halfterpiece

a work of art that's not quite a masterpiece

Timothy Noah judged There Will Be Blood to be a halfterpiece.

by Una Malachica January 29, 2008

word of click

the way information is transmitted from person to person in the computer era--by clicking on links

We used to hear things by word of mouth; now, we hear them by word of click.

by Una Malachica February 24, 2008

momentucracy

Naming a future winner on the basis of an interpretation of the candidate's momentum.

Based on momentucracy, political commentators can pick a winner long before that candidate has the number of delegates sufficient to win.

by Una Malachica January 29, 2008

lachrymose intolerant

avoidance of overly dramatic movies or tv shows that feature complicated domestic plots

Crankshaft refused to watch soap operas on the basis that he was lachrymose intolerant.

by Una Malachica April 03, 2009

bookaholic

someone who keeps buying books to add to a stack of unread books

I have no more room for books on my shelves, but I keep buying new ones. I'm a bookaholic. Well, it's a fairly inexpensive, fairly harmless obsession.

by Una Malachica March 05, 2008

geriatrigy

a really old person that can do something really new

My grandma is a geriatrigy--she's on facebook and she tweets several times a day.

by Una Malachica May 14, 2009

evitability

opposite of inevitability; quality of not just having to happen

Now that her campaign has recognized the evitability of her campaign success, they are having to make a lot of changes

by Una Malachica February 25, 2008