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404 A clueless person. From the World Wide Web message "404, URL not found" meaning that the document you've tried to access can't be located. "Don't bother asking him...he's 404, man."
aquadextrous (ak wa deks' trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.
irritainment Annoying, but one can't stop watching.
carperpetuation (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.
disconfect (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, somehow assuming this will `remove' all the germs.
eiffelites (eye' ful eyetz) n. Gangly people sitting in front of you at the movies who, no matter what direction you lean in, follow suit.
elecelleration (el a cel er ay' shun) n. The mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button, the faster it will arrive
generica Fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions. "We were so lost in generica that I couldn't remember what city it was."
lactomangulation (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the `illegal' side.
link rot The process by which links on a web page become obsolete as the sites they're connected to change location or die.
petrophobic (pet ro fob' ik) adj. One who is embarrassed to undress in front of a household pet.
Hispanic attack - a combined hissy fit and panic attack
Sarchasm. n. The gap between the person making a sarcastic joke, and the person who doesn't get it.
404 A clueless person. From the World Wide Web message "404, URL not found" meaning that the document you've tried to access can't be located. "Don't bother asking him...he's 404, man."
aquadextrous (ak wa deks' trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.
irritainment Annoying, but one can't stop watching.
carperpetuation (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.
disconfect (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, somehow assuming this will `remove' all the germs.
eiffelites (eye' ful eyetz) n. Gangly people sitting in front of you at the movies who, no matter what direction you lean in, follow suit.
elecelleration (el a cel er ay' shun) n. The mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button, the faster it will arrive
generica Fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions. "We were so lost in generica that I couldn't remember what city it was."
lactomangulation (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the `illegal' side.
link rot The process by which links on a web page become obsolete as the sites they're connected to change location or die.
petrophobic (pet ro fob' ik) adj. One who is embarrassed to undress in front of a household pet.
Hispanic attack - a combined hissy fit and panic attack
Sarchasm. n. The gap between the person making a sarcastic joke, and the person who doesn't get it.
