November 2011
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fauxppointment
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia fauxppointment (n.) - an appointment for which the designated time does not actually matter. A relatively recent coinage, fauxppointment dates back to a Wednesday in mid-September 2010. On that day a much older and wiser Sandy Dunlap placed a call to a local mechanic. The mechanic answered, and a time was arranged for Sandy to bring in his vehicle...
Nov 3rd
August 2011
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cattriloquist
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia cattriloquist (n.) - one who talks with a feline, supplying both sides of the conversation. Cattriloquism does not have to be on public display; oftentimes it occurs in private. It is unknown when exactly cattriloquism began, but experts in the field strongly believe that ancient Egyptians were the first cattriloquists. The first recorded case of...
Aug 15th
June 2011
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emaciapate
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia emaciapate (v.) - to liberate through starvation (most always self-imposed). The origins of this word date back to the spring of 1998 when the political dissident and prisoner Moomira, in his second month of a hunger strike that had reduced his weight from a healthy 170 pounds to an unsettling 70 pounds, was brought before the grand tribunal of his...
Jun 7th
May 2011
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self-genuflective essay
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia A self-genuflective essay is an essay in which the writer is obviously and oftentimes blatantly self-absorbed, narcissistic, solipsistic. It is not always religious in nature. The term is purported to have been coined by one Peabody Winkler, no relation to Henry, who on the morning of Thursday, January 9, 1997 was accosted by one of his previous...
May 27th
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easedropping
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia easedropping is an action noun commonly classified as “childhood mangling of adult English”. The origins of this word date back to the spring of 1991, when four-year-old Ivan Workwax was placed on the toilet and told that if he could go potty like a grownup, he would get the unopened Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figure that had been...
May 16th
April 2011
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Depo Marte
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encylopedia Depo Marte was a small town in either Vermont or the Canadian province of Quebec; the dispute as to which country—the United States or Canada—can officially lay claim to having once harbored the town remains unresolved. Depo Marte is mentioned more than once in the series titled The Holt Letters: A Correspondence Between A Father and His...
Apr 23rd
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Fifty-Alarm Fire
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia Fifty-Alarm Fire was a short-lived rock band active from early 1999 until late 2001. The band consisted of founding members Hall Blakely on lead vocals, bass guitarist Sal Whetherman, drummer McQueen Mercey, lead guitarist Tulare Centro, and master tintinnabulator Joz Richardsline. Indeed, the band’s early sound relied greatly on...
Apr 9th
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underminded
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia underminded is a noun classified as “German mangling of American English”. The word’s meaning is not derived from ‘undermined,’ though the pronunciation is nearly identical. ‘Underminded’ was first encountered at the outdoor beer garden in the back of the restaurant-bar Jupiter in Berkeley, California on the...
Apr 2nd
March 2011
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non-ditch
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia non-ditch is an adjective classified as “American mangling of British-English”. The exact time-origination of the American-mangled version is unknown but likely dates back to November of 2005 when two EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers were on a tram headed back to their respective apartments in a tiny but pleasant suburb of...
Mar 27th
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agbotiphil
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encylopedia agbotiphil (adj.) - this word’s discovery is questionably attributed to Ms. Vivian Gillepsie, a fourth grade teacher in Bend, Oregon. On the night of April 25, 2006, Ms. Gillepsie was in the midst of grading when she was struck by the title of one of her student’s papers. The title read simply: “Agbotiphil Essay”. The author was...
Mar 19th
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napple
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia napple is a noun classified as “American mangling of British-English”. The word from which it mutated is “netball,” a British version of basketball. On a cracked and uneven basketball court in October of 2005 two EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers were shooting hoops. The American teacher mentioned Shaquille...
Mar 12th
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Tyler Modeson
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia Tyler Modeson is the presumed name of a movie character in an as yet unidentified drama released at some point during the 1970s. The movie centers on a boy falling in with the wrong crowd. At the start the boy is basically a good kid, and he has a teacher, Mr. Modeson, a middle-aged man, we may assume unmarried, who tries his hardest to get his...
Mar 10th
February 2011
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brozen
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia brozen (adjective) - even more boldly shameless or impudent than the average male human being. This extreme form of brazenness is attributed most particularly to the male species known as “bro”. Unlike most other words in Ewaldapedia, its exact time-point and personage of inception are unknown. in use: “He was being a complete...
Feb 22nd
essume
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia essume is a verb meaning “to take for granted or without proof when using e-mail; suppose by means of e-mail; postulate using e-mail; posit when communicating via e-mail—invariably with unintended and unfortunate results.”  The earliest recorded use of the word dates back to September 2000, when a most vacant young man, Juniper...
