creaternity's definitions

Boondoggle

a business trip, often to an exotic destination, in which you do more relaxing/fun stuff than work

During my boondoggle in Honolulu, the company put me up in a mighty nice resort hotel. I came home with a great tan.

by creaternity May 31, 2006

helicopter mom

A hovering & controlling, but well-meaning, parent who gets way too involved in her child's life to the point of doing things that are completely inappropriate, such as personally attending all of little Sweetiepie's extracurricular activities, writing medium-sized Sweetiepie's school application essays, and submitting full-grown Sweetiepie's job applications.

Suzy's job interview was rendered very awkward by the fact that her helicopter mom insisted on accompanying her.

Joey moved across the country to escape his helicopter mom, but she still calls him six times a day.

by creaternity November 19, 2006

gel pen

A writing utensil containing "gel" ink, which resembles a liquidy paint that can be applied to almost any surface and comes in every possible color you can imagine from metallic orange, to sparkly purple, to glow-in-the-dark green. This newest and greatest pen technology is comfortable to use because it requires little hand pressure, but often the ink takes a bit long to dry.
Gel pen manufacturers include: Marvy, Sanford, Zebra, Pilot, and Sakura.

Signing my mortgage was so much more fun with a iridescent blue gel pen.

Any true pen slut owns at least ten different gel pens.

by creaternity May 1, 2006

foulies

What sailors call their foul weather gear, which consits of a raincoat rainpants combo, among other accessories.

My overall foulies look dorky, but they sure do keep me dry on the deck when it storms.

by creaternity October 1, 2006

utilize

A substitute for the word "use" to be employed when you want to make something sound more important or difficult than it really is.

Person says: "We utilize an alphabetical schematic to organize our records."
Translate: "We file documents alphabetically."

by creaternity April 18, 2006

lineup

A police technique in which a handful of people fitting a similar description are stood in a line together for a witness of a crime to see. The witness is then supposed to pick out the perp.

They had to let the suspect walk after the witness couldn't pick him out of a lineup.

by creaternity May 13, 2006