WOTY considerations

[vida morkunas]

>dialarhoea   Tendency of a cell phone to make a call when left in a pocket
or bag with keypad unlocked

oh, what an image!

in Canada, this has been referred to as a 'pocket call'

cheers -

Vida.
vidamorkunas at telus.net

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Subject: Re: WOTY considerations


Thanks everyone for the nominations! I have been lurking and listing
everything, and will bring the lists to our nominating session Friday
morning
January 3. More fuel for the fire, here's the short list from Wayne Glowka,
conductor of "Among the New Words" in _American Speech_. - Allan Metcalf

Wayne's Words


apatheist   Person believing that God or gods exist but are not of any use


comprendo-challenged   Unable to understand the US Constitution


dialarhoea   Tendency of a cell phone to make a call when left in a pocket

or bag with keypad unlocked


grid butt   Marks left on buttocks by fishnet pantyhose


gun-rack dad   Conservative swing voter in Central and Western Pennsylvania


Saddameter   Meter used by a television news show to indicate how close war

with Iraq seems on a given day


201(k)   Retirement account ruined by stock losses (used in 2001 but

prominent in 2002)


unorthodox entrepreneur   Panhandler, drug addict, or prostitute displaced

by movie makers in Vancouver, BC, parks



undryuppable   Resistant to desiccation (of a marker)


urban de-newal   Replacement of government projects and buildings with a

neighborhood


wombanization   Feminization