Testiphoney

Legal. False and misleading statements under oath.

After he testified in court, they found out he was lying and sentenced him to 6 months for testiphoney.

by Cabot Wonder August 11, 2009

deja scru

The odd feeling that you've had sex with someone, but can't remember meeting them.

I met this woman Jane at a party and got that strange sense of deja scru.

by Cabot Wonder July 13, 2009

atleastified

A process of rationalization that looks for the silver lining in -- or puts a positive spin on -- a negative event.

They got three inches of rain, but he atleastified it by saying, "At least it wasn't snow."

by Cabot Wonder March 22, 2010

twitterfication

Writing that may contain typos, misspellings, abbreviations and symbols, some of which is intentional, some of which is accidental -- but "close enough" for the reader to figure it out.

Given the amount of twitterfication, it's clear that no one actually READ the article before publishing it; they simply relied on spell checkers.

by cabot Wonder April 19, 2010

Statutory Grape

Legal. A form of vagrancy. Drinking wine in the park and passing out at the base of a statue.

Jack was over-celebrating his promotion and got picked up for statutory grape.

by Cabot Wonder August 09, 2009

overgifting

Giving an excessive amount of presents to someone, to the extent that they feel uncomfortable receiving them. (See also "deafgifting.")

When Ted and Mary came for dinner, they brought wine, flowers, candy, a crystal bowl, strawberries and a set of coasters. We had simply requested a bottle of wine, so their overgifting made us feel somewhat overwhelmed.

by Cabot Wonder January 05, 2010

Roomnesia

A psychological disease characterized by walking into a room and completely forgetting why you walked into the room. Common reaction: standing there, trying to retrace your steps, thinking back to what you were doing BEFORE entering the room and, in general, trying to reconstruct what might have motivated you to go to this particular room at this particular time. (Often, the answer comes to you later, when you're not thinking about it.)

Roomnesia is a psychological disease characterized by walking into a room and completely forgetting why you walked into the room. Common reaction: standing there, trying to retrace your steps, thinking back to what you were doing BEFORE entering the room and, in general, trying to reconstruct what might have motivated you to go to this particular room at this particular time. (Often, the answer comes to you later, when you're not thinking about it.)

by Cabot Wonder July 02, 2009