Trashitarian: (n) Belonging to the philosophy that food that is bad for you is the only right and proper food to consume. e.g.: “Roast vegetables? I’m a strict trashitarian… can you at least cover them in hydrogenated cheese?”
Words That Don't Exist But Should: Administrivia
Administrivia (n): 1. Data that, though it serves no obvious purpose, is nonetheless deemed necessary by the ruling faction - especially when it comes to getting said faction to hand over money. 2. Excessive red tape, above and beyond the call of duty. Most usually defined by queries as to the number of tattoos on obscure relatives, and their nature or genre. 3. Paperwork that can be safely ignored until someone yells at you for not filling it out.
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Scraffle
Scraffle (n): A mixture or conglomeration of both scrattle and shiffraff. e.g., How the hell did my culch box get a wad of scraffle in it?
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Scrattle
Scrattle (n): small, hard debris that tends to collect in the corners of containers of all varieties. e.g., I went through the scrattle in the bottom of my bag and found $5.98. prefix: techno– accumulated cables, thumb drives, and miscellaneous accessories that never get thrown out because they might return to usefulness once more. e.g., It’s only been one year and my desk drawer is overflowing with technoscrattle.
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Shiffraff
Shiffraff (n): Fluff. Specifically, the kind of fluff that not only accrues, but also tends to be prey to every errant breeze in the area. Imagine the unholy spawn of of dust bunnies and tumbleweed. e.g., We got a feather boa in donations and now the entire kindergarten is filled with shiffraff. [origin - Meeyahn.]
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Profashional
Profashional: [pro-FASH-un-al] n. Someone who is an expert in style and always looks sharp. Can you believe he got that look for only $100? He’s such a profashional.
Props to Mayhem once again.
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Pyrofessional
Pyrofessional: [PI-ro-fess-shun-al] (n) Someone who is an expert at producing flame or making things burn. I had to hide the matches because my son’s such a pyrofessional.
Credit and props to Mayhem, who is also a pyrofessional and joining me in my hobby of making up silly words.
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Failvert
Failvert: (n) advertising that turns potential customers away from the product. That ad with the guy licking all the biscuits was a complete failvert.
Arnott’s Shapes and your Inappropriately Short Shorts ad, I’m looking directly at you. And throwing up in my mouth a little.
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Quirkafleg
[Apologies if this is a repost, I did try an search for it]
Quirkafleg: v [QWERK-a-FLEG] -ged -ging. 1. A paroxysm of disgust and/or revulsion. The small child quirkaflegged after the bully spat on her. or, Don’t show that to my dad, he’ll totally quirkafleg. 2. (n) An expression of disgust three levels above ‘squick’. Euw, no… quirkafleg!
Words that don't exist but should: Ghiblesque
Ghiblesque: adj [ZHEE-blesk] 1. Having a quality of animation and style similar to the works of Studio Ghibli. That animated short was very ghiblesque. 2. A uniquely surreal experience. I just had a ghiblesque encounter with an interesting night person.
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