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Una Malachica's definitions

one-om-manship

a state of higher yoga-induced bliss, from the comic strip, Cathy, by Cathy Guisewite
In any competition, we exhibit one-upmanship. When we are competing in how good we are at yoga, we exhibit one-om-manship
by Una Malachica January 17, 2008
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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 3, 2009
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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
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Wiihabilitation

Use of Nintendo's Wii video game system in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
Wiihabilitation is recommended by James Osborn, who oversees rehabilitation services at Herrin Hospital in southern Illinois. He says that using the game console's unique, motion-sensitive controller, Wii games require body movements similar to traditional therapy exercises. But patients become so engrossed mentally they're almost oblivious to the rigor(source Yahoo).
by Una Malachica February 8, 2008
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gomboc

The Gomboc is a roundish piece of clear synthetic material with gently peaked, organic curves. It looks like a piece of modern art. But if you tip it over, something unusual happens: it rights itself. A three-dimensional object that purely by dint of its geometry had only one possible way to balance upright.(from New York Times, 12/9/07)
He's such a gomboc. No matter what life tossed at him, job loss, divorce, sickness, he kept bouncing back.
by Una Malachica January 11, 2009
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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
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mimosa tree friendship

a relationship though initially close soon dissolves
We must have had a mimosa tree friendship. At first we did things together, talked a lot, but when I changed jobs, we lost touch.
by Una Malachica April 10, 2008
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