This is related to that thread a while back: “I started that. Yeah, that was me.”
I was chatting with a friend the other day and almost mis-typed the word substitute as “stubstitute”. It was kind of a Freudian thing since we were talking about compensation; yeah, that kind of compensation.
He suggested I submit it to Urban Dictionary with an appropriate definition and example. After a vetting period, viola! the word stubstitute is now defined. I plan to use it as often as possible in the hope that it catches on.
Have you guys ever contributed a definition or created a new entry for UD? What was it? Has it become common in your circle? Let’s share and promote each other’s slang terms.
I submitted “clogger” for someone who drives slow in the fast lane. It was summarily dismissed. The accepted definition for clogger is a turd so huge that it can’t be flushed, which I’ve got to admit, is a pretty good definition. I’m still pushing for clogger amongst my circle of friends. Help me out, dopers! Its etymology stems from ultimate frisbee, for an offensive player who won’t clear out of the passing lanes, thus stifling one’s offense.
Example: Get out of the fast lane, you fucking clogger.
I just submitted one. I’ve been meaning to for a long time now and it’s finally done.
The word: quezelbiggle
Definition: To make a decision on which queue to join based on the length of time it will take for the queue to move (ie finding and joining the fastest, but not necessarily the shortest queue).
Example: In the supermarket there are several queues. Every time I go there I quezelbiggle to make sure I spend as little time as possible waiting in line.
It came into being when I was skiing with a friend on a very windy day - it was blowing a gale… He said “I’ll don’t know which lift queue I’ll be in down the bottom because I can’t see which one is bigger”. All I heard was quezelbiggle. From then on that was the only term for queue joining decisions, whether on snowfields, in supermarkets, or at fair grounds.
I like it. It works especially well with the toilet-ruining turd that serves as the main meaning. It shall be used with venom in the future for the escalator-clogging bastards who stand on the right when I’m rushing to get a train.
@quezelbiggle, Hmm, just using queue is a bit odd for me outside of computer usages since I’m an American, but I’ll give it a shot and see how it feels in context.
@The Them, I have adopted that word also, since I became aware of it. Very appropriate for the situation that prompted the coining too.