petermante's definitions

za

short for pizza

Dude, call Dominos and order some za already! I'm starving!
Dad was in charge of dinner for the evening. He was planning on ordering za.

by petermante September 11, 2011

synonymary

a synonym for "thesaurus"

Children, please use the synonymary to find a synonym for the word, synonym.

by petermante April 8, 2011

googlit

a quick way of suggesting we use the internet to find the answer.

short for "Look it up on the internet."

Todd asked Rick, "Which is the largest state fair in the U.S.?"

Rick replied, "I don't know, Todd, I'll Googlit!"
"Oh, here it is, Texas is first, and one source says Minnesota is number two, and another website says Minnesota is third."

'Ataboy, Rick. You rock!"

by petermante September 11, 2011

McD's (pronounced Mickey D's)

short for McDonald's

I'm starving! Pull into McD's (pronounced Mickey D's) sose I can get a burger and fries!

by petermante September 13, 2011

weekbeginning

Saturday is the weekend, and Sunday is the weekbeginning.

If Sunday is the first day of the week, why do we say it is part of the weekend?

If we have a closed compound, "weekend", why don't we have a closed compound, "weekbeginning"?

When you say goodbye to your coworkers on Friday afternoon you should say, "Have a nice weekend, and a good weekbeginning."

It's 5:00 on Friday afternoon and there is a cacophony in the office of coworkers bidding each other to have a nice weekend and a good weekbeginning.

by petermante April 27, 2011

automatic flush grief

The disappointed feeling you have when the automatic flush at Wal-Mart flushes the toilet before you have time to inspect your recently deposited fecal matter.

Colan had automatic flush grief when the toilet at Wal-Mart automatically flushed before he had time to inspect his recently deposited fecal matter.

by petermante April 28, 2011

No,it is.

using a negative to affirm

That's not who I think it is, is it?
No,it is.
Oh, I thought so.

by petermante September 12, 2011