cabot wonder's definitions

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

Roomnesia

A psychological disease characterized by walking into a room and completely forgetting why you walked into the room. Common reaction: standing there, trying to retrace your steps, thinking back to what you were doing BEFORE entering the room and, in general, trying to reconstruct what might have motivated you to go to this particular room at this particular time. (Often, the answer comes to you later, when you're not thinking about it.)

Roomnesia is a psychological disease characterized by walking into a room and completely forgetting why you walked into the room. Common reaction: standing there, trying to retrace your steps, thinking back to what you were doing BEFORE entering the room and, in general, trying to reconstruct what might have motivated you to go to this particular room at this particular time. (Often, the answer comes to you later, when you're not thinking about it.)

by Cabot Wonder July 2, 2009

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

Retailiate

Boycotting or otherwise protesting against a store that operates unethically or that is not consumer-friendly.

When we found out that Jack's Department Store paid its male employees 25% more than its female employees, we retailiated by putting up posters outside for Sid's Department Store.

by Cabot Wonder October 15, 2009

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

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

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