18 words that you might come across with whilst I blog, and I really think they should exist, but sadly they don't..
1. Anecdultery (an nek dul tah ree) n.
- The moment when you are halfway through telling someone a story - acting in the know and exaggerating like crazy - when you realise itwas their story in the first place. (also communitake, theminiscing)
2. Binfidel (bin' fid elle) n.
- A person who sneaks his rubbish into your bin once it's been put out on the kerb, so there's never any space for you last forgotten bag. (also binfilltrator, coup d'etatrash)
3. Boastbuster (bowst' bust tah) n.
- A person who, when asked to guess how cheaply you bought something, always picks a figure so extreme that your story falls completely flat. (also anecdope, pestimator)
4. Buckstop (buhk' stop) n.
- The space left between the person using an ATM and the first person in the queue behind them. (also PINcushion, dough man's land)
5. Cosmetic perjury (koz met ik' pur jah ree) n.
- The tactful response required when you meet an acquaintance who has proudly changed their hair, face ot body in a failed attempt to improve their appearance. (also fake-lift, umdiscretion)
6. Edgehog (edj' hog) n.
- A bus, couch, plane passenger who hogs the aisle seat so you have to climb over them to get a vacant spot. (also yobstacle, AisleBeRightMate)
7. Eyeberg (eyz' burg) n.
- The icy look I or any other teenager give my mother when I want her to stop talking to my boyfriend. (also off-peak, frigidglare)
8. Hope Couture (howp' ku toor)
- The item of clothing you keep for years or months, in the vain hope of you might fit back into it someday. (also wishfits, martin -luthers, as in "I have a dream..")
9. Lovestuck (luvh' stuck) n
- The mment on a first date when both people want to make a move but are scared of getting a knockback, and as a result: nothing happens. (also per-sensual tension, ankissipation)
10. Flaparazzi (fla oah' rah tzee) n
- Someone who is always in the background of a live news report, waving stupidly at the camera. (also telepathetic, vextra, eyejacker)
11. Knack-nicker (nak' nik ah) n.
- Someone who can't leave a hotel room without taking every tea bag, sugar sachet, complementary shampoo, etc. (aka my mother) (also the artful lodger, kleptomarriott)
12. Tearerist (te rah' ryst) n.
- A person in the cinema who seems to take ages to unwrap/pick/open/ their sweets/popcorn/chips, then eats them one by one, oblivious to the noise. (also tornmenter, weapon of multiplex distraction)
13. Piece de resistance (pees' d re zis tonts) n.
- The last bit of food left on a plate because everyone wants to be polite. (also gluttanot, remorsel)
14. Moanotone (mown o' toen) n.
- The faltering voice my mother, (or everyone else who works) uses when she/they ring work to tell them their sick. (also arggghccent, phlegmbellishment)
15. Shinterjection (shin' tah jek' shun) n.
- At a dinner party, the sharp kick under the table you give your partner to indicate that whatever it is they are saying, they must stop saying it right now. (also shin dig, toed rage)
16. Tortune (tor' tyoon) n.
- A catchy yet awful song that you just can't get out of your head, even after hearing it played just once. (also ABBAration)
17. Suffermore (suf ah' moor) n.
- A person who is always sicker or wose off than you. If you say you are a bit tired, they are exhausted. If you are snowed under, they tell you to try it with divorced parents. And when someone steals your boyfriend, they tell you that nothing can compare to what happened to them last summer. (also hurtuoso, sickophant)
18. Veriflycation (veri fly kay' shun) n.
- That unvoluntary movement of checking the fly made by all men as they re-enter a public place after leaving the bathroom. (also heflex action)
* And a very happy birthday to Lynn my BFFL, and happy.. Independance day? xx
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