Showing posts with label s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label s. Show all posts

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Scrawlific

Meaning: A writer who churns a lot of crap.
Pronunciation: Scrawl-li-fick.
Usage: Me thinks, copywriters are scrawlific by design.
Root: Scrawl + Prolific.

Stresstomycin

Meaning: Antidote for stress.
Pronunciation: Stress-toe-my-sin.
Usage: Some people say that sex might have been Tiger Woods' stresstomycin.
Root: Stress + Streptomycin (a drug)

Simulplaneous

Meaning: Existing in a parallel universe, at the same time.
Pronunciation: Sigh-mull-play-nee-yes.
Usage: Without our knowledge, all of us lead a simulplaneous life, that is very different from our earthly existence.
Root: Simultaneously in another plane.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Stateling

Meaning: A fledgling state carved out of a larger state.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: In her anxiety to spawn 3 statelings out of UP, Mayawati will end up mothering the importance of the state.
Root: State + -ling (young one).

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Splinterview

Meaning: A part of a multi-stage interview.
Pronunciation: Splinter-vyoo.
Usage: My third splinterview was a total disaster. I dunno if I'll make it to the next round.
Root: Splinter (a fragment of a whole) + Interview.

Sledgitimate

Meaning: Verbal abuse or intimidation that borders on the acceptable.
Pronunciation: Sledge-jit-tim-mate.
Usage: Games like chess can get more telegenic if FIDE allows sledgitimate banter between players.
Root: Sledging (a cricket term for offensive banter) + Legitimate.

Spellibrity

Meaning: A crowd-magnet.
Pronunciation: Spell-lib-brit-tea.
Usage: Brother Dinakaran may never make it to Page 3 or Page 1 but no one can deny that he's a spellibrity.
Root: Celebrity who casts a Spell.
Related coinage: A spellibrity can also be a spelling-bee champion.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Serendipithy

Meaning: A punchline or good repartee that pops up out of your mouth, almost accidentally.
Pronunciation: Seren-dip-pithy.
Usage: Sometimes the most funny lines come from the most unfunny people. I attribute it to serendipithy.
Root: Serendipity + Pithy.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Shabdkosher

Meaning: A puritan linguist.
Pronunciation: Shubd-ko-sher.
Usage: You can't expect a shabdkosher to enjoy the delights of slang.
Root: Shabdkosh (Hindi for dictionary) + Kosher (fit and proper).

Spielosaur

Meaning: A weaver of big yarns.
Pronunciation: Shpeel-low-sawr.
Usage: If you've gotta sell ads, you gotta be a spielosaur.
Root: Spiel + Pilosaur.