Dougtionary

“Doug is destroying the English language at an alarming rate.” –Doug’s high school English teacher.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Dating Prenup

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

dātĭng prē-nŭp

noun

An agreement signed before two people start dating or in the early stages of dating, to ensure that if they split up, one does not lose the friends they had when the relationship started.

There’s nothing worse than having friends that continue to hang out with your ex-girlfriend/ex-boyfriend.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Peeleisure

January 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments

pēlězh’ər

verb

Urinating in your free time. (If done right, it can be relaxing!)

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Fake Word Of the Day: Nadministration

January 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

nād-mĭn’ĭ-strā’shən

noun

An executive branch with huge balls and no brains. (Fortunately they are leaving on “Liberation Day”, Jan 20, 2009.)

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Fake Word Of the Day: Cashket

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

kāsh’kĭt

noun

A figurative place where the wealth of the United States citizens was buried in 2008.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Resolution Futility

January 1st, 2009 · No Comments

rěz’ə-lōō’shən fyōō-tĭl’ĭ-tē

noun

A religion, doctrine or belief that resolutions never last long enough to be worth the effort.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Premature countdown

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

prē’mə-tyŏŏr’ kount’doun’

noun

An attempt to get a crowd to start shouting numbers from ten to one, long before midnight on New Year’s Eve. Often a test of the drunk level of New Year’s partiers.

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Fake Word Of the Day: My Face

December 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

mī fās

noun

A mixup of social networking sites, confusing Facebook with Myspace and referring to the wrong site.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Burnishings

December 29th, 2008 · No Comments

bûr’nĭshĭngs

noun

Furniture that has been torched with fire.

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Fake Word Of the Day: New Year’s Eve Eve Eve Eve

December 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

nōō yîrz ēv ēv ēv ēv

noun

December 28.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Financial Hangover

December 27th, 2008 · No Comments

fə-nān’shəl hāng’ō’vər

noun

The Visa bill one receives several weeks after Christmas.

The Visa bill one receives after an uncontrolled spending spree.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Relative Headache

December 26th, 2008 · No Comments

rěl’ə-tĭv hěd’āk’

noun

A head pain caused from spending too much time with family over the holidays, which is often much worse or intense compared to a normal head pain. Double up on the Advil for this type.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Alcoholiday

December 25th, 2008 · No Comments

āl’kə-hŏl’ĭ-dā’

noun

Any designated day (either official or fabricated) that serves as an excuse to drink.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Foresleigh

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments

fôr’slā

noun

The activity Mrs. Claus does with Santa on Christmas Eve as he prepares to deliver toys to the children of the world.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Ghost of Christmas Past-out

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

gōst ŭv krĭs’məs pāstout

noun

From the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. A series of ghosts appear to Ebenezer Scrooge to get him to repent. The Ghost of Christmas Past-out is the only ghost that does not appear, because he drank too much and was unconscious.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Antiductive

December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

ān’tī-dŭk’tĭv

adjective

Resulting in or producing nothing of any value.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Bastaroid

December 21st, 2008 · No Comments

bās’tə-roid’

noun

One who is offensive or unnecessarily difficult and a pain in the ass.

A combination of bastard and hemorrhoid.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Amateurfiling

December 20th, 2008 · No Comments

ām’ə-tûr’fīl’ĭng

verb

Building a picture or detailed description of the kind of person that might have committed a crime, when handled by an untrained or neophyte investigator.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Gateway Shoe

December 19th, 2008 · No Comments

gāt’wā’ shōō

noun

The first piece of footwear one throws at a politician or other public figure. Typically a canvas or athletic shoe that leads to further escalation to wing tips, stiletto heels, and eventually spirals to the most dangerous and unpredictable, a heavy duty steel-toe work boot.

If you encounter the Dutch, do not engage, especially if they have an ample supply of wooden shoes.

For a little shoe throwing fun: http://sockandawe.com/

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Fake Word Of the Day: Infacticide

December 18th, 2008 · No Comments

ĭn-fāk’tĭ-sīd’

noun

The act of killing a truth or one who kills truth. Often practiced by corrupt politicians, police and military.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Fightamin

December 17th, 2008 · No Comments

fī’tə-mĭn

noun

Alcohol or drugs, or a combination of alcohol and drugs that cause one to pick fights with friends, enemies, total strangers, or inanimate objects.

A quantity of alcohol or drugs causes one to pick fights with friends, enemies, total strangers, or inanimate objects.

“The seventh shot of Jagermeister is Mikes fightamin. Believe me, you don’t want to be around Mike when he has just taken his fightamins.”

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Fake Word Of the Day: Cashastrophe

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

kāsh-ās’trə-fē

noun

A large financial failure or meltdown, either personal, corporate or government.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Amsneezia

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

ām-snē’zhə

noun

Loss of memory due to an unusually large, traumatic and uncontrollable bout of forcefully expelling air from the mouth and nose.

Loss of memory that results in forgetting to wipe one’s nose and/or upper lip of mucus.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Tinct

December 14th, 2008 · No Comments

tĭngkt’

adjective

Alive, in existence, current or active.

The opposite of extinct.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Saving Spree

December 13th, 2008 · No Comments

sāvĭng sprē

noun

A brief period of extravagant saving, staying at home and doing nothing. Often followed by an even bigger spending spree than normal, continuing the cycle of excess and lack of control.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Tripolar

December 12th, 2008 · No Comments

trī-pō’lər

adjective

Relating to a major disorder that is characterized by mood or personality changes that swing wildly in three different directions.

50% worse than bipolar.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Icepick Traffic

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments

īs-pik trāf’ĭk

noun

A traffic jam that is so unbearable that ramming oneself in the eye or head with a sharp object seems like a more desirable option.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Shoulderbacked

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments

shōl’dərbākt

noun

A situation at a party, social event or other type of gathering in which the people surrounding you turn away, leaving only a view of shoulders and backs.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Amaturefanity

December 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

ām’ə-chûr’-fān’ĭ-tē

noun

Soft language, often used to vent frustration or anger, such as drat, dang, gosh-nabbit, and fiddlesticks.

Butters’ favorite expression when he gets into trouble, “Aww hamburgers.”

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Fake Word Of the Day: Manualbiography

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments

ô’tō-bī-ŏg’rə-fē

noun

A history of a person’s life using longhand or a Gutenberg Press, rather than using technology like a typewriter or a computer and printer.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Regretrofitting

December 7th, 2008 · No Comments

rĭ-grět’rō-fĭt ‘ĭng

verb

To feign regret for something that one honestly does not regret.

Often used by politicians who fake regret because the public and/or their constituents expect them to if they want to be reelected.

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