kaolin fire's definitions

ambition

1. The need to let others know how self-important one is.

That kid's got a lot of ambition. Keep your distance unless you want to hear about his latest project for three hours.

by kaolin fire March 28, 2009

fwibble

An exhausted and/or frustrated sigh; origin: onomotopoeic (a deflating of the chest through loosely connected lips; not to be confused with the much more upbeat raspberry)

fwibble.

by kaolin fire October 3, 2008

hypernunciate

hypernunciate

1. v; Hypernunciate(transitive), Hypernunciated(past tense), Hypernunciating (present-tense).

a. To exaggerate your enunciation (speech) so that even speech-to-text systems can understand you.

It's a little embarrassing to hypernunciate at my phone on the walk to work, but it's the only way I can be productive during that time.

I've been using speech-to-text software too long; I'm starting to hypernunciate at my co-workers.

by kaolin fire October 3, 2012

zenoing

To proceed with increasing caution, esp. when measuring (cutting, pouring, etc.) such that each new amount is half-way closer to your goal.

I kept zenoing that last pour of flour! It took forever to get it just right and start mixing!

by kaolin fire September 7, 2016