Meaning: Having a girl friend with the same features/traits as an ex.
Pronunciation: Sheek-well.
Usage: Jilted lovers keep seeking shequels to relive their life that wasn't.
Root: She + Sequel (a work that develops the theme of an earlier one).
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Panjanenjan
Meaning: A boastful coward.
Pronunciation: Pun-ja-nen-jan.
Usage: Most of us who are lions online and meek sheep offline, are mere panjanenjans.
Root: Panju (Tamil for cotton) + Anjanenjan (Tamil for braveheart).
Pronunciation: Pun-ja-nen-jan.
Usage: Most of us who are lions online and meek sheep offline, are mere panjanenjans.
Root: Panju (Tamil for cotton) + Anjanenjan (Tamil for braveheart).
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Twin Twans
Meaning: Words that come in pairs. Like Mumbo Jumbo, Hocus Pocus and Hoity Toity. Twin Twans is synonymous with reduplicatives.
Pronunciation: Twint-van.
Usage: Languages look fuddy duddy without the itsy-bitsies we call twin twans.
Root: Twin (a pair) + Twan (a whimsical verbal cousin of Twin).
Pronunciation: Twint-van.
Usage: Languages look fuddy duddy without the itsy-bitsies we call twin twans.
Root: Twin (a pair) + Twan (a whimsical verbal cousin of Twin).
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