Mohit Hira's definitions

Remoteitis

A disease that afflicts children and spouses who grab the remote control of a TV set and keep changing channels at incredible speed. Symptoms are completely at variance with rheumatism or arthritis and worsen in the evening and can only be treated by permanently disabling the remote control.

Jack's wife and son have remoteitis which prevents him from seeing any channel properly on TV almost every evening.

by Mohit Hira July 12, 2011

Prooflistener

A person who corrects the grammar of others while speaking when he overhears errors in a conversation. The aural equivalent of a proofreader.

The gent at the next table said "excitation" and our buddy prooflistener interrupted him to correct it to "excitement".

by Mohit Hira October 11, 2012

Womandatory

An event/meeting/situation where it's mandatory to have at least one woman present.
Also: anything mandated by a woman.

It's womandatory to have at least one female member included in the teams participating in the Microsoft Corporate Challenge.

by Mohit Hira March 27, 2009

No-hope-in-hagen

The feeling of utter dismay when great expectations lead to absolutely nothing.

After all the hype and expense on the Climate Summit, the end result was No-hope-in-hagen.

by Mohit Hira December 18, 2009

love byte

A publicly-visible romantic message, sent on a social network, that can make the recipient blush.

To continually remind her of his feelings towards her, he added one love byte a day on her Facebook wall.

by Mohit Hira October 25, 2010

Loyal Wedding

A royal wedding with a huge fan following.

With over 2 billion fawning fans expected to watch Will and Kate's marriage on TV worldwide, it might as well be dubbed a Loyal Wedding.

by Mohit Hira May 18, 2011

Nightling

Lightning that strikes at night.

In the dark, a flash of nightling lit up the skies around me.

by Mohit Hira February 6, 2009