clarebear81's definitions

diary tennis

The tedious practice of trying to find a mutually viable date for a meeting between two busy people.

Nick is free on thursday at 3pm
That's no good for Neil. How about Friday at 4pm
No chance. Nick has family time scheduled
Uh oh, this is turning into the usual game of diary tennis.

by clarebear81 April 2, 2011

why-pad

An expensive piece of technological equipment from apple that rarely functions/gets lost/become superceeded by the why-pad2.

After she had spent 2 hours unsuccessfully trying to download the document, Rhiannon was beginning to question the reasons she'd been so excited about getting the why-pad in the first place.

by Clarebear81 April 27, 2011

carnal footprint

A measure of one's sexual activity and its impact.

John tended to avoid sex on a Sunday in an attempt to off-set his carnal footprint.

by Clarebear81 April 6, 2011

tanented

To be extremely proficient at getting an enviable suntan at the first hint of decent weather.

Jay had only been on the beach for 3 days with moderate sun exposure, but already his skin colour gave the impression that he'd been in Hawaii for a month. He was an extremely tanented sunbather.

by Clarebear81 March 28, 2011

internetual

(n) a person who an an encyclopedic knowledge of all matters relating to online media but is interlectually average on all other topics.

Did you hear Charles' original and insightful speech at the Facebook conference? I was so goddam impressed.' 'I wouldn't be. The guy is an internetual, so although he knows pretty much everything about social media, if you want to discuss any other subject with him, you are likely to be very disappointed.

by Clarebear81 June 20, 2011

Working from phone

To use your phone to complete activities you'd normally do in the office. Often used to justify extended lunch engagements.

"Tessa, are you sure that going to lunch with Andy is such a great idea? You know how busy we are this afternoon...."

"Hey, chill out Lucy, it's fine: I'll be working from phone."

by Clarebear81 November 19, 2011

entou-rage

The feeling of extreme irritation you experience when the email function on your apple mac malfunctions yet again.

Moluk: "Watch out for Jenny! She's experiencing some serious entou-rage at the moment because her mac has crashed for the fifth time today!"
Cassie: "Jeezuz! Who can blame her? It stresses me out so much when that happens!"

by Clarebear81 December 4, 2010