1 definition by Chris.Phila
(pronounced "carnie")
Verb: To throw out some made up term in a sentence and then adamantly refuse to accept the fact that the word in question is not, in fact, properly used.
Noun: People who like to use random words out of context in which the meaning of the word must be guessed at based solely on the contextual use rather than any accepted definition of the word in question. (for further clarification see the second definition of the term "House" on this site).
Verb: To throw out some made up term in a sentence and then adamantly refuse to accept the fact that the word in question is not, in fact, properly used.
Noun: People who like to use random words out of context in which the meaning of the word must be guessed at based solely on the contextual use rather than any accepted definition of the word in question. (for further clarification see the second definition of the term "House" on this site).
I got Kearneyed yesterday. Meg and I went out for Pho and she was talking about "housing" soup. She then made a lame bet and lost a dollar. The next day she went onto some web dictionary and showed me that some 5 people on the planet also share this delusion as to the use of the word. This number is quite a bit smaller though then the number of people who believe that their own cocker spaniel is in fact god so take that for what its worth...
by Chris.Phila July 18, 2005