Definitions by BanditBall
Hateate
Eating something that you strongly dislike -- not despite the fact that you strongly dislike it, but because of that very fact.
Rob, who announced that the pasta dish that we ordered from the table was "terrible," surprised us when he hateate another portion of it.
Hateate by BanditBall December 8, 2025
Celebritease
One who aggressively seeks out her celebrity crushes but, upon meeting said crushes, does not end up sealing the deal.
Tanya is such a celebritease; having finally met David Franco at a celebrity event, she flirted with him for over an hour but did not to accept his offer to have a night cap in his hotel room.
Celebritease by BanditBall August 8, 2025
Road Ring
A phone call made by a person who is bored during a long drive, in hopes that the call recipient will entertain him/her for a not insignificant portion of the journey.
I didn’t realize that Paul’s call was a Road Ring until he casually mentioned that he had 2 hours left on his drive back from the Hamptons.
Road Ring by BanditBall July 27, 2023
Delaborate
To intentionally shorter a story given the time pressure of the situation and the relative importance of the story itself.
Jake opted to delaborate the tale of his friend’s ski trip, since others in the car don’t like hearing about injuries.
Delaborate by BanditBall March 27, 2022
Mensplain
My wife told me to stop mansplaining, when I was really just disagreeing with her interpretation of the situation. I decided that was not the time to mensplain.
Mensplain by BanditBall April 25, 2021
Knock Blocker
Someone who, after being told a joke by a friend, tells that joke to a group without giving the friend the appropriate credit.
Steve is such a knock blocker; I cannot believe he told the crew my Willie Nelson joke without giving me any credit.
Knock Blocker by BanditBall August 30, 2019
recelled
When you go to look something up on your phone and get distracted by something else that you see on your phone, resulting in your forgetting the reason you went on your device in the first place.
Beth took our her cell to look up the name of the name of the new broadway show about which she had heard great things, but she got recelled once she noticed some new text messages from her teenage daughter. We never ended up finding out the name of that show.
recelled by BanditBall July 14, 2019