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Sniglets - 2008/07/04 00:08
A sniglet is a neologism defined as "any word that doesn't appear in the dictionary, but should". The term was coined by writer/actor/comedian Rich Hall, who first created a series of Sniglets while he was a performer on the 1980s HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News....
okay... you or someone in your family has made up one..what is your favorite.
ours come from our nephew Matt.....
Condimentsation- the yucky fluid that is emmited when squeezed from an unshaken ketchup or mustard container.
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/04 07:49
carperpetuation : the act of vacuuming over an object, picking it up then dropping it only to unsuccessfully vacuum over it again.
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/04 12:25
My Hubby says that things are "accomadable," which means that they work just fine for him!!
The Grammar Nazi (me) just hangs her head in shame!
~~ Dragon Breath Susie
"Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day." (Benito Mussolini)
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/04 15:28
Brain,
Does..."I'm fixin to slap the tar outta you woman iffin you don't stop gettin' all uppidy!"
fall under your very pricise parameters of sniglets.
Ever wonder why I'm divorced?
Jeff " Any of you rich single babes wanna be my sugar mama?" Shirley '78
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/04 16:34
Sorry Jeff..all are acceptable words in the Southern Heritage Dictionary...
fixin' - (ficks- un) fixing to get ready to do something. i.e as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in a front page article sometime in 1997 that the Atlanta city council were fixing to have a meeting this week to discuss some property issues.( I thought my wife,Clare, was going to have a seziure until I explained it to her it was a perfectly good word used in the true south, that she was not a native to Atlanta, and since she was truly a Yankee born in Baltimore, that she should learn to live with it.) When I woke up from my coma, my sweet wife then larnt' me a geographical lesson on two men named Mason and Dixon.
iffin - (iffun) if you , if I , if us.
uppidy - (up-id-ee)- snobbish. i.e "My wife, Clare, was born in that uppidy town of Baltimore."
Well gotta run. I hope this clears it up for you. I gotta go hide my fryin' pans iffin my wife hasn't fou...
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/04 20:42
postgradtrickelation - the slow process of posting in forums on shamrockreunions.com to move from a sub freshman to a senior, and the good feeling you get when you reach the next level.
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/07 08:03
SPUTNIK- teenagers screaming very loudly into the phone, from the closet or basement, trying to connect with one another.......
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/07 08:14
djshirley.1 wrote:
Brain,
Does..."I'm fixin to slap the tar outta you woman iffin you don't stop gettin' all uppidy!"
fall under your very pricise parameters of sniglets.
Ever wonder why I'm divorced?
Jeff " Any of you rich single babes wanna be my sugar mama?" Shirley '78
Hey Brain--I think I got a sniglet for you....That Jazzy DJ Jeff is one Moth%*& @@#!$% $%^^^&*$%^@ and if I ever meet him on the streets of Tucker, you can bet his @$$ is $%#&#$%$^&* @#@ @@@$%^&
how's that for a Sniglet?
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/07 08:29
brain wrote:
A sniglet is a neologism defined as "any word that doesn't appear in the dictionary, but should".
okay... you or someone in your family has made up one..what is your favorite.
"GINORMOUS" used by myself and my daughter!
Also, I know that this is not a sniglet, but my hubby loves to use malfunction as in, "What is that guys malfunction?" 
Our true identity is to love without fear and insecurity. Our higher potential finds us when we set our course in that direction. The power of love and compassion transforms insecurity............
Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
I Corinthians 13:4-8
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/07 16:41
How about "redumbdant", which of course is the act of saying something stupid again for no apparent reason. I may have others, let me think...
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/07 19:33
Hmmmm.....I certainly have a couple that are unmentionable!
Our true identity is to love without fear and insecurity. Our higher potential finds us when we set our course in that direction. The power of love and compassion transforms insecurity............
Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
I Corinthians 13:4-8
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/07 21:29
Snackmosphere : the air thats released when opening a bag of snacks.
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/08 11:37
A few of my family's favorites:
Bozone - The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating
Bargue - bargain-arguing
Phonesia - when you forget who you were calling right as they answer the phone.
Meaticide - when the meat you are barbecuing falls into the cracks of your grill
Doguum - whichever dog gets to the dropped food first
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/09 10:48
Ms Owens(Halpern), I had no idea you were so funny. Those are by far the best I have heard. I see why Ida and you were buds oh so long ago.
The only sniglet I can remember from the 80's was---
Snorfling-the sound you make when the waitress asks you are you enjoying your meal just as you are putting a forkful of food in your mouth.
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Re:Sniglets - 2008/07/09 12:10
Spagellum (spa gel' um) - n. The loose strand on each forkful of spaghetti that beats one about the chin and whiskers.
Pupkus (pup' kus) - n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.
Table Snorkeling (tay' bul snawrk' ling) - n. Frantic gesticulations when one bites into hot food and has to take in air to cool it off.
Bazookacidal Tendencies (bah zew' kuh sy dal ten' den seez) - n. The overwhelming desire of most individuals to reach out and pop the gigantic gum bubble billowing from someone's mouth.
Bovilexia (bo vil eks' e uh) - n. The uncontrollable urge to lean out the car window and yell "Moo!" every time you pass a cow.
for more sniglets:::
http://www.bertc.com/sniglets.htm
http://www.alphadictionary.com/fun/sniglets.html
http://www.dbooth.net/internerd/sniglet.cfm
hope you enjoy them as i do.
Stephen Pappas '83
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