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Statutory Grape

Legal. A form of vagrancy. Drinking wine in the park and passing out at the base of a statue.
Jack was over-celebrating his promotion and got picked up for statutory grape.
by Cabot Wonder August 9, 2009
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connectaphobia

The fear of not being in constant touch with the rest of the world, usually evidenced by people who are constantly on their cellphone, tweeting, etc.
It wasn't her fault she drove off the road. She was on her cellphone, an obvious victim of connectaphobia.
by cabot wonder July 19, 2010
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Testiphoney

Legal. False and misleading statements under oath.
After he testified in court, they found out he was lying and sentenced him to 6 months for testiphoney.
by Cabot Wonder August 11, 2009
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overgifting

Giving an excessive amount of presents to someone, to the extent that they feel uncomfortable receiving them. (See also "deafgifting.")
When Ted and Mary came for dinner, they brought wine, flowers, candy, a crystal bowl, strawberries and a set of coasters. We had simply requested a bottle of wine, so their overgifting made us feel somewhat overwhelmed.
by Cabot Wonder January 5, 2010
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atleastified

A process of rationalization that looks for the silver lining in -- or puts a positive spin on -- a negative event.
They got three inches of rain, but he atleastified it by saying, "At least it wasn't snow."
by Cabot Wonder March 22, 2010
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twitterfication

Writing that may contain typos, misspellings, abbreviations and symbols, some of which is intentional, some of which is accidental -- but "close enough" for the reader to figure it out.
Given the amount of twitterfication, it's clear that no one actually READ the article before publishing it; they simply relied on spell checkers.
by cabot Wonder April 19, 2010
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deja view

The weird coincidence that happens when you decide to watch a repeat of a tv program that you've seen only (parts of) once before, and it turns out to be that one episode that you've already seen.
I've seen Seinfeld only once, so I thought I'd try to get into it watch the repeats ... turned on the tv and it was the one episode I'd already seen. Talk about deja view.
by Cabot Wonder July 13, 2009
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