Showing posts with label s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label s. Show all posts

April 24, 2009

Shoe Polish

shoe polish\ˈʃu-po-lɪʃ\
interjection.

What one says when one wants the strange man from Poland to go away.

March 27, 2009

Seminar

seminar \ˈse-mə-ˌnär\
noun. singular. plural: seminarse

Collective noun representative of a work/things that can not be completed on time.

Examples:
"I got assigned a seminar of assignments today"
"Projects, quiz preparation, PAF... I've got seminarse of stuff this week!"

Etymology:
Old English seminar: a group of advanced students studying under a professor with each doing original research.

February 25, 2009

Schlumdog

schlumdog /ʃlʌm-dog/
noun. off.
Someone who gets placed before anyone else does, owing to his 9-point CPI.

Word and definition credit: Mukul. Brickbats meant for him shall be promptly returned to you. Praise meant for him - um, nobody ever praises anything here, anyway.

February 13, 2009

Swurpsh

swurpsh \ˈswərpʃ\
noun.

1 the very first sip of a cup of coffee, tea or any other extremely hot beverage, taken without prior knowledge of its hotn
ess
2 the
sound made in such a process