Footballesia : noun : [foot-baw-lee-zhuh]
Definition: A mental condition in which the patient suffers from temporary obsession of football, sometimes resulting in the inability to perform non-football related tasks.
Don't get me wrong, I love football. But it's just a sport, a game, nothing more. Yes for professional athletes it is a profession, but there is no such thing as a professional fan. And even though I love rooting for my team, I'm fortunate enough to realize that people can get pretty, I guess, stupid while watching football. The get footballesia, so the only care about the game. Sometimes it lasts for hours, sometimes days, weeks, or even months. So for those of you with footballesia, I would suggest to just let it go. Especially you, Packers fans. Don't get me wrong, I love to watch football and stuff. But as someone who has successfully overcome fooballesia, remember that a loss doesn't alter your life course. Unless you do something really dumb because your team lost. Then it stinks to be you.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Whispanic
Whispanic : noun : [wi-span-ik]
Definition: Any white person speaks spanish fluently but cannot claim significant hispanic heritage.
Half-hispanic people that look pretty white aren't whispanic. Nor are quarter-hispanic or maybe even a generation or so beyond that. I'm talking about straight up white people speaking spanish. Like my brother and I. We're mostly descended from Northern European nations. Norway, Holland, places like that. Yet we speak spanish. We're whispanic. Now that I think about it, I know way too many whispanic people. Woah. But hey, it's fun. Me encanta hablar español. Si eres whispanic también, bienvenidos a la fiesta.
My favorite part about being whispanic? Being able to understand the spanish spoken around you, especially when they're saying something in spanish so that I can't understand them. It mostly happens at stores and stuff, but I just love it. And the shock on latinos faces when you talk to them in spanish. It can be pretty priceless. If you're whispanic too, comment below and tell us what you love about being whispanic, or really being any sort of bilingual. We'd love to hear what you have to say.
Definition: Any white person speaks spanish fluently but cannot claim significant hispanic heritage.
Half-hispanic people that look pretty white aren't whispanic. Nor are quarter-hispanic or maybe even a generation or so beyond that. I'm talking about straight up white people speaking spanish. Like my brother and I. We're mostly descended from Northern European nations. Norway, Holland, places like that. Yet we speak spanish. We're whispanic. Now that I think about it, I know way too many whispanic people. Woah. But hey, it's fun. Me encanta hablar español. Si eres whispanic también, bienvenidos a la fiesta.
My favorite part about being whispanic? Being able to understand the spanish spoken around you, especially when they're saying something in spanish so that I can't understand them. It mostly happens at stores and stuff, but I just love it. And the shock on latinos faces when you talk to them in spanish. It can be pretty priceless. If you're whispanic too, comment below and tell us what you love about being whispanic, or really being any sort of bilingual. We'd love to hear what you have to say.
Sleeped
Sleeped : adjective : [sleepd]
Definition: Describing one who cannot sleep due to a previous overabundance of sleep.
This is something that I definitely am not. In fact, I take a couple naps a day. Part of that is my situation (sick) and part of that is that I like sleep. Which, by the way, is why I missed yesterday. I had a word all typed up and forgot to post it and the computer wasn't saving (silly internet) and I took a nap. When I woke up, I had lost the post and could not, for the life of me, remember my word. And I still can't. Maybe I need a word to describe that sort of conundrum. But no worries, today I was all sleeped out, so here's a word. And I'll put one on later to make up for yesterday. Because I love you all. And I feel a little bad about yesterday. But only just a little.
Definition: Describing one who cannot sleep due to a previous overabundance of sleep.
This is something that I definitely am not. In fact, I take a couple naps a day. Part of that is my situation (sick) and part of that is that I like sleep. Which, by the way, is why I missed yesterday. I had a word all typed up and forgot to post it and the computer wasn't saving (silly internet) and I took a nap. When I woke up, I had lost the post and could not, for the life of me, remember my word. And I still can't. Maybe I need a word to describe that sort of conundrum. But no worries, today I was all sleeped out, so here's a word. And I'll put one on later to make up for yesterday. Because I love you all. And I feel a little bad about yesterday. But only just a little.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Kindsight
Kindsight : noun : [kahynd-sahyt]
Definition: To reflect on the past with an optimistic and positive attitude.
