Nikhedonia August 16th, 2016 @ 6:39 am PDT
nikhedonia, noun: The pleasure and satisfaction derived from the anticipation of success. A harmless indulgence, and a prudent one, too, since success comes only to some but nikhedonia is freely available to all. “Off to golf so early, darling? Hadn’t you better have your little nikhedonia session first? You know how badly you play when […]
How to Handle a Ducking iPhone December 4th, 2008 @ 3:16 pm PST
For some reason that makes little sense, Apple decided to not include one of the words I use most frequently in the iPhone’s internal dictionary. So if I ever send you a text message saying that something is, “ducking awesome,” or that you need to, “get the duck out,” that is why. A certified Apple […]
Rowing Dictionary August 13th, 2008 @ 3:50 pm PDT
There is an excellent glossary of rowing terms on the NBC Olympics site.
The Weblog Dictionary November 20th, 2001 @ 3:09 am PST
Lucky you! I went and updated my world famous blog dictionary. I added several new terms and changed the formatting. I received numerous requests for the functionality, so you can now easily link to entries. It’s also in css now, so you don’t have to wait for the entire table to load before you can […]
New Words April 24th, 2001 @ 8:34 am PDT
The Pseudodictionary is full of words (and phrases) that aren’t really words but should be. In the early 80s we used to call these sniglets, a term coined by, I think, Rich Hall of HBO’s Not Necessarily the News. I first found the Psuedodictionary several months ago when there were only a handful of words […]
definitions August 4th, 2000 @ 3:59 am PDT
Check it: New definitions added to the blog dictionary.
Appendix A July 20th, 2000 @ 6:47 pm PDT
Spoon! Updated Appendix A – blog dictionary Let me know if you can think of something to be added or edited.
eGads June 8th, 2000 @ 12:53 pm PDT
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