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Definitions by Texan Etymologist

raccoon formal

An outfit or accessory that technically counts as dressed up but still looks chaotic, cheap, or wildly inappropriate for the occasion.
He wore an oversized gold watch with a tux. Full raccoon formal.

committee slang

Slang that sounds like it was invented by adults in a conference room trying to reach young people.
Lit-tastic learning journey’ is not youth engagement. It’s committee slang.

lexical heartburn

The uneasy feeling you get when a word is technically correct but sounds wrong, awkward, or suspicious.
The sentence said he was an omnivorous reader, and I got lexical heartburn.
To aggressively streamline, tighten up, or slim down something — especially a bloated project, document, or process — by removing unnecessary junk, trimming excess, and making it leaner and more efficient. Inspired by the popular weight-loss side effects of Ozempic.
This syllabus was 38 pages of pure carbs, so I ozempified it down to a tight and sexy 12.
We need to ozempify this budget before the boss has a stroke.
My inbox is out of control — time to ozempify and delete 4,000 emails I’ll never read.
ozempify by Texan Etymologist November 24, 2025
1. Verb is used to describe doing incredible feats, overcoming huge obstacles, mind over matter.

2. Noun. A complete badass. About David Goggins, Navy Seal and author of "Can't Hurt Me". An Ironman of Ironmen. A willingness to do the incomprehensible when the mind says "No!" It is usually said with obscenities.
He gogginsed the Big Sur Marathon in 4 hours on a broken toe.
He failed out of high school and is a professor at Stanford. He's a fucking goggins.
goggins by Texan Etymologist January 6, 2024

jackpotting 

The distinct urge to poop and barf at the same time.
After he ate tainted sushi, he was jackpotting for two hours.

When she took the morning-after pill, she was jackpotting all evening.

cookie monster 

to cookie monster (verb) - to eat ravenously, to devour
After receiving 4 DoorDash orders, John cookie monstered his food on the couch.
His girlfriend's lips were so luscious, he cookie monstered her.
After Cindy hit the bong hard, she cookie monstered the whole bag of Cheetos.
Christy is such a wikety whack hottie, he wanted to cookie monster her.
cookie monster by Texan Etymologist December 22, 2021