Suggested additions to Webster's

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Suggested additions to Webster's


Assignment: Use the words provided below in sentences.

Did you see that PETONIC DIMP DISCONFECT that candy some PUPKUS?
Yuck!

BUZZACKS commonly suffer from PHONESIA and TELECRASTINATION, which
is the number one affliction of PEPPIERS worldwide.

While displaying my AQUADEXTROUS abilities, I tripped in the tub
and soon met a couple of ACCORDIONATED ECNALUBMA drivers.

Vegetarians like me respect a burger's right to BURGACIDE, but
will not tolerate LACTOMANGULATION because it is a completely
unnecessary practice.

The housekeeper's brain could be likened to NEOPHANCY, because she
saved all the FRUST she came across in a jar, yet refused to
participate in the wholesome act of CARPERPETUATION.

An annoying couple of EIFFELITES experienced extreme ELBONICS
when they recalled their failed attempt at ELECELLERATION.




Suggested additions to Webster's

ACCORDIONATED (ah kor' de on ay tid)
adj.  Being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time.

AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus)
adj.  Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off
with your toes.

AQUALIBRIUM (ak wa lib' re um)
n.  The point where the stream of drinking fountain water is at its
perfect height, thus relieving the drinker from
(a) having to suck the nozzle, or
(b) squirting himself in the eye.

BURGACIDE (burg' uh side)
n..  When a hamburger can't take any more torture and hurls itself
through the grill into the coals.

BUZZACKS (buz' aks)
n.  People in phone marts who walk around picking up display phones
and listening for dial tones even when they know the phones are not
connected.

CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun)
n.  The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of
lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up,
examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more
chance.

DIMP (dimp)
N.  A person who insults you in a cheap department store by asking,
"Do you work here?"

DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt')
v.  To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by
blowing on it, somehow assuming this will `remove' all the germs.

ECNALUBMA (ek na lub' ma)
n.  A rescue vehicle which can only be seen in the rearview mirror.

EIFFELITES (eye' ful eyetz)
n..  Gangly people sitting in front of you at the movies who, no matter
what direction you lean in, follow suit.

ELBONICS (el bon' iks)
n.  The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie
theater.

ELECELLERATION (el a cel er ay' shun)
n.  The mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button the
faster it will arrive.

FRUST (frust)
n.  The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust
pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally
decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.

LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun)
n.  Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly
that one has to resort to the `illegal' side.

NEONPHANCY (ne on' fan see)
n.  A fluorescent light bulb struggling to come to life.

PEPPIER (pehp ee ay')
n.  The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be
walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.

PETONIC (peh ton' ik)
adj.  One who is embarrassed to undress in front of a household pet.

PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh)
n.  The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you
were calling just as they answer.

PUPKUS (pup' kus)
n.  The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to
it.

TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun)
n.  The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you
pick it up, even when you're only six inches away.


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