Sunday 29 September 2013
Slurprise
Slurprise: noun. The thing that happens when one slurps down a drink, but despite all efforts, the water level rises instead of decreasing. This word could likewise describe the surprise this casues. The word slurprise itself was first used in a quite different context and with a quite different meaning by the infamous composer Gustav Mahler, who claimed that prising a slur out of his orchestra, which he incorrectly jumbled up into slurprising, is harder than stoning a heretic with bananas, both of which he had previously attempted.
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