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A
a crapella
(ah kra-'peh-luh) adj.—
Sung (badly) while lis-
tening to music using
headphones.

athlethargy
(ath-'leh-ther-jee) n.—
The triumph of the La-Z-
Boy over the StairMaster.

B
basebull
('bays-bull) n.—Th e
endless litany of RBIs,
ERAs, OPS, WHIP, and
hits at the fingertips
of every major-league
basebore.

beerboard
('beer-bohrd) v.—To
extract secret informa-
tion from colleagues by
getting them drunk.

blamestorming
('blaym-stohr-ming)
n.—The act of attempt-
ing to identify the per-
son who is most at fault
for a plan’s failure.

C
carcolepsy
('kahr-kuh-lep-see) n.—
The tendency to fall

asleep as soon as the

car starts moving.

caroma

(kah-'roh-muh) n.—

The smell of that

month-old bean burrito

under the front seat

that keeps you out of

the carpool.

cellfish

('sel-fish) n.—Someone

who talks on the phone

to the exclusion of

those he or she is with.

chairdrobe

('chair-drohb) n.—

A chair on which one

piles clothes that be-

long in the closet.

Not to be confused

with a floordrobe.

chiptease

('chip-teez) n.—A

bag of potato chips

that seems full but is

mostly air.

D

destinesia

(des-tuh-'nee-zhuh)

n.—When you get to

where you intended

to go but forget why

you wanted to go

there.

dudevorce

('dood-vohrs) n.—

When two bros end

their friendship.

dullema

(duh-'leh-muh) n.—

The choice between

two equally boring

outcomes.

E

epiphinot

(ih-'pih-fuh-not) n.—

An idea that seems like

an amazing insight to

the conceiver but is in

fact pointless, mundane,

stupid, or incorrect.

errorist

('air-er-ist) n.—Some-

one who is repeatedly

or invariably wrong.

F

fauxpology

(foh-'pah-luh-jee) n.—

An insincere expression

of regret.

I

illiteration

(il-lih-tuh-'ray-shuhn)

n.—The mistaken im-

pression that you know

more about rhetorical

devices than you

really do.

Department of Wit Reader’s Digest

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