I coined this word to describe the bumps and valleys caused by public transportation buses reshaping the asphalt in front of bus stops... but I did it on wordie.org.... how do I define on wordnik? which, by the way, is not as good a word as wordie.
shawshank: Verb: to dig your way out of something through patience and persistence. Example: my cats shawshanked their way out of the house by scratching at the drywall in the closet for 7 years.
aquachop: the waving gesture made beneath automatic sink sensors with the intended result of turning on the water. brainstormed with Hope Ginsburg on 4/19/08
Since Rush Limbaugh has adopted this word, which infuriates me, the new definition should be about the use of the word in culture, let's turn it around on him.....
Strategery: verb:the act of attempting to legitimize a word through use in order to convince others to add it to the lexicon. repeating a mistake to make it not a mistake.
successful acts of strategery are Steven Colbert's addition of "truthiness" to the dictionary
Comments by pjbaldes
pjbaldes commented on the word stopography
oops.. I spelled it wrong... but how do I define on wordnik?
June 19, 2010
pjbaldes commented on the word stopograhy
I coined this word to describe the bumps and valleys caused by public transportation buses reshaping the asphalt in front of bus stops... but I did it on wordie.org.... how do I define on wordnik? which, by the way, is not as good a word as wordie.
June 19, 2010
pjbaldes commented on the word dittany
past tense response to questioning of non question: "oh no he didn't"
example: dittany he just steal my slim jim?
June 19, 2010
pjbaldes commented on the word shawshank
shawshank: Verb: to dig your way out of something through patience and persistence. Example: my cats shawshanked their way out of the house by scratching at the drywall in the closet for 7 years.
June 19, 2010
pjbaldes commented on the word dashtonics
the phenomena of your dashboard splitting and cracking and shifting due to exposure to heat and sun. Saabs are especially susceptible to this problem
November 7, 2009
pjbaldes commented on the word stoptional
Stop sign encountered on bicycle.
attribute: Rebecca Geomagic Henderson
October 2, 2008
pjbaldes commented on the word stopographies
The ruts, bumps and humps in blacktop caused by Public Transportation buses in front of bus stops.
see also stopographics, stopography
coined by Hope Ginsburg and Peter Baldes, August 17, 2008
August 19, 2008
pjbaldes commented on the word aquachop
aquachop: the waving gesture made beneath automatic sink sensors with the intended result of turning on the water. brainstormed with Hope Ginsburg on 4/19/08
April 20, 2008
pjbaldes commented on the word strategery
Since Rush Limbaugh has adopted this word, which infuriates me, the new definition should be about the use of the word in culture, let's turn it around on him.....
Strategery: verb:the act of attempting to legitimize a word through use in order to convince others to add it to the lexicon. repeating a mistake to make it not a mistake.
successful acts of strategery are Steven Colbert's addition of "truthiness" to the dictionary
March 7, 2007
pjbaldes commented on the word sevrapulcher
a monument or burial place of several people.
February 28, 2007
pjbaldes commented on the word loyolalist
people who are loyal to loyola sports teams. I think loyola is a university with a basketball team, and probably many other teams.
February 28, 2007
pjbaldes commented on the word memel
a person or thing that agrees with a meme of ones own production.
derived from meme and mammal.
February 28, 2007
pjbaldes commented on the word splandid
from span and splendid: when things measure up properly or correctly
February 28, 2007
pjbaldes commented on the word dudelisk
Derived from the words dude and obelisk, a dudelisk is an upstanding dude, a towering dude, a dude of respect.
February 28, 2007
pjbaldes commented on the word homoblivious
now that is a good word.
February 21, 2007
pjbaldes commented on the word bonily
after my cat broke his leg he was not doing so well bonily.
bonily speaking, my cat with the broekn leg was not doing so well.
February 21, 2007
pjbaldes commented on the list toner-s-words
I got a blandwich from subway, everytime i've been there.
December 2, 2006