal
Walker added these...
Ragnosing
– When you sit next to someone reading a newspaper and attempt
to read it while pretending to look straight ahead.
Buttyscheming
– In a nice restaurant you look sneakily around to see if anyone
is watching before slipping a few chips into a slice of bread to
make a chip butty.
Brownchortling
– Laughing heartily at your bosses rotten jokes.
Weepshying
– When a man sheds a tear at the cinema or in front of the
TV, and then pretends to yawn / stretch / scratch nose etc. while
wiping away the offending drops.
Gutsucking
– A man’s sub-conscious attempt to pull in his paunch
when passing a good looking woman.
Eunice
added this...
Swanling
- We heard a little girl ask her mum why baby swans were called
cygnets when baby ducks were called ducklings.
Yvonne
Clarke added this...
willent
- muttered from a young child who didn't want to do what was requested
of her
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