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Definitions by Worgus

Mine meld 

To place the tips of the fingers against one's own forehead, as if trying to access something recalcitrant from the brain.

(Derived from "mind meld," coined by the original television series Star Trek, referring to a technique employed by Mr. Spock to access the thoughts and emotions of another being.)
From a prose adaptation of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross:

"...how are you?" Ricky asked, finally noticing George's agitation.

"Fine.... You mean the board? How am I doing on the board?"

"Okay," Ricky said, slightly bewildered. "The board."

"I'm fucked on the board! My mind must be other places," George said, performing a mine meld, "Because I can't... I can't..."

"You can't do what?" Ricky barked impatiently.
Mine meld by Worgus August 6, 2008

shrugdicate 

To make a small gesture with one's hands -- turning them outward, slightly, so that the palms are nearly face up -- indicating one's innocence of any wrongdoing or ill intention.

face up, more or less To turn one's hands outward, slightly, with the palms more or less facing up: a gesture
Shrugdicate

From a prose adaptation of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross:

"...how are you?" Ricky asked, finally noticing George's agitation.

"Fine," George preoccuplied. "You mean the board...? How am I doing on the board?"

"Okay," Ricky said, shrugdicating. "The board."

"I'm fucked on the board!"
shrugdicate by Worgus August 5, 2008

preoccuply 

To answer absent-mindedly.
Preoccuply (From a prose adaptation of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross):

"...how are you?" Ricky asked, finally noticing George's agitation.

"Fine," George preoccuplied. "You mean the board...? How am I doing on the board?"

"Okay," Ricky said, slightly bewildered. "The board."

"I'm fucked on the board!"
preoccuply by Worgus June 27, 2008

malchortle 

From a prose adaptation of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross:

"...how are you?" Ricky asked, finally noticing George's agitation.

"Fine. You mean the board...? How am I doing on the board?"

"Okay," Ricky said with a helpless gesture. "The board."

George gave a little malchortle. "I'm fucked on the board!"
malchortle by Worgus June 26, 2008

glengarrulous 

(1) Excessively prone to quote from the David Mamet play (and film) Glengarry Glen Ross.

(2) In the habit of creating neologisms, usually for online dictionaries, that make reference, at some point, to Glengarry Glen Ross. (cf. mocquiesce, poortray, etc.)
I like Laura, but her conversation tends to be a bit glengarrulous.
glengarrulous by Worgus June 25, 2008

mocquiesce 

In conversation, to acquiesce to another's incorrect assumption about your meaning or intention, usually in a despairing or ironic way.
Ricky mocquiesces to George's paranoia in the following scene from Glengarry Glen Ross:

RICKY: ... How are you...?

GEORGE: I'm fine.... What, do you mean the board? How am I doing on the board?

RICKY: (raising his hands slightly and looking around at the board, then back at George) Okay... The board.

GEORGE: I'm fucked on the board!...
mocquiesce by Worgus June 23, 2008

poortray 

To fail in the attempt to duplicate a great actor's speech, line or gesture in a film.
After watching Glengarry Glen Ross, he couldn't help but poortray Al Pacino answering Alan Arkin with, "okay ... the board."
poortray by Worgus June 17, 2008