slapper

n. Ice-hockey shot involving a lot of force but little aim. Used as a euphemism in describing any wasteful action.

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With Alberta’s anti-covid campaign it is just one slapper after another.

by gnostic3 December 26, 2021

nappathy

n. The feeling of intense disinterest in class lectures, the tedium of work, covid debates, or just life, that results in deep drowsiness.

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Will it never end? I am literally drowning in an overwhelming sea of nappathy.

I think you mean “figuratively.”

Ahhhhhh!!!

by gnostic3 December 31, 2021

franzpun

n. Delightful brief play on words intended to lighten the workday.

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Have you seen the new franzpun on the OR whiteboard?

No. Kind of busy with this ruptured AAA right now.

by gnostic3 March 20, 2021

barning

v. Doing any work in a barn or other outbuilding on a farm. Often used by people new to the rural life.

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Gotta get up early to plow the lower forty; then I got some barning to get after.

by gnostic3 March 20, 2021

maxime

n. A person with a huge ego and an inability to organise a simple party.

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Bernie is such a maxime! I bet he couldn't even organise a people's party.

by gnostic3 September 06, 2019

quadtangle

n. A sexual entanglement involving four adventurous people. Also a pile-up during the paralympics.

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If you want to join the quadtangle you'll ned to sign this release ... and my breast.

If you want to join the quadtangle you'll need to sign this release ... and my breast.

by gnostic3 February 14, 2023

summer whine

n. A brief expected recurring Canadian complaint about the brevity of the snow-free season.

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Whenever Pierre dusts the snow off his mittens in early June you can expect a summer whine.

by gnostic3 June 27, 2022