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25 wonderful words and phrases we learned in 2012
25 wonderful words and phrases we learned in 2012
12-08-2012 08:47 PM Tags: News Mental Floss 2012 fun facts trivia Words Phrases 25 wonderful words and phrases we learned in 2012 by: Jason English Mental Floss published: December 09, 2012 Share This: Tweet Comments In 2012, we invested in dictionaries. Old dictionaries. Slang dictionaries, mostly, and often we didn’t have to invest much. What we spent at yard sales and used book stores was well worth it, and we’ve been shoehorning great terms like these into office conversations all year. 1. Off the cob: Corny. 2. Pang-wangle: To go along cheerfully in spite of minor misfortunes. 3. Douse the Edisons: Turn off the lights, or close your eyes. 4. On a toot: A drunken spree. 5. The zings: A hangover. 6. Focus your audio: Listen carefully. 7. Zib: A nondescript nincompoop 8 and 9. Schlemiel and Schlimazel (Yiddish): The schlemiel is the one who spills his coffee; the schlimazel is the one on whom it’s spilled. 10. Bubble dance: To wash dishes. 11. In the ketchup: Operating at a deficit 12. Get the mitten: To be rejected. 13. Wet sock: A limp, flaccid handshake. 14. Alcoholiday: Leisure time spent drinking. 15. Arsle: To loaf around restlessly. Can also mean “to fidget” or “to back out of a place or situation.” 16. Mellencamp: A woman who is too old to be considered a cougar. 17. Scandiknavery: Deceit or trickery by Scandinavians.? Coined by James Joyce. 18. Spesenritter (German): Someone who shows off by paying the bill on the company’s expense account. Literally, an expense knight. 19. Hotter than Dutch love in harvest: Really hot. 20. Googlegänger: The person with your name who shows up in search results when you Google yourself. 21. Saccharhinoceros: A lumbering person with an affectedly sentimental manner. 22. Chuck a dummy: To feign a fainting fit in order to win sympathy. [Hobo use] 23. Packesel (German): The person stuck carrying everyone’s bags on a trip. Literally, a burro. 24. Know your groceries: To be aware, or to do things well. 25. A game at pully hawly: A series of affairs. Be sure to check back next week for more interesting trivia! ------------------------------------- --brought to you by mental_floss! www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/153809 Tags: 2012, fun facts, Mental Floss, Phrases, RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Molesworth, trivia, Words, News Related Content: 25 wonderful words and phrases we learned in 2012 by: Jason English Mental Floss published: Share This: Tweet Comments In 2012, we invested in dictionaries. Old dictionaries. Slang dictionaries, mostly, and often we didn’t have to invest much. What we spent at yard sales and used book stores was well worth it, and we’ve been shoehorning great terms like these into office conversations all year. 1. Off the cob: Corny. 2. Pang-wangle: To go along cheerfully in spite of minor misfortunes. 3. Douse the Edisons: Turn off the lights, or close your eyes. 4. On a toot: A drunken spree. 5. The zings: A hangover. 6. Focus your audio: Listen carefully. 7. Zib: A nondescript nincompoop 8 and 9. Schlemiel and Schlimazel (Yiddish): The schlemiel is the one who spills his coffee; the schlimazel is the one on whom it’s spilled. 10. Bubble dance: To wash dishes. 11. In the ketchup: Operating at a deficit 12. Get the mitten: To be rejected. 13. Wet sock: A limp, flaccid handshake. 14. Alcoholiday: Leisure time spent drinking. 15. Arsle: To loaf around restlessly. Can also mean “to fidget” or “to back out of a place or situation.” 16. Mellencamp: A woman who is too old to be considered a cougar. 17. Scandiknavery: Deceit or trickery by Scandinavians.? Coined by James Joyce. 18. Spesenritter (German): Someone who shows off by paying the bill on the company’s expense account. Literally, an expense knight. 19. Hotter than Dutch love in harvest: Really hot. 20. Googlegänger: The person with your name who shows up in search results when you Google yourself. 21. Saccharhinoceros: A lumbering person with an affectedly sentimental manner. 22. Chuck a dummy: To feign a fainting fit in order to win sympathy. [Hobo use] 23. Packesel (German): The person stuck carrying everyone’s bags on a trip. Literally, a burro. 24. Know your groceries: To be aware, or to do things well. 25. A game at pully hawly: A series of affairs. Be sure to check back next week for more interesting trivia! ------------------------------------- --brought to you by mental_floss! www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/153809 Tags: 2012, fun facts, Mental Floss, Phrases, RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Molesworth, trivia, Words, News Related Content: More... |
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