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Definitions by Semiuseful Magazine

sandboxing

The students were kept after school for sandboxing at recess.
sandboxing by Semiuseful Magazine October 15, 2008
The newspaper plog increased my site traffic.
plog by Semiuseful Magazine October 14, 2008

McWindfall 

When McDonald's accidentally gives you an extra chicken nugget.
I counted up my six-piece chicken nuggets and discovered a McWindfall.
McWindfall by Semiuseful Magazine October 11, 2008

CEO-ment 

When upper management makes a breathtakingly stupid spur-of-the-moment request or decision.
It was a true CEO-ment when my boss asked to see the pixels on our new logo.
CEO-ment by Semiuseful Magazine August 21, 2008

hyperventriloquate 

A combination of hyperventilate and loquate (speak) - means trying to talk while you're out of breath.
In a sentence: It would be a lot easier to understand the man at the gym if he didn't hyperventriloquate at me from the adjacent elliptical.

In cinema (also the origin): the scene in The Goonies where the mom is trying to chastize the kids while juggling grocery bag.

fussmuppet 

One who is comically fussy, finnicky, nitpicky, etc.
My grandmother is a fussmuppet about table manners.
fussmuppet by Semiuseful Magazine August 19, 2008

Tuxspeedo 

A suit that's way too tight.
The groomsman looked ridiculous in his Tuxspeedo.
Tuxspeedo by Semiuseful Magazine August 11, 2008