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Word of the Day: Frathole

GiggleSugar — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:26:40 -0700

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. Want more info on this menace to womankind? Then read more.

So "frathole" is a portmanteau word made from combining "fraternity" and "asshole." The only difference in this iteration of douchebag is that he's more likely to be dressed in Abercrombie & Fitch oxford shirts untucked just so over loose jeans while inevitably sporting flip flops. And obviously, his habitat is a college campus or local beer joint. The other wonderful thing about having discovered the word frathole at this late date is all the words that are associated with it, including: fraternitool, fraterniture, frathoe, fratmosphere, and fratnanigans. Sample sentence: "The fratmosphere at Abercrombie & Fitch is oppressive."

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GiggleSugar — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:00:00 -0800

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! So of course, people responded to this Tweet with (drumroll): "Meh." Hahaha. "Meh" has been traced back to two Simpsons episodes in which Lisa and Bart express their disdain for something their parents did. It's an official word now, "meh" haters, so get used to it. It's now in the Collins English Dictionary! Click here to read more.

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Word of the Day: Forgainst

GiggleSugar — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0700

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. Or to put a new spin on a recently oft-heard phrase: I'm against it before I'm for it. (Apparently, this comes from a line Sarah Silverman utters in the movie Run, Ronnie Run.) What things are you guys forgainst?

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Word of the Day: Floordrobe

GiggleSugar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:09:00 -0700

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." The "space" it refers to, however, is not a piece of furniture but the more ambiguous and amorphous space of your living room or bedroom floor. Floordrobe could also refer to said clothes that constitute one's wardrobe. Ex: "I really need to update my floordrobe."

This is one of the dangers of living alone, but also one of its great freedoms - the freedom to throw your clothes willy-nilly without fear of retribution. Wheeeee!

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I Love Yiddish!

GiggleSugar — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:00:00 -0800

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. Check out these awesome license plates that tell other drivers to watch it - driver with chutzpah makes wide turns.

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Word of the Day: Textual Harassment

GiggleSugar — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:00:00 -0800

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. Nowadays, when an unwelcome caller has a hold of your digits, they have the power to digitally stalk you via text message. You're not returning their calls? No worries. They'll just send over 10,000 messages to your number in a period of, say, 65 days. Essentially, that's one text message every eight minutes. Timothy Mortimer knows exactly what I'm talking about- cuz it happened to him. For Timothy's story, click here.

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Word of the Day: Boyzilian

GiggleSugar — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:00:00 -0800

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. That's right, I'm talking the male version of the Brazilian: the Boyzilian. Awesome. (For the record, it grosses me out.)

Word of the Day: Spontanuity

GiggleSugar — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0800

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"

GiggleSugar — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:30:00 -0700

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

GiggleSugar — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:00:00 -0700

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."