30 January 2009

NWoTD - Felonocity

Felonocity - the speed at which crime increases as the economy worsens. Compounded from felon and velocity.

28 January 2009

NWoTD - Rideiculous

Rideiculous - a stupid ride (and not in a good way), i.e. the dumbshit with the ape hanger handlebars that made him hold his arms above his head to ride his Harley and he nearly dropped it in the parking lot because it was so ungainly.

21 January 2009

NWoTD - Foolush

Foolush - a stupid drunk, comes from foolish lush, obviously.

17 January 2009

NWoTD - Swervitude

Swervitude - swerving with attitude. Meant to indicate the people who treat the highway like their own personal race course and swerve in and out of traffic and across multiple lanes regardless of the danger they present to everyone around them.

14 January 2009

NWoTD - Twurfing

Twurfing - astroturfing (Wiki - neologism for formal public relations campaigns in politics and advertising which seek to create the impression of being spontaneous "grassroots" behavior, hence the reference to the artificial grass, AstroTurf) via Twitter but includes the marketing wonks/SEO "experts" who use Twitter to expand their network of contacts.

10 January 2009

NWoTD - Phlotation

Phlotation - making ends meet by selling photographs is phlotation.

09 January 2009

NWoTD - Revisionisticalism

Revisionisticalism - the effort to rewrite history in order to paint yourself in a better light by the use of talking points dispersed throughout your organization. See Cheney, Dick and Bush, George for current examples of revisionisticalism.

02 January 2009

NWoTD - Slopportunity

Slopportunity - when someone takes advantage of a drunk person for sex or other actions then you are being slopportunistic. Or, another definition, a slopportunity is an opportunity to make a buck off of a sloppy situation, i.e. how a tow truck driver loves freezing rain because more cars slide off the road and mean more money in his pocket.