Words We Want to Make Happen Before 2010 Ends

Words We Want to Make Happen Before 2010 Ends

By Lauren Passell

Start using 'em now, time's running out!

Emberrorist—a person who radically embarrasses others.

I knew Aunt Peggy was an emberrorist when she showed up to my college dorm party with naked pictures of me playing in the tub when I was 2.

Espacular—something especially spectacular

Twenty pounds of muddy buddies? That's espacular!

Amirite—a lazy way to ask someone if they agree with you; useful if your mouth is full of chocolate milkshake or if you have recently undergone wisdom teeth surgery.

Bro, Martha Stewart totally nailed it when she made that holiday wreath out of bark scraps, amirite?

Freegan—someone who rejects consumerism, usually by eating discarded food

Charlie the freegan cries every day at lunchtime because watching people throw away leftover lutefisk makes him feel like there is no God.

Lohab—fake rehab

Marcie was a bit offended by Janie's Christmas present, a gift certificate for Lohab in California.

Mr. Richard Snary—a dictionary, especially humorously represented as a person

Thanks for speaking completely over my head and totally losing me, Mr. Richard Snary. I have no idea what you just said about the last episode of Jersey Shore.

Museum head—feeling mentally exhausted and no longer able to take in information, usually following a trip to a museum

After getting killer museum head from the Spam Museum, Bethenny detoxed with a five-hour Glee marathon.

Nonversation—a worthless conversation, wherein nothing is explained or elaborated upon

That was a great nonversation we just had. My favorite part was when nothing was accomplished.

Peppier—a restaurant employee whose sole job is to offer diners ground pepper, usually from a large pepper mill

After tweaking his pepper mill grinding skills in his masters program, Aaron became a world famous peppier, becoming so obsessed with peppering things that he was ostracized and sentenced to live forty five years in Antarctica. That was a sad story.

Polkadodge—the dance that occurs when two people attempt to pass each other but move in the same direction

I've been crushing on Derek for years—it was love at first polkadodge.

Spatulate—removing cake mixture from the side of a bowl with a spatula

Grandma only invites me over for holiday baking so I can spatulate. (If I actually am responsible for cookies, bad things happen.)

Sprummer—when summer and spring time can't decide which will come first, resulting in hot weather one day and cold the next.

I can't wait for sprummer—I love to wear Moon Boots with my bikini!

Vuvuzela—that annoying thing that made everyone want to kill themselves during the world cup. We'd like to verb-ify it.

"Vuvuzela me once, shame on—shame on you. Vuvuzela me—you can't get vuvuzelaed again." -George Bush

Can you think of any sentences better than these? Can anyone use all of these words in one sentence? Now that'd be espacular!

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