Definitions by Hot Writer

To goon 

To masterbate addictively, obsessively, and with no control over yourself. A person who goons is a gooner. Reddit is filled with gooners who spend long hours daily, gooning to porn and getting nothing else done.

I met a guy at the gym, but I heard he likes to goon so I’m not wasting time on him.

To goon by Hot Writer September 3, 2022

schnor 

This nifty verb describes the sly requesting something for free.

Example: Literary agents often schnor books from publishers because they want to read them but don’t want to pay for them. Synonym: to wheedle (let’s bring that verb back into use!)

schnor by Hot Writer December 1, 2020

phonometrographer

Someone who measures sound, as a poet or a song writer does intuitively, in her/his mind.

“Whitney Houston and Jim Morrison were natural-born phonometrographers.”.”

phonometrographer by Hot Writer May 27, 2020

maledictus 

Cursed (accursed); detestable.

“Maledictus” is the past participle of the Latin verb “malediciere” (to curse).

Our trouble-causing neighbor was so disruptive that he became known as Mr. Maledictus.

maledictus by Hot Writer March 3, 2020

dog that caught the car 

This is a person who has achieved his/her goal but doesn’t know what to do next.

After Jim Morrison had tired of being a rockstar, he was like the proverbial dog that caught the car: He didn’t know what to do next.

dog that caught the car by Hot Writer January 31, 2020