I think a lot of us have the tendency to regret. Decisions we've made, things we've done or haven't done, etc. If you think about it, it's pretty easy to get turned around backwards with all the things we wish we could do over again. Or at least that's how it is. So I think that we should all really try to have kindsight when we think about our pasts. It has passed and we cannot get it back or do it over or anything. It's written history and that's that. So focus on the future and let's all try not to beat ourselves up over what could have been and focus on making what can happen actually happen.
Definition: To reflect on the past with an optimistic and positive attitude.
I think a lot of us have the tendency to regret. Decisions we've made, things we've done or haven't done, etc. If you think about it, it's pretty easy to get turned around backwards with all the things we wish we could do over again. Or at least that's how it is. So I think that we should all really try to have kindsight when we think about our pasts. It has passed and we cannot get it back or do it over or anything. It's written history and that's that. So focus on the future and let's all try not to beat ourselves up over what could have been and focus on making what can happen actually happen.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Craptastrophe
Craptastrophe : noun : [krap-tas-truh-fee]
Definition: NFL replacement referees.
I just got done watching the Packers-Seahawks game, and I'm entertained. A little upset, but entertained. As I am a fan of neither team, I wasn't particularly upset by the result (14-12 Seahawks, for those of you that are inept at following sports) but I was upset that, in the end, the game was quite literally decided by REPLACEMENT referees. Awful. Just awful. You could even say the same about the Ravens-Patriots game from yesterday. But today was just sickening. A craptastrophe. And nothing more. But I will say it is entertaining to see all the upset fans' tweets and posts. Maybe for just a little longer. Until they screw with my team. Then out.
Definition: NFL replacement referees.
I just got done watching the Packers-Seahawks game, and I'm entertained. A little upset, but entertained. As I am a fan of neither team, I wasn't particularly upset by the result (14-12 Seahawks, for those of you that are inept at following sports) but I was upset that, in the end, the game was quite literally decided by REPLACEMENT referees. Awful. Just awful. You could even say the same about the Ravens-Patriots game from yesterday. But today was just sickening. A craptastrophe. And nothing more. But I will say it is entertaining to see all the upset fans' tweets and posts. Maybe for just a little longer. Until they screw with my team. Then out.
Manwich
Manwich : noun: [man-wich]
Definition: A sandwich built especially for a manly man. (Not to be confused with the sloppy joe sauce by the same name.)
Have you ever seen Man v. Food? It's a travel channel show that I've seen a couple of times but that my senior-in-high-school brother is in love with. Basically this guy goes around the country and does all sorts of food eating challenges. Pretty interesting show, said no one ever. Nah, it's alright, but for the crowd of people that loves watching a guy stuff himself with many a manwich. Like this one.
Yes, that, my friends is a manwich.
Definition: A sandwich built especially for a manly man. (Not to be confused with the sloppy joe sauce by the same name.)
Have you ever seen Man v. Food? It's a travel channel show that I've seen a couple of times but that my senior-in-high-school brother is in love with. Basically this guy goes around the country and does all sorts of food eating challenges. Pretty interesting show, said no one ever. Nah, it's alright, but for the crowd of people that loves watching a guy stuff himself with many a manwich. Like this one.
Yes, that, my friends is a manwich.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Manpanzee
Manpanzee : noun : [man-pan-zee]
Definition: (1) A monkey garbed in formal human attire. (2) A small human person that seems to act more monkey than human.
Well as I always give credit where credit is due, I got this one while watching "The Pirates! Band of Misfits", a Wallace & Gromit style animated movie about, well, pirates. There is a small mute monkey dressed up as a butler in the movie who talks via notecards, and his owner first refers to him as a manpanzee. Right when he said it I knew it would be on the blog today. And as I thought about the word, I realized that little kids who act like monkeys can qualify to be manpanzees as well. In which case I was one as a child. I could not be more proud of myself.
Definition: (1) A monkey garbed in formal human attire. (2) A small human person that seems to act more monkey than human.
Well as I always give credit where credit is due, I got this one while watching "The Pirates! Band of Misfits", a Wallace & Gromit style animated movie about, well, pirates. There is a small mute monkey dressed up as a butler in the movie who talks via notecards, and his owner first refers to him as a manpanzee. Right when he said it I knew it would be on the blog today. And as I thought about the word, I realized that little kids who act like monkeys can qualify to be manpanzees as well. In which case I was one as a child. I could not be more proud of myself.
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