Ginormous is a Real Word

I was certain ginormous was a made up term, like irregardless. Here I thought my friends and I have been using it ironically. This ruins everything.

gi·nor·mous | adjective
Etymology: gigantic + enormous
Extremely large, humongous

(Even More) Words

Sylvan :: pertaining to woods or forests.


Symposium (sĭm-pō'zē-əm) | n.
1) A meeting or conference for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.
2) A collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine.
3) A convivial meeting for drinking, music, and intellectual discussion among the ancient Greeks.


Prosaic (prō-zā'ĭk) :: adj.
1) Consisting or characteristic of prose (ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure).
2) Matter-of-fact; straightforward.
3) Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.


Solipsism (sol-up-siz-um)
n. Philosophy.
1) The theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified.
2) The theory or view that the self is the only reality.


Lissom :: adj.
1) Supple; nimble.
2) Having the ability to move with ease; limber.

Definitely

I absolutly love that some word nerd dedicated an entire Web site to the correct spelling of definitely.

The irony that one must spell that word correctly to access the site makes me LOL. Yah, I'm a geek. In sexy disguise. Definitely.

(More) Words

This has been a really busy week and I've been fighting a cold. Most of the posts have been about a day behind because I throw a few thoughts together in a draft sometime during the day, but don't have time to complete and post them until the next morning. Technically, that means I'm blogging everyday so blog365 can kiss my ass! I'm following the rules.

Somewhere in my mind I believe there are agents of blog365 trolling the interwebs keeping track. I'm fucking paranoid. My mind is clouded with visions of suddenly waking up wearing a pillow case over my head, tied naked to a chair with electric probes attacked to my balls and being tortured until I confess that I really don't post a new blog every single day. Check my post dates! I shriek before passing out in a puddle of wet pleasure. I mean horrid pain.

Anyways, let's not talk about my sexual fantasies. I'm losing focus and my pants are getting tight.

Now I don't know about you, but I love words and using knowledge like a weapon. There is nothing like making somebody feel like a dumbass. Talk about satisfying. The best part is it's not that hard to do. The world is full of really stupid people.

Unfortunately, many of those stupid people write for a living. As a writer myself, there is a time and a place for sloppy writing. For example this blog. It's written so quickly and haphazardly I hardly even bother to spell check and my grammar is shit. But that's the style and you can love it or leave it. Professionally, however, it's a different story. My facts are checked, sentence structure well thought out, and my use of words is accurate.

I often read something and wonder if the author actually knows the meaning of the word they just used. I've all but given up on tasking people on the correct use of "ironic" for example, because that word is so commonly misused there's just no hope. For the record, there are many things that are strangely coincidental, but that does not make them ironic. Please look up that word.

There is a little game I play with myself when I spot a misused word. First I determine what I believe to be the word's meaning, and then check the dictionary. Sometimes I'm right, other times I learn new things. And yet there are times I just really like a word and want to add it to my vernacular. All the while, I jot them down on a post-it. When I have multiple post-its pile up, I transcribe them here.

Do you know these words?

ENGENDER
en-jen-der | v.
To produce or cause, create, develop, or bring about


RECALCITRANT
ri-kal-see-trant | adj.
Showing repugnance or opposition; stubborn resistance


REQUIEM
rek-wee-uhm | n.
In music, a Mass for one or more dead persons, containing biblical passages and prayers for the admission of the dead to heaven


APOPLECTIC
ap-ah-plek-tek | adj.
Furious to the point of having a stroke


DEFENESTRATE
de-fen-es-trāt | tr.v.
To throw from a window

Mystery Word: Choad

Choad is the Word of the Day.

What is a choad? Well, some random web site I was on today asked that question. I forgot to link it, sorry.

I could swear to Christ on a cracker this term means you're starting to pop a boner, getting wood, semi-hard; a soft-on. You get the idea.

My dumb ass had to comment, because in my furry little brain I clearly recall this movie where this guy said he had choad, meaning he was getting turned on. I admit, I believe this movie to be 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 2' and it was actually evil robot Bill that said he was getting "robot choad" but still. Somehow that is burned into my brain.

Except now I can't support this theory. I've Googled it all day to no avail. Honestly people, this is the ridiculous crap that spins around in my head.

According to Answers.com, "choad" is:
Synonym for penis, used in alt.tasteless and popularized by the denizens thereof.

They say: "We think maybe it's from Middle English but we're all too damned lazy to check the OED." [I'm not. It isn't. —ESR] This term is alleged to have been inherited through 1960s underground comics, and to have been recently sighted in the Beavis and Butthead cartoons. Speakers of the Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati languages have confirmed that ‘choad’ is in fact an Indian vernacular word equivalent to ‘fuck’; it is therefore likely to have entered English slang via the British Raj.

Isn't that nice?

Multiple urban dictionary entries claim "choad" is about size; a dick wider than it is long.

Final answer: To call someone a "choad" is basically calling them a big fat dick. If you're "getting choad" that means you’re getting aroused, or if you say "he had a total choad" it means the dick was short but thick.


p.s. -- The spelling "chode" is the past tense form of the English verb "chide", meaning "to loudly admonish in blame or to angrily reproach."

I hope you learned something today, I know I did.

Words

DERIDE
de·ride | tr.v.
To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth. To ridicule.

UXORIOUS
ux·o·ri·ous | adj.
Excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife.
[From Latin uxōrius, from uxor, wife.]

FECKLESS
feck·less | adj.
Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
Careless and irresponsible.

MYRMIDON
myrmidon \MUR-muh-don; -duhn\, noun:
A loyal follower, especially one who executes orders without question, protest, or pity.


..now you can say you learned something today