Definitions by Pentozali

resistoring 

What happens when a staple assumes a crumpled shape when you're trying to staple a document. From the zigzag shape of the schematic diagram symbol for a resistor. Pronounced ree-ZISS-tor-ing.

Betty, I need a new stapler. Every staple that comes out of this piece of junk is resistoring.

resistoring by pentozali June 11, 2007

phoning 

What happens when you're stapling something and the staple doesn't completely penetrate to the other side of the document, resulting in a staple that has ends bent looking like a wired phone.

Loretta, could I get a better stapler please? This one keeps phoning on me!

phoning by pentozali June 10, 2007

Frodophile 

A fan of Tolkien's "The Hobbit", "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Silmarillion", etc.

Ask Susan about Aragorn. She's a complet5e Frodophile!

Frodophile by pentozali June 10, 2007

Bombeti 

Faux-Georgian word, a sarcastic way of describing Chechnya and parts of Daghestan. If this were a real Georgian word, it would mean "land of the bomb", from English "bomb" and the Georgian suffix "-eti" meaning "land of...".

Chechneti---Bombeti aris! (Translation: Chechnya is the Land of the Bomb!)

Bombeti by pentozali June 3, 2007

BUMBOCLAAT 

Acronym for: Big Ugly Metropolitan Buildings Often Create Loss of Ambience for All Tenants. The tendency to overdevelop on culturally and/or ecologically sensitive areas is unfortunately de rigueur under our Republican administration, with the love of money rather than common sense being the bottom line. Derived from Bumboclaat.

I have just the right word for all of this shit they're building lately in New York: BUMBOCLAAT!

BUMBOCLAAT by pentozali May 18, 2007

pilama yelo 

The Lakota (Sioux) way to say "thank you". Pronounced "peel-AH-mah YELL-oh".

In "Dances With Wolves", you'll hear "pilama yelo" said a few times. It means "thank you".

pilama yelo by pentozali May 16, 2007

drunken trees 

A phenomenon in which trees appear to list to one side because the soil has shifted from melting of permafrost. Unfortunately seen more than ever because of global warming. In Alaska, what may be the worst example of this phenomenon in the world is continuing to happen, especially in and around the Kenai Preserve.

In the Kenai Preserve, four million acres of forest are dying. You can tell by the drunken trees and the "silvering" and sap loss from the spruces.

drunken trees by pentozali May 16, 2007