# Sniglets **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 1999, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933 "1999-07-09T22:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 1999, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/21 "1999-07-20T22:48:00Z")
The Washington Post’s Style Invitational asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some recent winners: Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high Tatyr: A lecherous Mr. Potato Head. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn’t get it. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. Burglesque: A poorly planned break-in. (See: Watergate) Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like a serious bummer. Glibido: All talk and no action. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid & an asshole." ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 1999, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/22 "1999-07-21T00:59:00Z")
re: SARCHASM Honestly, this is the first and last time in my life I will say this: LOL! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 1999, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/23 "1999-07-21T01:23:00Z")
I’m not sure where I heard it, but **asugos** are the things you put by the stairs that need to go up, or down. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 1999, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/24 "1999-07-21T15:10:00Z")
I sure do miss Sniglets! Here’s a couple: Elacceleration - The act of repeatedly pushing elevator buttons in the hopes that this will make it arrive more quickly. Phonesia - The act of placing a phone call then forgetting who you have called. Negamegabuck Line - The line you draw on a check after writing out the “word” amount in the hopes that no one will add extra dollar amounts illegally! Ecnalubma - The feeling that you are being followed by an ambulance. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 1999, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/25 "1999-07-21T16:00:00Z")
bondsnorkling - to hold your breath while you watch a tv or movie character swim under water (I still do this). doork - someone who misjudges the push/pull properties of a glass door and walks into it, to the amusement of the people in the room beyond the door. burgatory - where all the unused burgers go when McDonald’s closes for the night. * * * “Knowing others is wisdom. Knowing yourself is enlightenment.” - Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 1999, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/26 "1999-07-22T15:51:00Z")
Sorry about this but, Azraek, what does LOL mean? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/27 "1999-07-23T03:28:00Z")
LOL = Laugh/Laughs/Laughing Out Loud For more acronyms, check out [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/acronyms.html](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/acronyms.html) . There’s also an acronym-listing thread in, I believe, the About this Message Board forum, but I’m too lazy to look up the link. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 1999, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/28 "1999-07-24T00:21:00Z")
BOVILEXIA: the urge to yell “Moo!” at cows as you drive past a farm AEROBICREEP: someone who keeps moving into your space during an aerobics class CREDIDIOTS: people who stay in the movie theatre and watch every single one of the ending credits TILE COMET: a piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 1999, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/29 "1999-07-27T19:37:00Z")
I just heard a good (albeit unofficial) one on the radio! It was on the traffic report, and they said there was a car on fire in the left lane, a “car-b-q” i laffed… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 1999, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/30 "1999-07-27T23:47:00Z")
The ones I remember most from Rich Hall are - GARPACTION: the act of stomping on a full garbage bag to get more trash in. EXCELEVATION: the act of continually pressing the elevator button to make it arrive faster. * * * “Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore.’” E A Poe ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 1999, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/31 "1999-07-28T20:59:00Z")
Bill Cosby said, in “I Started Out as a Child,” that the noise an empty stomach makes is “eeareurps” (approximate spelling; pronounced ee-AIR-ee-urps). I liked “agonosis”–the syndrome of turning in on “Wide World of Sports” just to watch the skier rack himself (the footage of the skier who slid off the ski jump on his way down and hit an upright or “finial” on top of a booth or other structure). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 1999, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/32 "1999-07-28T23:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > What’s the opposite of to enlarge/ ## UNlarge! **StoryTyler** _The fun starts here!_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 1999, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/33 "1999-07-29T00:43:00Z")
I always thought a good fake word would be ENDODUS. It’s the opposite of exodus. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 1999, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/34 "1999-07-29T00:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I liked “agonosis”–the syndrome of turning in on “Wide World of Sports” just to watch the skier rack himself (the footage of the skier who slid off the ski jump on his way down and hit an upright or “finial” on top of a booth or other structure). The agony of defeat! Oh yeah, Dougie that was somethin’. That dude’s name was Binko Bogataj (sp?) and he while he took a healthy drubbing in that spill, he wasn’t nearly as hurt as you’d think he was. Man, that’s a name from the dark recesses of my brain. I’m gonna do some web surfin’ and see if I can find out what he’s up to now. * * * ---
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Turns out I spelled his first name wrong, but got the last one right. A cursory web search got me this: [http://cgi.pathfinder.com/ew/fab400/tv100/70s\_p1.html#abc](http://cgi.pathfinder.com/ew/fab400/tv100/70s_p1.html#abc) * * * ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 1999, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/36 "1999-07-29T02:17:00Z")
Extracelilscerffing! spending too much time on this site! I’m outta here! Good night! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/37 "1999-08-14T23:30:00Z")
Another favorite: “pastaplegic”–someone who has eaten so much spaghetti he can’t move. ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/38 "1999-08-15T00:49:00Z")
On a slightly different tangent, this thread has reminded me of a booklet I bought many many years ago entitled “The Meaning of Liff” – yes, Liff --, which gives names to every-day occurrences and phenomena. A sample: Burton Coggles A bunch of keys found in a drawer whose purpose has long been forgotten, and which therefore can now be used only for dropping down people’s backs as a cure for nose-bleeds. Goole The puddle on the bar in which the barman puts your change. Iping The increasingly anxious shifting from leg to leg you go through when you are desperate to go to the lavatory and the person you are talking to keeps on remembering a few things he wants to mention. Nad Measure defined as the distance between a driver’s outstretched fingertips and the ticket machine in an automatic car park. 1 nad = 18.4 cm Simprim The little movement of false modesty by which a girl with a cavernous visible cleavage pulls her skirt down over her knees. Wimbledon The last drop which, no matter how hard you shake it, always goes down your trouser leg. Did I mention the authors were British? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/39 "1999-08-16T06:50:00Z")
The only one I remember is carperpetuation-when the vacuum fails to suck up something on the rug, even after several tries, so you pick it up to see what it is–and then you put it back down to give the vacuum another shot at it. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933/40 "1999-08-16T19:15:00Z")
I like these: Puzz: the cardboard dust/fuzz in a puzzle box. Wimbledown: the fuzz on a tennis ball. Confido: to tell your dog your problems. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sniglets/6933.md?page=3)