un-sat-is-fac-to-ry
noun
A facility that manufactures poor quality products.
Author: JB
attachment disorder
att-ach-ment dis-ord-er
noun
1. A condition that prevents a person from sending emails with the promised attachment(s).
2. A condition that prevents a person from being separated from their laptop, tablet computer or smartphone for more than a few minutes without feeling tremendous anxiety or boredom.
Pokiemon
Pok-ie-mon
noun
Japanese cartoon characters who feature in bright, flashy animation along with addictive and risky card trading and video games. Primarily aimed introducing children to the world of problem gambling.
Soxing Day
Sox-ing Day
noun
A public holiday celebrated by men on the first day after Christmas which is used to wash, sort and prioritise the many pairs of socks received as gifts.
Image by Spencer Ritenour.
The fink
There once was a fink who fought with his thinking
Despite the fight that he fought his mind kept on sinking
The thoughts that he fought drove him to drinking
Poor little fink, his world slowly shrinking
consuman
con-su-man
noun
A creature distinguished from a human or animal by its insatiable desire to consume goods and services well beyond its basic needs and to the detriment of its own health and environment.
hypathetical
hy-pa-thet-i-cal
noun
A miserably inadequate imaginary situation.
infeariority complex
in-fear-i-or-ity com-plex
noun
The nagging fear that one’s phobias are not quite as terrifying as those held by other people. Difficult to cure.
timtamtation
tim-tam-tation
noun
The urge for just one more chocolate biscuit.
ridiculocity
rid-i-cu-loc-i-ty
noun
The speed at which a conversation or situation approaches the ridiculous. At maximum ridiculocity the mind and body enter a state of ecstasy induced by uncontrollable laughter.
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