Category Archives: FWOTD!
March 20, 2012 Faux Word of the Day: eccentrick
It has been a little while since I’ve added to the fictionary. My apologies. This is the fourteenth FWOTD. eccentrick (ik-sen-trik) noun an individual’s inherently narcissistic belief that by engaging in seemingly “contradictory” behaviors, he/she has an unusual, peculiar, or otherwise interesting personality. In other words, a manufactured sense of eccentricity. For example: “Isn’t it weird that on [...]
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January 31, 2012 Faux Word of the Day: fanatischism
Today, the fictionary grows one word larger. This is the thirteenth FWOTD. fanatischism (fa-nat-i-skiz-uhm) noun a remarkable but completely avoidable cocktail of sadness and anger invariably stemming from one’s choosing to base a portion of his/her mood on the success and failures of a particular sports team or professional athlete For example: “I am the biggest New York Mets [...]
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December 13, 2011 Faux Word of the Day: desirony
Time to add another word to the fictionary! For the record, we’re up to twelve FWOTD now. desirony (de-si-ro-ny) noun an emotional imbalance that stems from the impossible, unfortunate longing to erase knowledge and experience so as to be able to experience, again, for the first time, the overwhelming joy of a particularly influential discovery For example: “I [...]
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November 9, 2011 Faux Word of the Day: cropportunity
The fictionary was recently invented (by me, out of thin air), so we might as well add to it. cropportunity (krop-er-too-ni-tee) noun a favourable, appropriate, or advantageous combination of circumstances whereby a formerly pleasant (though now undesirable person) is able to be easily removed from a digital photograph, the result of which is an enjoyable [...]
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October 19, 2011 Faux Word of the Day: Fictionary
In life, they say, you don’t get too many guarantees. But here’s one, just for you: this blog entry will be the most meta in the history of Faux Outrage. (And if it turns out that it’s not, I’m counting on you to forget this pesky — and, for the record, completely unenforceable — “guarantee.”) [...]
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August 25, 2011 Faux Word of the Day: expertease
Faux Word of the Day actually started out as a joke between me and myself, a pretty standard communication these days. Since I only had one faux word at the time (punintentional), the idea was that the series would be a one-parter: One word. One day. One joke. The end. But as with most things [...]
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May 11, 2011 Faux Word of the Day: glawking
Behold! Your vocabulary is about to get one (essentially pointless*) word larger! [pause approximately 8 seconds for applause] Since FauxOutrage began, you have learned of punintentional, fauxjectivity, gendrification, NetFlixtion, and most recently, annexiety. Today, I present you with glawking. glawking (glawk-ing) verb to use the reflection of glass, such as a storefront or subway train window, in order to [...]
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January 25, 2011 Faux Word of the Day: annexiety
Welcome to the fifth installment of Faux Word of the Day! To recap, you’ve already learned (and memorized and utilized and enjoyed, I hope) punintentional, fauxjectivity, gendrification, and NetFlixtion. And today, if you’ll let me, I’d like to add annexiety to your repertoire. Yes, this will be on the exam. annexiety (an-eks-zahy-i-tee) noun a sudden overwhelming [...]
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