Word of the Day

New (or just acknowledgeable) words, useful or other wise, I’ve learned.

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My id (Inner Despot)

:: Sunday, Feb 26th 2006 @ 18:51 :: Thoughts, Word of the Day, Work ::

After having been a project manager for a week now I’ve started to get annoyed by the technical people. (…)

Puglin

:: Thursday, May 26th 2005 @ 20:30 :: Computer & Gadgets, Word of the Day ::

This is so funny it’s either adorable or sad! There’s this girl in the WP forums who always spells plugin as puglin. It’s not a typo here or there, it’s a braino. (…)

Tic toc

:: Thursday, Apr 28th 2005 @ 10:48 :: Miscellany, Word of the Day ::

I have a very persistent tic on my lower eyelid. It feels like my eye is bulging out my skull (intentional reference to Green Day’s Brainstew). I hate it! (…)

Techiess

:: Saturday, Feb 26th 2005 @ 21:30 :: Miscellany, Word of the Day ::

(trying to mean a female techie)
I’m recording the Survivor on my brand new DVD+VCR combo. (…)

In search for CPD

:: Monday, Oct 18th 2004 @ 15:09 :: University, Word of the Day ::

I’ve been searching for the proper meaning of CPD (domain: printers etc.), and during my journey I found this (the site is a mess, there are better acronym sites): CPD — Cubicle Prairie Dogging (people popping up in their cubicles when something happens)
It’s not exactly what I was looking for… I could also be looking for CDP…

Birthday enthusiasm

:: Friday, Oct 15th 2004 @ 12:38 :: Miscellany, Word of the Day ::

I texted my aunt asking that she’d pass on happy birthday wishes to my godson (her son, obv.). (…)

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:: Monday, Oct 11th 2004 @ 10:44 :: Language, Word of the Day ::

For a long time I’ve wondered what ATF stands for — I think I’ve seen black cars labeled ATF on South Park and heard it all around (on tv, that is). (…)

Nutty Professor Part 2

:: Wednesday, Oct 6th 2004 @ 20:32 :: Site, Word of the Day ::

Doh… sometimes I’m so clever I amaze myself. (…)

The sound loonies must hear

:: Wednesday, Sep 15th 2004 @ 20:21 :: Quote of the Day, Tweaks, Word of the Day ::

Quote of the Day
(…) the first mosquito of the new season buzzes blood-thirstily past your ear with that eye-watering hum that always makes you think it’s the sound loonies must hear just before they kill all their kids or close their eyes on the Interstate and put the gas pedal to the floor or tighten their toe on the trigger of the .30-.30 they just jammed into their quackers (…)
— ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Word of the Day: Discombobulate — to cause to be unclear in mind or intent; confuse
On the search page I added the list of categories a post belongs to. (…)

Home at last

:: Thursday, Aug 26th 2004 @ 21:58 :: Books, Miscellany, Word of the Day ::

Word of the Day: air quotes — quotation marks represented by the movement of a speaker’s fingers in the air (Oxford Dictionary of New Words)
(I’d love that kind of a smiley gif, it’d be absolutely wonderful!)
[edit: Sep 15, 2004] I found that kind of smiley gifs. (…)

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