If you don't know what a Sniglet is, read this then help me come up with two. (If there are already Sniglets for these, post them and take credit).
1) That moment when you're monologuing on a cell phone for an extended period and then you stop and there's silence. you don't know whether the connection was lost or the other person isn't responding (conversuction?). Also, maybe we need a separate Sniglet for the talking that occurs after an actual lost connection.
2) A similar phenomenon, but with typing ... when you accidentally hit the insert/typeover button (or the person who used the keyboard before you had it on....wtf?!?) and you inadvertantly start typing new words over the ones you've already written. If you're looking away while typing, you can sometimes erase a whole line (mega-[fill in Sniglet]).
Also gives me a chance to acknowledge a great Sniglet made up by, I believe, Jackie Kiang. It's called "buttprehension" and it's the feeling of squirrely-ness that causes you to run up the stairs hurriedly when someone is following you trying to pinch/poke your butt. (I'm guessing if you've never experienced buttprehension, it's because you were an only child and/or currently do not have a young child that chases you on the stairs trying to poke your butt.)
6 comments:
1) tete-a-hush-sion (pronounced tet a hushun) but I like conversuction better
2) typojection; I think there should be a baby variant for when you are trying to type and hold your baby who manages to move the cursor and change your message just from tapping the media buttons
And thanks for the buttprehension (i mean, for writing about it)! You made me laugh out loud this morning!
Typojection is a keeper.
tete-a-hush-sion is very ... exotic.
I forgot to mention the 'sidewinding stance' of the one suffering from buttprehension as he attempts to simultaneously keep his eyes on his butt and travel up the stairs at high speed.
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
I'm a few days late, but what about "monolingering" for 1? Although I maybe still like conversuction better. And Steve, can I use cashtration to apply to other larger purchases, not just a house? Maybe mega-cashtration could be reserved for the home-buying.
Nicely done, Meeta. I can't decide between conversuction and monolingering.
respword:
when you are typing and you know you've misspelled a word, but can't get the spell check to work, so you erase and use another word that means the same thing.
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