Feb 13th
victualigion
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia victualigion (noun) - the religion of food in use: “I know this may be a personal question, but are you very victualigious?” “I used to be, but now….I only venture into the kitchen once or twice a week at most, and I turn on the Food Network even less.”
Feb 12th
18r
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia 18r is a noun classified as “American mangling of universal text-messaging short-form”. The first recorded incidence occurred on the pleasant evening of Friday, September 30, 2005 when an American EFL teacher received a text message from his newly befriended British colleague. He—the American EFL teacher—had minutes earlier...
Feb 9th
January 2011
4 posts
Yazminella
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia Yazminella - the meaning of this noun did not become clear until the evening of Thursday, March 23, 2006, when a most agreeable couple, Beatrice Bahn and Steve Gilford, ventured into their local San Luis Obispo supermarket to pick up dinner. After a brief debate the couple rolled to the back of the store and the seafood counter. Standing behind the...
Jan 23rd
"Self-Defeatist"
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia “Self-Defeatist” is a poem that was delivered as the end-note address at the Dennigworth Writers Conference on Friday, June 23, 2006. Although many versions have surfaced since that day, the poem that follows is considered by and large the definitive text. It would prove to be the final poem in the short but meteoric career of Katherine...
Jan 15th
hollowlujah
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia hollowlujah is a victualigious word of praise invoked when a particular sound has been achieved in food. That most idealistic of couples, the SLO-based Beatrice Bahn and her beau Steve Gilford, had just removed their beer bread from the oven. Beatrice, her paws suitably mitted, upended the bread pan. Predictably the loaf of bread, expertly formed,...
Jan 9th
pavanecide
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia pavanecide is a noun that means the act of “killing” or phasing out the pavane, a stately dance dating from the 16th century. In recent years pavanecide has become so widespread that it is now a crime in many European countries. The idea of pavanecide has widely been credited to the former modestly popular hip-hop start EZ Free-Z, famous...
Jan 8th
December 2010
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tuverculosis
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia tuverulosis, more commonly known as ‘TV’, is a noun classified as “childhood mangling of adult English”. It was first used by one Bo Langland on the mild-mannered Sunday afternoon of May 11, 1986 while Bo and his father Bruce were seated in the living room watching the tube. The show on at the time was a Western the identity of...
Dec 8th
commonation
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia commonation is a noun meaning “commotion within the nation as a whole”. It has variously been misused to mean ‘commencement’ (the start of something), ‘commotion’ (a hubbub, Bub), and ‘common’ (is a definition for this word really necessary?). The first correct use of ‘commonation’ is...
Dec 8th
generalogy
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia generalogy (noun) - the study of all things general. This includes—but is in no way limited to—good and evil, black and white, heaven and hell, fingers and toes, brick walls and volleyball courts, coffee tables and ash trays, candy dispensers and soft-serve frozen yogurt, cigarettes and alcohol, flower pots and creeping vines, dictionaries...
Dec 8th
November 2010
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injurance
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia injurance (noun) - insurance that is so costly it causes the insured to seriously injure themselves out of frustration, reprobation, desperation, or a combination thereof. Types of injurance include auto, life, pet, earthquake, house/apartment, afterlife/judgment, educational mismanagement, parental mismanagement, mismanagement by son or daughter,...
Nov 28th
hornted
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia hornted is an adjective most commonly used to describe a place inhabited by (or seemingly inhabited by) the ghosts of horned animals. These animals include—but are in no way limited to—Soay ewes, bighorn rams, black bucks, billy goats gruff, aoudad, Ankole cattle, Brahma bulls, takin, Sumatran rhinoceros, chamois, gaur, hartebeests, gayal,...
Nov 26th
July 2010
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Church Church Durch
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia Church Church Durch (proper noun) is a misnomer for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine attributed to one Sandy Dunlap who, at the important Christ age of twelve, was enrolled in his town’s CCD program for the first and last time. The instructor that year was a young man of no more than twenty or twenty-one whose ethnicity was questionable...
Jul 29th
crassculinity
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia crassculinity (noun) — an exaggerated and overtly crude sense of manliness; an exaggerated and oftentimes crude sense of male power, particularly over women. The origins of this word date back to early 2007, when a group of friends gathered at the bowling alley in San Francisco’s Presidio for a night of good times. One of the guys in this...
Jul 20th
darkist
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia darkist (noun) — a person who has an excessively morbid sense of humor, or is otherwise prone to loaded September 11th-style statements and such. in use: “How can you hang around Dylan? He’s so weird all the time, always talking about cows’ stomachs and baby tongues. He seems like such a darkist to me.” “Oh, I...
