Posted
August 26, 2006

Compiled from 
the nation's favorite Internet
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The Greater
Grace Daily
OnLine
Gazette

Copies now available at Grace Public Library

2006 edition of Grace International
Dictionary released for WordNerds 

    PokingFun Press, UnLtd. has just published the latest edition of new, coined words that occasionally may appear in the Gazette. As a public service, the Gazette presents new words from the 2005-6 edition, along with their meaning, of course.

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Below is a sampling of new words found in the 2005 edition
of the Grace International Dictionary for WordNerds

Abdicate (v) - To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
Agriphobia (n) - a condition under which one fears being forever stuck on the farm.

Balderdash (n.) - A rapidly receding hairline.

Blook (n.)  - A book that began as a blog until someone figured they could make money 
      off it if they published the same stuff on paper.
Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts

Coffee (n) - A person who is coughed upon.
Commaphillia (n) - The extravagant, overutilization of commas in everyday language.
de ja poo (n) -  The feeling you have stepped in this bull before.

Deppointment (n) - in corporate circles, the results of personnel downsizing, or more
     simply put, being fired. Ex.: The deapointment of Secretary of Defense Donald
     Rumsfeld may be announced soon.

Electronify (v) - The process of turning paper-based data into electronic or digital form.

Esplanade (v.) - To attempt an explanation while drunk.
Evapotranspiration - (n) The process or amount of water passing into the atmosphere by
      evaporation from the soil and surface water, and transpiration from vegetation.

FEMA approach (n.) - When a problem arises, meetings are held and action plans drawn up,
     but no one does anything.

Flabbergasted (adj.) - Appalled over how much weight you have gained.

Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over
      by a steamroller.

Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your Soul goes up on the roof 
      and gets stuck there.
Gargoyle (n) - An olive-flavored mouthwash

Irrelephant (n) - A large, gray animal that doesn't matter
Irritainment (n) - Entertainment and media spectacles that are especially annoying
       but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The J-Lo and Ben wedding
       (or not) was a prime example.
Lymph (v.) -  To walk with a lisp.

Menoporsche (n) - Male menopause. Symptoms include a sudden lack of energy, crankiness
       and the overpowering urge to buy a Porsche.

Negligent (adj.) - describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door
     in your nightgown.

Nutraceutical (n) - A non-prescription nutritional supplement. Nutraceuticals regularly
     promise to melt off the fat, rid you of depression or add years to your life.
Oyster (n.) - a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.

Pokemon (n.) - a Jamaican proctologist.

Rectitude (n.) - the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a Proctologist 
     immediately before he examines you.

Reintarnation (n.) - Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

Ringxiety (n.) - Triggered by the ringtone of a cell phone, it's when everyone in 
     a public place or meeting reaches simultaneously for their cell before it begins its
     second or third embarrassing ring.

Spinions (n.) - right wing, political invectives uttered by talking heads on Fox TV news.

Targasim (n.) - the feeling associated with finding a really, really special discounted 
     price at your local Target store.
Testicle (n.), A humorous question on an exam.
Upper Mobility (n) - aspiring to own a mobile home

Willy-nilly (adj.) - Impotent.