karjisms

bookfaced (book•faced)

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:08:00 -0800

—noun

1 : the oddly unsettling experience of seeing a Facebook friend in real life, and finding oneself incapable of instigating any meaningful kind of conversation: I don’t know why, but seeing Bob on the street left me completely bookfaced. Maybe if I tweet about it I’ll feel less weird.

takeover (take•over)

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:58:48 -0700

—noun
1 : disagreeable physical effects experienced upon overeating takeout* food—often compounded by consumption of alcohol: Honey, we’ve got to change our eating habits on Thursday nights, I have a terrible takeover.

*Due to varying regional dialects, a takeover can be referenced as a carry-over (in U.S. and Scottish English), a parcel-over (in Indian English and Pakistani English), and tapau-over (in Malaysian English and Singlish).

assy (ass•y)

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:58:00 -0700

—adjective, ass•i•er, ass•i•est.
1 : remarkably ugly to the point of being aesthetically offensive: containing copious quantities of “ass”: That assy new website makes me want to dig my eyes out with a spoon.

prelaxing (pre•lax•ing)

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:21:00 -0700

—noun
1 : a state of chaos and anxiety necessary to achieve any substantial form of relaxation: If I actually manage to survive all this prelaxing, I’ll spend the rest of my holiday drinking my face off.

karjism (karj•is•m)

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:32:00 -0700

—noun
1 : a term or phrase (used like proper English) by Eric Karjaluoto, which, in spite of seeming foolish, slowly creeps into one’s daily dialogue: I don’t think it’s a real word, it’s probably just another karjism. It almost makes sense, though, doesn’t it?