(n.) - a famous person, living or dead, who people often attribute quotes to, even though he or she might not have actually said the things they are quoted as saying; examples are Albert Einstein, Mark Twain and Winston Churchill, among others.
"You know, Einstein is a real quote magnet. There are websites and blogs all over the Internet that attribute quotes to him that in some cases he never uttered or wrote. It's hard to know what's true and what's not!"
(adj.) - The way a modern Luddite sees the world of trendy gadgetheads and consumer overdrive.
"Man, I am so sick of all these new e-readers and the never-ending parade of new cellphones and apps. It's all so luddicrous!"
A convenience store.
"I live right near a nice conveeni, and I get all my daily necessities, there, including beer!"
-- overhead at a coffee shop in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Things you knew before you knew how to know them.
"My pre-memory really plays tricks on me from time to time, but for the life of me, I really do remember some things that there is no way I could have known about!"
-- overheard at a pub in southern Taiwan on July 1, 2009
(verb) - To start masturbating but stop just before orgasm in order to practice self-discipline and save cosmic energy for next time
"My college roomate was liked to masturbrake as a way of building up his inner karma, saying it had something
to do with something he read in an Indian guru's book."
(v.) -- to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder at someone from another generation for doing or saying something completely surprising or incomprehensible due to the generation gap.
"Whenever I say something old-fashioned to my teenage sons, they just look at me in a totally befuddled way and then generation gape at me in wide-eyed wonder. 'Oh Dad, please!' is what they are thinking, I'm sure!"
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(n.) - The male companion of a woman friend
"Last December, my male companion (can I say manpanion?) took me to a
performance of the New York City Ballet's "The Nutcracker "as an early
Christmas gift. I had a great time, too!"
-- heard at a watercooler in Brooklyn on January 3, 2012
