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A series of phonemes commonly uttered by English language speakers who share a common defect in English language acquisition.
When asked if she had received competent English language instruction, Alberta replied "supposably."
by texlex61 January 30, 2009
Get the supposablymug. Think of "Convalesce You" as a secular alternative to the customary "God Bless You" or "Bless You" one might say in response to another's sneeze. "Convalesce" means to recuperate, recover, or regain one's health. Saying "Convalesce You" (rendered as a 3-syllable con-vless-you) in response to a sneeze satisfies the social norm of not disregarding another person's sneeze, without invoking any Gods or representing any authority to confer blessings.
by texlex61 December 10, 2020
Get the Convalesce Youmug. Mass media programming characterized by its use of a charlatainer (i.e., a charlatan (malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit) who actively develops and exploits a larger audience through a role in the public media by enhancing the entertainment "value" and, hence, the commercial potential, of news topics to the detriment of the veracity of the message and, as a result, the health, utility, and likelihood for progress respecting many issues which arise in public policy discussions. Charlatainment works because it is an especially insidious form of terminal addition, which results in a passionately rabid but woefully malinformed and/or excessively inflamed audience clinically disinclined to thereafter engage in reasonable discourse...apparently due to a permanent scarring of the reality lobe...
Bob said he got all of his news information via charlatainment, because he enjoyed being freed from having to think for himself, having to consider that public issues are often intrinsically complex, and because he missed the pep-rally-like fervor of being unified with a group of think-alikes engaged absolutely against a common, token adversary...and because, given the permanent damage to his reality lobe, sound-bite-level analysis was all that he remained capable of.
by texlex61 April 22, 2010
Get the charlatainmentmug. "Clustercation" is a PG-ified version of the familar expression "cluster fucK," reportedly coined by U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War to refer to a situation gone wildly awry. Patterned semi-faithfully after the original compound word-set (i.e., "CLUSTER" and "FUCK"), "clustercation" is a variant compound formed from "CLUSTER" and the terminal 2-syllable fragment from the less ambitiously connotative, but more socially accepted "forniCATION." With its extra syllable, hard "k" alliteration, and distinct meter, "clustercation" may also provide a useful alternative in diverse discourse scenarios where "cluster fuck" would be permissible, but "clustercation" may yield more aesthetic appeal. Care should be taken to avoid overuse, to minimize being viewed as a magniloquent bore.
The fantastically inebriated Halloween celebrant cross-dressed as a female traffic cop instantly caused a raucously cacophonic clustercation when he ran out into the busy rush-hour intersection wildly swatting at the swarm of hornets he hallucinated all about his head and shoulders.
by texlex61 April 20, 2011
Get the clustercationmug. Application of various disreputable and/or fraudulent strategies calculated to effect an exchange of damaged or unwanted merchandise for merchandise more desirable (e.g., not damaged or destroyed through one's own negligence or abuse), to which one would not otherwise be entitled. Closely related to "white trash rebate," "white trash refund," "white trash warranty claim," "white trash regifting," etc.
Claude's colorblindedness caused him to cross some wires and short out his new car stereo, but he remained calm because he knew he could effect a white trash exchange and likely moan and groan enough to get free installation of the replacement stereo.
by texlex61 January 27, 2009
Get the White Trash Exchangemug. Application of various disreputable and/or dishonest strategies, employed by the giver in a regifting situation, calculated to deceive the recipient into a) believing that the gift was not known by the giver to be undesirable at the time of giving (e.g., broken, malfunctioning, diseased, leaking, putrid, hazardous, malodorous, untrained, etc.), while, b) concealing the fact that the giver has already received his purchase price back through application of some other white trash artifice. Closely related to white trash rebate, white trash refund, white trash warranty claim, white trash exchange, etc.
Claudette, Claude's double 3/4 cousin, would not have been hesitant to complain that the "resting" gerbil he gave her on her 7th birthday hadn't moved in 3 days, had she known that she was the victim of a white trash regifting and that Claude had already obtained a refund plus a "disposal fee" thrown in as a bonus.
by texlex61 January 29, 2009
Get the White Trash Regiftingmug. Application of various disreputable and/or fraudulent strategies calculated to evade the limitations of rebate offer fine print and obtain a rebate to which one would not otherwise be entitled. Closely related to white trash echange, white trash refund, white trash warranty claim, white trash regifting, etc.
Horace, a retirement village mailroom attendant, drew heavily upon his innate sense of fiscal ingenuity, when he overcame the limitations of the "One Rebate Per Household" restriction by using a white trash rebate scheme to pocket dozens of $5 denture creme rebate checks.
by texlex61 January 27, 2009
Get the White Trash Rebatemug.