Alexandre Nikolaev ([personal profile] alexnikolbackup) wrote2015-01-21 03:18 pm

Новые слова по Вебстеру.

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Ибейэбл-ebayable (adjective) : able to be sold on eBay

dadly (adjective) : fatherly
Al is the best dadly dad I know in the neighborhood.

destinasia (noun) : the condition of forgetting why one has gone somewhere

My destinasia is kicking in again...I forgot what I was going to get upstairs.

paraprosdokian (noun) : a word or phrase that brings about an unexpected twist to the interpretation of the previous part of the sentence

threek (noun) : a three-tined fork

mensiversary (noun) : the monthly recurrence of a date marking a notable event

The couple celebrated their first mensiversary at dinner.

administrivia (noun) : administrative minutiae

We are so bogged down in administrivia it's hard to get anything important done.

upstander (noun) : a person who stands up for the rights of others