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Monday, June 05, 2006

Fictionary: Words, Phrases & Theories

Bargoyle (noun), The individual seated at the end of a tavern or Chinese restaurant who has been drinking since late 1982. Source: SadRico.

In a sentence: "Boy, that new law about not smoking in bars has changed Joes' Tavern. I hardly know where to sit now that the Bargoyle is outside half the day."

Clure (verb, noun) - a tidbit of information dangled in order to get you to be interested in more information. "She clured me in by telling me that she had a date with a guy named B. Pitt last night."


"Click-Second" (phrase) - that infuriating moment between the time you press the button on your digital camera and when the image is actually captured. This split second is the time when children look their best and you look really thin. (Source: tpgal)

Transitdental Meditation (state of being)- The zen like state commuters achieve on the Metro to and from work. They aren't asleep, but they aren't awake. Commuters in full TM state are able to fully relax every muscle and yet maintain an iron-like grasp on their briefcases and keep their head from lolling back and forth.

Feline Attention Disorder Theory - This theory suggests that cats have an intuitive inverse interest to affection ratio. The more you want to snuggle with the cat the less they want to do with you and conversely, the less you want to do with them the more they want you. This is evidenced by how scarce cats make themselves when the 5 year old is running after them yelling "Here Kitty Kitty" and again by the psychotic need to stand on the Sunday paper or climb on the computer table when I'm trying to write.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I noticed that "SadRico" was the source of the Bargoyle word. I also remember you mentioning your hope that he would soon lose the "sad" monicor(sp??). I guess he is still sad?? (sighhhh)