Jul 13th
Gene Rol
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia A promiscuous yet promising child from birth, Gene Rol (1966 - 1999/2000) knew he was meant for something greater than his parents’ fortunes. And yet those fortunes, in the words of Bernie Taupin and Elton John, “almost had him roped and tied.” After leading a privileged adolescence cusping on the treasures of the Feria Madre, Gene...
Jul 3rd
June 2010
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The Hangful Painnail
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia The Hangful Painnail was one of only a few rejected ideas from the mind of beloved children’s author Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990), he of such fantastic fables as James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The BFG, and Danny, the Champion of the World. The manuscript of “Painnail”, pieced together from scraps found in a back-alley-cat dumpster...
Jun 26th
denoumentia
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia denoumentia (noun) — a rare disease that occurs when a person theater-hops, whether voluntarily or accidentally, and walks in on a movie at its climax, thereby suffering severe trauma from having witnessed a scene or secret revealed. Although the introduction of airport-style signs flashing times and movie titles on the outside of each...
Jun 14th
terrarist
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia terrarist (noun) - one who uses Google Earth to plan and carry out terrorist attacks. (Alternative definitions include ‘a person who commits terrorist acts in the name of preventing widespread environmental damage’ and ‘one who commits environmental atrocities’—but the Google Earth-related definition is by far the most...
Jun 12th
animateur
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia animateur (noun) - one who animates others physically and emotionally; not to be confused with the French word ‘animateur,’ which means ‘one who draws animated cartoons and comic strips.’ Highly attractive, animateurs can most often be found at expensive hotels and resorts. Common areas of sighting include poolside, in the...
Jun 12th
May 2010
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congrugation
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia congrugation (noun) - religiously-minded agreement, most often occurring at a place of worship such as a church or a football stadium. The word is often confused with ‘congregation’ (a gathering; e.g. ‘The thirsty animals congregated at the lake’) or, to a lesser extent, ‘corrugation’ (the act or state of being bent...
May 26th
The Legend of the Katana Killing
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia The Legend of the Katana Killing is a suburban myth rumored to have occurred on the night of Saturday, October 7, 1989 in the Goleta, California neighborhood of El Encanto Heights. Three boys—Ron Pepperworth, Eugene Petry and Buddy Vroom—ages nine, ten and eleven respectively, showed up shortly after seven o’clock at the house of...
May 25th
doorish
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia doorish is an adjective classified as “German mangling of American or British English”. Its origins date back to the shiny afternoon of Monday, October 16, 2006 when Arnim, a most affable Bavarian recently arrived in San Francisco, stood in his hotel room on the sixth floor of the Westin and waited for the porter to leave. The porter,...
May 25th
The 'O' Terror of '88
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia For much of the year 1988, several American university libraries were held hostage by what is now commonly known as The ‘O’ Terror of ‘88. It began on Monday, January 25th, when a student employee at the on-campus library of Mortson University in Orange, California paused in mid-shelving to inspect the book she held: the...
May 23rd
"Talk to Fidel"
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia “Talk to Fidel” was an ad campaign briefly considered by Fidelity Investments in the wake of Charles Schwab’s successful “Talk to Chuck” ads (c. 2007). The idea behind the “Talk to Fidel” slogan was that Fidelity Investments also could be the client’s friendly neighbor, right down the street and ready...
May 23rd
pragma cum laude
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia pragma cum laude is a noun related to both summa cum laude and magna cum laude, but whereas those two terms mean “with the highest academic distinction” or “with highest honors and praise,” pragma cum laude is defined as “with enough common sense and real world smarts to know what you want to major in from the get-go and...
May 21st
sluffy
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia sluffy is an adjective meaning “poorly done,” “half-assed,” “inept.” It has been classified as “American mangling of British-English,” though in this case the meanings of ‘sluffy’ and the word from which it mutated, ‘sloppy’, are essentially the same. The American-mangled...
May 21st
The Gentleman Sea
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia The Gentleman Sea is the presumed final resting place of Gene Rol, icon and idol of the golden age of American EFL teaching. The area lies just to the east of Wake and the Marshall Islands, in the larger body of water known as the Pacific Ocean. The sea was given its name only after research and investigations into the history of piracy in the area...
May 21st
tyramn
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia tyramn (noun) - quite literally, “a tram tyrant” or “tyrant of the tram,” usually the driver but occasionally the rider as well. The word’s origin’s lie many feet deep in Brno, second-city of the Czech Republic, famous in certain circles for its trams. Legend and rumor (but more rumor than legend, one supposes)...
May 21st
Kenishment
from Ewaldapedia, the other free encyclopedia Kenishment is a noun used to describe the act of taking an open bottle of beer away from a patron when that patron is not looking, retreating with said beer into the back of the bar and then, as the miffed and mystified patron looks on, upturning the bottle of beer and pouring its remaining contents into a trash can behind the bar. The origins of...
May 21st