New York - October 31, 2003

Lexicon VI

Playing with Words

You don’t just talk the talk. You rock the rhetoric. You’re deft with the discourse. Your vocab speaks volumes.

But you could always use more. Below, DailyCandy’s Lexicon VI.

crappuccino:
A poorly made coffee beverage that cost upwards of four dollars.

smellibacy:
A state of involuntary celibacy brought on by bad hygiene. (Jake has only himself to blame. His three-year dry spell is a clear case of smellibacy.)

puppy stuff:
Euphemism for the goo that collects in the corner of one’s eye, esp. after sleeping.

bust bust:
To be busted by your significant other for staring at another woman’s breasts.

tart fuel:
Girlie drinks. e.g., cosmos, kirs, or anything that tastes like Kool-Aid.

phone zit:
The recurring chin zit that results from spending too much time on the phone.

BIN:
Acronym for “booger in nose.” Used to covertly ask a friend “Do I have a bin?”

yellular:
The loudness one adopts in response to a bad cell-phone connection, in the misguided hope that talking louder will improve the connection. (I’m so embarrassed. I went totally yellular at a restaurant last night.)