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26. addiptive (ə-dĭp'tĭv)
- a. (v.) Describing something that traps oneself at the chip bowl.
Example: This French onion is totally addiptive!
27. adjectize (aj'ĭk-tīz')
- a. (v.) To describe thoroughly with an excessive, and often an unnecessary, amount of words.
28. adminisphere (ăd-mĭn'ĭs-fîr')
- a. (n.) The levels of management where big, impractical, and counterproductive decisions are made.
Example: The administration thought it'd be a good idea to replace all 700 of our servers with three mainframes as a way of speeding things up. I'm telling you, their brains don't get enough air in that adminisphere.
29. adoricious (ăd'ə-rĭsh'əs)
- a. (adj.) The quality of being able to be adored. Used in place of 'adorable' which often tends to imply cuteness as opposed to the ability to be adored. Useful when subject or a quality of the subject is endearing, but not necessarily cute.
30. adorkable (ə-dôrk'ə-bəl)
- a. (adj.) Equally adorable and dorky.
31. adultish (ə-dŭlt'ĭsh)
- a. (adj.) Closely resembling an adult person.
Example: As the child grew up she became more adultish.
32. adverteasement (ăd-vər-tēz'mənt)
- a. (n.) Any sexual representation used for the purpose of obtaining an individual or group's attention. Often used in media outlets.
33. advomentary (ād'və-měn'tə-rē)
- a. (n.) An advocacy documentary motion picture. An advomentary uses documentary production styles to promote a specific opinion or "spin". The objective of an advomentary is persuasion.
Example: Michael Moore is the godfather of the advomentary filmmmaking style which is both documentary and editorial.
34. aeroma (âr-ō'ma)
- a. (n.) The odor emanating from an exercise room after an aerobics workout.
35. aeropalmics (âr-o-päm-ĭks)
- a. (n.) The study of wind resistance conducted by holding a cupped hand out the car window.
36. aesthete's foot (ĕs-thēts fut)
- a. (n.) The chronic condition whereby one's socks match one's shirt without fail.
37. aggravistle (ăg'rə-vĭs'əl)
- a. (n.) The small and inaccessible piece of steak that clings between the teeth and refuses to dislodge despite constant agitation, causing continuous discomfort and extreme annoyance.
38. aggravitch (ăg'rə-vĭch)
- a. (n.) An itch that that does not lessen with scratching but instead seems to spread to surrounding areas, causing immense annoyance and sometimes paranoia and self-mutilation.
39. aggrieviate (ăg'grē'vē-āt')
- a. (v.tr.) To make a burden heavier. To render (something) more likely to aggrieve.
40. agiliteeth (ə-jĭl'ĭ-tēth)
- a. (n.) The skill of using dental floss to effectively clean the entire mouth. Often perfected by individuals with germ phobias.
41. agreeance (ə-grē-əns)
- a. (n.) The state of agreement; when two or more people possess the same opinions or ideas.
Example: John and I were in agreeance about the future of the business.
42. agromagulated (ăg'rə-măg'yə-lăt'əd)
- a. (v.tr.) Very angry.
43. air biscuit (âr bĭs'kĭt)
- a. (n.) To pass gas in a concentrated form.
Example: I can't believe you just floated an air biscuit in this car while the windows were closed!
44. airdirt (âr-dûrt)
- a. (n.) A hanging plant that's been ignored for three weeks or more.
45. alarmisist (ə-lärm'əs-ĭst)
- a. (n.) A person who causes by direct conflict or by interjecting false conflict in a situation to purposely cause alarm in others. Also known as an Eeyorist, akin to Winnie the Pooh's friend Eeyore.
46. alcohological (āl'kə-hô-lŏj'ĭ-kəl)
- a. (adj.) Things that seem logical only after consuming large amounts of alcohol.
Example: It was alcohological for her to run down the street naked in the snow.
47. alcolean (āl'kə-lēn)
- a. (n.) The angle of a drunk's body before they go into stagger mode.
Example: He attained 11 degrees of alcolean before swerving into the parking meter.
48. alcologic (ăl'kə-lŏj'ĭk)
- a. (n.) Logic that is only understood while one is inebriated. To justify everything by the use of alcohol as the basis for every problem, debate, or argument. Any attempt at making a logical statement while one is drunk; Often identified as fuzzy logic. A system of reasoning based on alcohol and often not involving reason.
49. alcotholic (āl'kə-thə'lĭk)
- a. (n.) One who uses alcohol to excess to escape his rigid Catholic upbringing.
Example: It was religion that drove him to the drink; he's a terrible alcotholic.
50. Alfred Hitchcook (ăl'frĭd hĭch-kuk)
- a. (v.) To stab continuously at a block of frozen vegetables or other frozen food items to make them cook faster.
