Saturday 31 December 2016

Viend

Viend: noun. A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, who is also from the city of Vienna, Austria. This can include an imaginary viend or real-life viend, as long as the mutual affection is present and they do indeed originate from Vienna. The rules of this are quite specific and people from villages closely surrounding Vienna or people displaying mutual admiration, but not affection may be fined $300,450 for their false claims of viendhood. 

Thursday 29 December 2016

Infurmation

Infurmation: noun. Facts provided or learned about fur. These can include the origin of the fur, the chemical composition of the fur, the nesting habits of the original owner of the fur, the genus, kingdom, family, species and phylum of the original owner of the fur, the license plate of the truck used to transport the fur, the highway from which the roadkill had been scraped, the states in which it's illegal to redistribute this fur, the number of Buddhist spiritual leaders who no longer respect you because of this fur, the number of floors the fur has lain on before it go to yours, how long shaving all of this will take, what the likelihood that the fur will catch on fire is, why you can't feed this fur to koalas between the ages of 3 and 17 months, who Edward Furlong is, and so much more.

Tuesday 27 December 2016

Cardbored

Cardbored: adjective. Feeling so weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity, that even an unlimited amount of cardboard would not alleviate the lethargy and disinterest. This is by some considered a diagnosable condition and should be addressed with carefully managed treatment, while others argue that you just have to "go outside".

Saturday 24 December 2016

Haeven

Haeven: noun. An inlet providing shelter for skyships or skyboats. They are usually ideal locations to hide from marauding skypirates. It is said that an opportune haeven may be more beneficial to a skysailor than a fine westerly wind. There is a rumour that the infamous pirate Cloudbeard hid his great treasure between two of his favourite haevens, but unfortunately the location of those has been lost to the winds of time.

Thursday 22 December 2016

Somechotomy

Somechotomy: noun. 
1. A division of something into multiple parts, where the number of constituent parts is uncertain. This is often applicable, when the number of constituents is too large to be countable, such as when a plate shatters, or when the number of parts is in flux, such as the images on a broken monitor.
2. An exclamation used when the division of something into parts is highly significant or impressive; usually used in the phrase "That's somechotomy!"

Tuesday 20 December 2016

Elogy

Elogy: noun. A poem of serious reflection, which praises someone or something highly, often used to commemorate the achievements of a recently deceased individual. Elogies are the often ignored member of the trio composed of itself, elegies and eulogies. This fact may be due to the fact that they are often the most difficult of the three to create, due to the emotional discord or dichotomy they can create, as well as the pure skill required to execute them successfully.

Saturday 17 December 2016

Bouleward

Bouleward: noun. A small street, usually consisting of only two lanes, which has been assigned to a larger road, at least four lanes, so that it may learn the proper avenue-ways, so that it may one day become a great lane in its own right and may even aspire to become a highway. A boulewardship for drives usually lasts around 6 years, depending on various factors, such as the economic stability of the neighbourhood and testosterone levels of nearby residents.

Thursday 15 December 2016

Ruminomitor

Ruminomitor: noun. A device that measures the process of chewing cud and overthinking. Every ruminomitor has a feature, where you can set the limit on what is excessive ruminating, and when such a level is reached, the device either administers a strong electric shock or hurls a bowling ball in your general direction, depending on which model you've invested in.

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Summ

Summ: adjective. Describing warm and pleasant weather usually accompanied by cloudless skies and warm pleasant winds with occasional powerful storms. It is also an archaic term for the weather of May, although the word was coined in 1919, it was declared archaic by the WORLD WORD COUNCIL® in 1920, one of the last acts of the council before it was disbanded by a young Prince Philip.

Saturday 10 December 2016

Wint

Wint: adjective. Describing cold and unpleasant weather, usually accompanied by snow or sleet/hail and oftentimes strong and biting winds. Also an archaic term used to describe the weather in November. Antonym of the word 'summ'. First cited in a poem written by Bede that has now been lost, but a record of the word being used in that poem had been found in a early 16th century glossary found in a dusty cupboard in Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, which later burned down in 1854 in a unusual fire constrained solely to said dusty cupboard, from which the book hadn't been moved for some reason.

Thursday 8 December 2016

Frostbite

Frostbite: noun. A bite from the American poet Robert Frost, which causes poetism. A person that receives a frostbite will over time (roughly 3 fortnights) turn into an intolerable, self-satisfied maniac obsessed with trees and dark forests, who constantly carries around loose sheafs of paper covered in incomprehensible scribblings. Cures for the effects of frostbite include drinking Emily Dickinson's tears or wearing Lord Byron's underwear (preferably clean).

Tuesday 6 December 2016

Bjenga

Bjenga: noun. A social board game, which involves stacking cardboard boxes, cartons, juice boxes and other assorted rubbish on top of a bin, so as to avoid having to take trash out. Perks of the game include the lack of any additional cost, once you have acquired a bin, and the various skills that are improved during the game, such as spatial awareness, patience, tolerance and time management.
Note: The 'b' is silent.

Saturday 3 December 2016

Misconception

Misconception: noun. An attempt at the initiation of pregnancy, where an egg and a sperm attempt to form a union, but are unable to do so for one of a variety of potential reasons. These reasons can include plain refusal by the egg to participate, the weakness of the sperm cell after its long and arduous journey, lack of self-esteem on the sperm cell's part, or quite simply Jupiter not being in Scorpio.

Thursday 1 December 2016

Responsibillity

Responsibillity: noun. The state or fact of having the duty to deal with and be accountable for bills. Responsibillity is one of the most hotly debated topics in a student house share, as well as in private meetings between Finance ministers and the CEOs of companies they technically definitely don't own. It also goes hand in hand with 'accountability', which we hope is self explanatory.