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prophelies n. Some of us are familiar with the term “prophelies,” coined-I believe-to mean false predictions. And I must say that I am concerned about the folks who scare the living daylights out of some people with their prophelies. (Jan. 18, 2005) [full citation…]

goose father n. Lots of fathers are lonely. Prof. “J” is lonely too. His wife left Korea for the U.S. with their children to give them a chance to study English. They have a 9-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl. He sends money once a month to them. In Korean, we call him a “goose father” since a goose moves from place to find food for its young. (Jan. 18, 2005) [full citation…]

detail ranger n. PFC Haugendaus’ (I don’t know how to spell your name) in his rack. DETAIL RANGER!!! HOOAH! (Jan. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

grief v. If someone as generally mild-mannered…as me could grief with such ease, imagine what dedicated griefers could do.…To the true griefer, time wasted is irrelevant. They are preventing you from doing what YOU want to do—that’s satisfaction enough. (Jan. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

milkshake n. Van Clief’s comments came days after 17 people were indicted for an alleged plan to use a substance known in racetrack parlance as a “milkshake”—a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and sugar—to a racehorse in the first race at Aqueduct on December 18, 2003. (Jan. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

Google egg n. Google egg: A small piece of information [most likely a name or phrase] published on the web for the purpose of being “found” by a specific person(s), via an anticipated [or pre-arranged] search query. (Jan. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

Southcott Syndrome n. She’s suffering from Southcott Syndrome, a medical condition whose name I coined myself. I define this condition as being when a post-menopausal or otherwise infertile woman insists, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that she’s pregnant. I named the syndrome after Joanna Southcott, the 19th-century prophetess who announced at the age of sixty five that she was pregnant with the new messiah. (Jan. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

urban fartlek n. The only item of note I can think of is that I coined the term “urban fartlek” to describe our sudden speeding up to make it through a stale green light and cross Market Street. (Jan. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

blogola n. An emailer writes that there should be a spiffy little word for blogger payola, like “blogola.” Maybe we could also do with a word for blog product placement, like maybe “product blogment.” (Jan. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

Tokyo ten n. Compared to the gyms in the US, Tipness is small but workeable nonetheless. We needed to keep in shape to avoid the dreaded Tokyo Ten (Term apparently coined by expat housewives). (Jan. 17, 2005) [full citation…]

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