Definitions by The Jeff S

Tottie 

An aged hottie. Once hot, now not.

Barbara walkered across the common dining room of the senior center unnoticed. There was a time, she thought. One a hottie, now a tottie.

Tottie by The Jeff S July 6, 2024

Paintain 

Repainting a wall in the same color, to maintain the existing look.

We paintain the living room walls every few years. Same color, not big on change.

Paintain by The Jeff S June 4, 2024

Mapple 

An apple orchard map.

Farmer Dave directed us to the Pink Ladies with a hand-drawn mapple, and we picked a bushel.

Mapple by The Jeff S January 13, 2024

Tattoo 

An unearned scar

Wanda showed us her tattoos of dangerous people she'd never met, places she'd never been, and scary things she'd never done.

Tattoo by The Jeff S August 29, 2023

Medict 

An edict one gives to oneself, as when establishing a goal.

I’ve given myself a medict: I will not eat ice cream until swim season is over.

Medict by The Jeff S July 29, 2023

Slapling 

A young tree whose branches slap you in the face when you pass it in the woods.

"I was running through the forest today when a slapling almost took my eye out."

Slapling by The Jeff S April 18, 2023

PTOSD 

When taking personal time off (PTO) from work becomes so stressful that your dread of rhe first day back rises to the point of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), that is called PTOSD.

Gerry couldn’t get out of the car when he came back from vacation—the PTOSD got hold of him.

PTOSD by The Jeff S December 16, 2021