Cabot Wonder's definitions

connectaphobia

The fear of not being in constant touch with the rest of the world, usually evidenced by people who are constantly on their cellphone, tweeting, etc.

It wasn't her fault she drove off the road. She was on her cellphone, an obvious victim of connectaphobia.

by cabot wonder July 19, 2010

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

deja view

The weird coincidence that happens when you decide to watch a repeat of a tv program that you've seen only (parts of) once before, and it turns out to be that one episode that you've already seen.

I've seen Seinfeld only once, so I thought I'd try to get into it watch the repeats ... turned on the tv and it was the one episode I'd already seen. Talk about deja view.

by Cabot Wonder July 13, 2009

semi-colonoscopy

Examining and editing text for the overuse of semi-colons.

His writing was concise; it was lyrical; but it had too many semi-colons. It required a semi-colonoscopy.

by cabot wonder June 17, 2010

circumvacuity

Circumvacuity is the odd feeling you get when you're walking along and you come to an intersection where a car is waiting to turn, and just as you walk around the rear of the car, it leaves, and you find yourself walking around ... nothing.

I got a terrible case of circumvacuity at the intersection of Main Street and High, today; so bad, in fact, that I had trouble walking a straight line.

by Cabot Wonder July 4, 2009

deafgifting

The act of bringing a present to someone who has told you that it's not necessary to bring a present -- and especially of the type that they've repeated told you they really don't want/need. (See also "overgifting.")

Every time they come, they keep deafgifting us flowers, despite the fact that I told them they didn't need to bring ANYthing ... AND I'm allergic to flowers.

by Cabot Wonder January 5, 2010

parkoincidence

You're parked in a vast parking lot (shopping mall, sports venue, etc.), and you cannot see anyone else in the entire parking lot. But somehow, just seconds before you get to YOUR car, the driver of the car NEXT to your car arrives (usually with a shopping cart to unload or a baby to put in a car seat), thus preventing you from entering YOUR car.

Parkoincidence is when you're parked in a vast parking lot (shopping mall, sports venue, etc.), and you cannot see anyone else in the entire parking lot. But somehow, just seconds before you get to YOUR car, the driver of the car NEXT to your car arrives (usually with a shopping cart to unload or a baby to put in a car seat), thus preventing you from entering YOUR car.

by Cabot Wonder July 2, 2009