Semiuseful Magazine's definitions

shower cap

The hat you wear to go out when you didn't shower.

I always throw on a shower cap to cover my hair when I didn't bathe.

by Semiuseful Magazine September 7, 2009

aural asphyxiation

When music is so bad you have to cover your ears.

Between the local cover band's tone deaf lead singer and rhythmically challenged drummer, the majority of bar patrons left to avoid more aural asphyxiation.

by Semiuseful Magazine December 9, 2008

Diarrhea of the Mouse

Uncontrollable rambling via internet - email, blog, instant message, etc. Spin-off of the original phrase "diarrhea of the mouth."

The compulsive blogger suffered a severe case of diarrhea of the mouse.

by Semiuseful Magazine August 11, 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.

by Semiuseful Magazine August 20, 2008

technocenturion

One who knows how to use technology but has already fallen out of touch with its many advances.

Even though she was a recent college graduate, the high school intern was already making her feel like a technocenturion.

by Semiuseful Magazine October 16, 2008