Launched a New Blog
Actually, it was an effort to prove to my kids that a website can be launched for free, get traffic and possibly, earn some income. (trying to motivate them to get started in the business)
Anyway, it’s devoted entirely to words, definitions, word origins, neologisms, curious phrases, and eventually, to copywriting. And, I can keep this blog free from posts about words, and get back to SEM and SEO.
If you notice any display problems, please let me know. Was having some JS issues. I’ve checked it in IE and Firefox and it looked okay. Except when I log in from the uni, and for some reason, the CSS doesn’t get pulled and it looks terrible.
Blog Stuff
Word Of The Day- consortium: Dictionary.com Word of the Day May 18, 2013consortium: any association, partnership, or union.
- consortium: Dictionary.com Word of the Day May 18, 2013
- Quote Of The Day
- Mahalia Jackson"Everybody needs somebody."
- Mahalia Jackson
- Neologisms
- smartphone face May 10, 2013smartphone face n. A drooping jawline and saggy jowls caused by neck muscles that have been shortened from constantly looking down at a smartphone or similar device. Example Citations: A new ailment, characterized by sagging jowls and a drooping jawline, has been dubbed "smartphone face." It comes from repeatedly bending forward to peer at a hand-h […]
- glasseslike May 8, 2013glasseslike adj. Resembling eyeglasses, particularly with respect to a wearable computing device. Also: glasses-like. Example Citations: Google's wearable computer, the most anticipated piece of electronic wizardry since the iPad and iPhone, will not go on sale for many months.... The glasseslike device, which allows users to access the Internet, take p […]
- Facebook facelift May 3, 2013Facebook facelift n. Cosmetic surgery designed to improve how a person looks in photos posted to social networking sites. Example Citations: An increasing number of young people are going for cosmetic surgery so that their profile pictures look perfect. Cosmetic surgeons have coined a term for the phenomenon — the Facebook Facelift. —Nalini Ravichandran, […]
- catfishing May 2, 2013catfishing n. The elaborate fabrication of an online identity to trick a person into a romantic relationship. —catfish v., n. Example Citations: And while what happened to Manti Te'o is bringing the term to light, we shouldn't talk about catfishing like it's a new thing. Ever since there's been an Internet, there's been a fat guy in […]
- cli-fi May 1, 2013cli-fi n. A literary or movie genre featuring dystopian stories of Earth affected by extreme climate change. [Climate + fiction.] Example Citations: Odds is the latest in what seems to be an emerging literary genre. Over the past decade, more and more writers have begun to set their novels and short stories in worlds, not unlike our own, where the Earth […]
- get-off-my-lawn April 30, 2013get-off-my-lawn adj. Cantankerous and old-fashioned or bourgeois, particularly with respect to values or ideas. Also: hey-kids-get-off-my-lawn. Example Citations: From there, though, the film turns into a disorganized rant, jumping from Uneeda Biscuits to the Glass-Steagall Act to kids and their infernal text messaging and anything else that occurred to Mr. […]
- feature nail April 26, 2013feature nail n. A fingernail with an applied color, pattern, or shape that is different from the other nails. Example Citations: Commonly known as the "feature nail," this trend is far from over, thanks to the ever-increasing interest in nail art. The fashion world has been taking nails and nail art very seriously in the past few years, as seen on […]
- organ recital April 25, 2013organ recital n. A long-winded recitation of one's ailments, particularly those related to or caused by aging. Example Citations: Often it starts with an innocent greeting, such as "How are you?" When we were younger, the answer was usually, "Fine, how are you?" Lately however, with friends of a certain age, I find that the question […]
- nanofacture April 24, 2013nanofacture v. To manufacture something at the molecular level using nanotechnology. [Nano- + manufacture.] —n. —nanofacturing pp. Example Citations: Hope's chosen medium is "nanofacture," a neologism that describes fabrication at a molecular level. He builds his paintings using a cobbled-together toolkit of hard and softwares, starting with a […]
- austerian April 23, 2013austerian n. A person who believes that extreme fiscal austerity is the key to solving economic problems, particularly for countries carrying huge debt loads. Also: Austerian. Example Citations: "Austerians," as the champions of fiscal prudence are called, perhaps a little uncharitably, are in retreat because an emphasis on deficit cutting has fail […]
- smartphone face May 10, 2013
More Blog Stuff
June 6, 2008 at 1:34 pm
What If Scenario
Barack Hussein Obama becomes President of the United States and Commander In Chief of all United States Armed Forces.
President Obama pulls U.S. military forces out of Afganistan.
Shia Taliban take country again.
President Obama pulls U.S. military forces out of Iraq.
President Obama starts wearing his turban. “Allahu Akbar” is heard coming from White House loud speakers.
Iran invades Iraq and kills countless men, women and children.
President Obama refuses aid to the government of Iraq.
Iran invades Saudi Arabia and butchers countless men, women and children.
President Obama refuses aid to the government of Saudi Arabia.
Iran and conquered allies invade all remaining middle eastern countries; slaughtering countless men, women and children.
President Obama refuses to send any military or charitable aid.
Allies attempt to halt Iran’s expanding fanatical tide.
President Obama maintains neutrality.
Oil prices skyrocket to over $20.00 a gallon. The average tank of gas cost $300.00.
World economy is collasping.
President Obama does nothing.
Middle eastern countries attack Israel with weopons of mass destruction.
When interviewed by the media President Obama simply utters “Allahu Akbar.”
…and so on.
His name is Barack Hussein Obama. He has a mandate from God to use whatever person, association, idology and means available to bring Western Civilization to its knees. What the hell did you expect?
June 7, 2008 at 7:22 am
I’m puzzled and intrigued by the spam comment above me.
November 5, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Thought it was part of the blog post, at first. Lol
March 24, 2009 at 7:49 am
cool.