who wants some sniglets?

Question

1. carperpetuation (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. the act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least 12 times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum 1 more chance
2. disconfect (dis kon fekt') v. to sterilize the candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, somehow assuming this will 'remove' all the germs
3. elbonics (el bon' iks) n. the actions of 2 people maneuvering for 1 armrest in a movie theatre
4. elecelleration (el a cel er ay' shun) n. the mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button the faster it will arrive
5. frust (frust) n. the small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan. Finally the person gives up and sweeps it under the rug
6. lactomangulation (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n. manhandling the 'open here' spout on a milk container so badly that 1 has to resort to the 'illegal' side
7. peppier (peh pee ay') n. the waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper
8. phoneesia (fo nee’ zhuh) n. the affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as the answer
9. pupkus (pup’ kus) n. the moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it
10. 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 your only 6 inches away

Answer 1

Thanks. I needed that. My Mother In Law just crashed her airplane tonight (she's by a miracle okay) and I really needed a good relaxing laugh. Much appreciated!

Answer 2

Thanks man. I learned a new word today - sniglet. Ai first II read it as "singlets" till I had a second look! Wow, another play with words, ala Protologisms and Spoonerism.

From wiki:-

# ARG (Audio Retinal Gyration): The act of trying to read the label on a LP record while it's playing on a turntable. (Hall 1985a: 93)

# Blibula: The spot on a dog's belly which you can scratch which makes its leg twitch uncontrollably. (Not Necessarily The News)

# Blivet: to flip your pillow looking for a cool spot (Hall 1984: 14)

# Cheedle: The orange residue left on fingers after eating Cheetos or some other cheesy snack (Hall 1984: 21)

# Execuglide: The act of using your wheeled office chair to move from one place to another. (Hall 1985a: 31)

# Glackett: The ball inside a can of spray paint (or other aerosol can) for stirring the contents inside the can. (Hall 1984: 38)

# Sniffleridge: The groove running between the nose and the mouth (Hall 1984: 92). (The real name for this structure is the philtrum.)

# Toastaphobia: - The fear of sticking a fork in a toaster even when it's unplugged. (Hall 1985a: 83)

# Intercoination: - The compulsive urge to check every foreign coin you come across in case you can use it in a vending machine even though you have no idea whether it's worth more or less than the coin it's supposed to be impersonating.

Answer 3

sound like a red neck

Answer 4

rich hall fan i see

Answer 5

very entertaining... lol and all so true... got any more... would love to hear them

Answer 6

fartatiion

Answer 7

haha thanks for finding those. and i so do telecrastination :)