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Word of the Day: Frathole
We've spent a lot of time analyzing a particular genus of the species douchebag. He is the club-dwelling, Ed Hardy-wearing, faux-hawk sporting guy who inexplicably gets the babes (well, a certain variety of babe, who probably deserves him). I can't believe that when we tried to come up with a replacement term for douchebag, among the many terms we considered, we didn't include the awesome frathole.
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A Surprising Brouhaha Over the Use of the Word "Meh"
"Meh" is the online equivalent of saying to someone's face "whatever!" or my favorite variants, "whatevs" or the silent "W" formed with your thumbs and index fingers. The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman complained about it on Twitter last week, claiming that it represents that the user has "missed the point," or worse — rejects joy!
Word of the Day: Forgainst
Have you ever felt ambivalent about something, such that you couldn't tell if you were for or against it? I feel that way sometimes about sexy jerks, my fourth Scotch and soda of the night, or my third helping of nachos. I'm usually "forgainst" those things.
Word of the Day: Floordrobe
Jezebel recently blogged about a reissued vintage book called Live Alone And Like It (1936) which is all about the joys of spinsterhood living alone. The hilarious Dodai had some updated chapter ideas, including "The Dangers of the Floordrobe." This brings us to our word of the day:
Floordrobe: Like its root word, wardrobe, which is a noun referring to a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes, a floordrobe also "provides storage space for clothes."
I Love Yiddish!
Whether you're Jewish or not, you should definitely know some Yiddish words. You probably already do. There's an endless supply of words that allow you to kvetch, utz, and generally be meshugenah.
Word of the Day: Textual Harassment
Now that Valentine's Day has come and gone, let's talk jilted love. We've all heard horror stories about text message breakups — the nerve! — but the ubiquity of cell phones has also led to a rise in textual harassment.
Word of the Day: Boyzilian
Nothing makes me happier than to see equality between the sexes. I prefer to see women having access to social and political positions of power, but I get the occasional twinge of pleasure from seeing men suffer for beauty as women have done for centuries. Example: the trend purportedly spawned by sexy beast David Beckham in his Emporio Armani ads whereby normal dudes are waxing their personal business completely bald.
Word of the Day: Spontanuity
After the Miss Teen South Carolina "like such as" speech fiasco and all the fun that followed, it's a wonder why The Donald and company would give these pageant queens their own reality show. But he did, and we now have this educational clip of Miss Teen USA, Katie Blair, correcting her boyfriend's diction. (Excuse Noah Webster, while he rolls over in his grave.)
Word of the Day: "Extremo"
Extremo \extreme - o\: An adjective or noun describing or naming a person who not only sports tell-tale Emo stylistic markers (Romulan hair cut, tight jeans, tattoos, vintage glasses, etc.) but also sports them all at once. A contraction of "extreme" and "Emo."
Thanks for coining this most useful word, Vice!
Word of the Day: Douchestrology
The genius over at Hot Chicks With Douchebags has created a new pseudo-science that might give a more accurate reading of a douchebag's personality than conventional astrology. Loosely defined...
Douchestrology: The possible "correlation between astrological readings and the various stages of the tilting of the baseball cap...For instance, 40 Degree Hat Tilt can be read as Douchini Rising, while 80 Degree Hat Tilt is the Dawning of the Age of Scrotarius."
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