Monday, July 13, 2009

An act to a word?

I came across an article on some really weird situations where an act eventually became a word.

Pinkwashers (n) Certain companies who specifically use support for breast cancer research to promote products or services.


Carborexic (n) A person who is obsessed with minimizing his or her use of carbon.

Precycling (v) Purchasing products based on how recyclable they are.

Ghost call (n) A silent phone call received from a person who inadvertently has dialed or selected the number on their mobile phone (also known as ``purse-dialing.'')

Micro-boredom (n) What we used to call downtime is now increasingly filled by fiddling with mobiles or BlackBerrys. Those who market these devices, or the services they use, see it as an opportunity to sell us something.

Baby goggles (n) A phenomenon where the parents of an ugly baby think their baby is adorable and no one else does.

Fauxmosexual (n) A person who pretends to be gay, particularly as a way of garnering attention; a person who mistakenly believes he or she is gay.

Kitchenheimer's (n) When you're in the kitchen going around in circles because you can't remember what you were doing there.

SOURCE: Cramer-Krasselt's ``Urban Dictionary''

I find these words really amusing… and I really like the term Kitchenheimer's, maybe because that’s the word I have been looking for, for a long long time and yes, I do get Kitchenheimer's all the time. Do you?

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