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26. the dirty bin (thə dûr'tē bĭn)
- a. (n.) A large bin of discount products such as unwanted toys or DVDs that can be found at large supermarkets.
27. dotbomb (dŏt-bŏm)
- a. (n.) An internet venture doomed to failure.
- b. (n.) A presentation where a doomed company is touted as a sure success.
28. dotcomedy (dŏt-kŏm'ĭ-dē)
- a. (n.) An internet venture boasting a hilarious failure.
- b. (n.) A presentation where a doomed company is touted as a sure success; sometimes followed by evil laughter coming from a competing company.
29. dreadvertise (drĕd'vər-tīz')
- a. (v.) To advertise by using dreadful tactics; to engage in military propaganda.
Example: There are skilled dreadvertisers within our government system.
30. emongous (ĭ-mŏng'gəs)
- a. (adj.) A large conglomeration, especially of companies, often through electronic media.
Examples:
Time-Warner and Microsoft have become emongous companies!
More loosely, "Johny's new TV is emongous!"
31. execuglide (ĭg-zĕk'yə-glīd)
- a. (v.) The act of gliding across one's office in an executive chair on wheels.
32. faxole (făks'hōl')
- a. (n.) One who gets a new fax machine and insists on sending practice faxes to any friend with a fax machine.
33. foxfax (fŏks-făks)
- a. (n.pl.) The cunning and crafty facts one gets from a salesman when trying to buy a new or used car.
34. fundage (fŭn'dĭj)
- a. (n.) Money; Funds.
35. greencollar (grēn-kŏl'ər)
- a. (adj.) Anyone who manages and works on a farm or argicultural concern.
36. grintiger (grĭn-tĭ'jər)
- a. (n.) A bar code or sku number found on the back of a greeting card.
37. haggleable (hăg'əl-ə'bəl)
- a. (adj.) Negotiable, especially as to price.
Example: The sticker on this car is haggleable.
38. halficle (häf'ĭ-kəl)
- a. (n.) A small cubicle or half of a large cubicle. Usually found in a call center.
39. hob-cob (hŏb cŏb)
- a. (v.) To put something together in such a fashion that it will suffice, but will never pass for any manner of skill.
Example: I helped him hob-cob his glasses back together with tape and wire; it wasn't pretty, but it'll hold up til he can get a new pair.
40. hobamaed (hō-bä'məd)
- a. (v.tr.) To be kicked out of house and home to live like vagabonds due to extreme financial circumstances stemming from the 2008 economic downturn and the subsequent political answers prescribed by the Obama administration.
Example: Our neighbor was recently hobamaed and now they live like vagabonds traveling to and from the mid-west to find work in the new industrial age of America.
41. infomoron (ĭn'fō-môr'ŏn')
- a. (n.) An infomercial stand-in specialized in the task of showing the audience just how difficult commonplace tools or equipment can be to use, giving them ample reason to buy the new product. A certified professional will often demonstrate low manual dexterity, confusion with simple tasks, and a disastrous storage system that leaves them unable to locate the things they need.
Example: Let's watch the infomoron unsuccessfully staple papers together.
42. intaxication (ĭn-tăk'sĭ-kā'shən)
- a. (n.) Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until one realizes it was one's own money to start with.
43. JABUPS (jä-bŭps)
- a. (acro.) Jargon Articulated By Unintelligible Public Servants.
44. jobsworth (jŏbs'wûrth')
- a. (n.) A measure of a task in comparison to a job's worth. A task that, in order to complete, requires compensation above and beyond a single job's worth.
Example: I can't do that, it's more than a jobsworth.
45. lesbertizing (lěz'bər-tī'zĭng)
- a. (n.) A notice or announcement in a public medium, meant to appeal to lascivious males, which uses two or more young women in a sexually suggestive pose to promote a product, service, or event.
Example: Those liquor companies and nightclubs certainly use a lot more lesbertising these days. Even NASCAR is getting into it.
46. loanation (lō-nā'shən)
- a. (n.) Monies loaned, typically to a close relative, without the expectation of renumeration.
Example: Dave wrote off the $300, which he gave his daughter to fix her car brakes, as a loanation.
47. mapology (măp-ŏl'ə-jē)
- a. (n.) The study of maps. A degree relating to any profession that involves maps.
48. McSkimming (mĭk-skĭm'ĭng)
- a. (v.) Pocketing cash orders at the drive-up window.
49. meetnik (mēt-nĭk)
- a. (n.) A person who enjoys meetings and other administrative events and tries to attend as many of them as possible.
Example: Being socially active is one thing, meeting for the sake of meeting is another. I try to stay away from meetniks for whom getting together is an end in itself. Meeting without meaning is worse than meaning without meeting.
50. memolandum (mĕm'ə-lăn'dəm)
- a. (n.) The miscellaneous note or letter you keep putting back in your in-box because you don't know what else to do with it. Also: (pl) memolandums
