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terribleness

State of being ridiculous or ludicrous , I first heard my friend Erica use this about two weeks ago. She has a penchant for adding the noun forming suffix “-ness” to every noun More…

terrifitastic

Something very good, presumably a stronger word than either ‘terrific’ or ‘fantastic’ used separately. Used in an email to describe the upcoming college plays. More…

TERRIFITIASTIC

great, fantastic Apparent meaning: great Reason used: wanted a new word for great to make the email more memorable (‘that was terrifitiastic. Let’s do it again’) More…

TEST KEYWORD

TEST DEFINITION TEST DISCUSSION =TEST QUOTE Etymology : TEST ETYMOLOGY =TEST SOURCE QUOTE

testilie

to commit perjury In the specific context used, the word seems to carry an undercurrent of deceptiveness that is perhaps not present with perjury. Whereas perjury may be the responsibility More…

testosterone poisoning

(testosterone + poisoning = testosterone poisoning) testosterone poisoning, n. the rivalry when two males both believe himself to be the better male =Testosterone poisoning compounds More…

testosteroney

acting in a typically male manner derivation from the noun “testosterone,” which is associated with males =Call her! Stop being so testosterony! =episode of Friends

tetchy

Being testy and touchy; in other words, very sensitive and irritable. This word probably comes from "touchy" and "testy. Both of these words seem to mean irritable and More…

tetra

Tetra points; debit funds that can be used at shops on campus. Etymology : A clipping of the noun phrase tetra points for economy of speech. ="Claire says I can use her tetra.” More…

tetris

(semantic change from metaphor) act of using one's skills of spatial reasoning to fit items into a compact space, such as the trunk of a car =This word makes use of semantic change More…

Teva'd1

(Derivation, analogy) Wearing Teva sandals =This word is not frequently used because it is not especially common to need a word to identify the type of shoes that you are wearing by the More…

tex

to typeset a document using the LaTeX markup language =developed in order to more concisely express the act of using LaTeX and to simplify pronunciation Etymology : simultaneous More…

Texasify

To change something to have qualities that are typically associated with Texas. =This word is metaphorical as things described as being Texasified have not become more like the literal More…

Texican

Mexican food with a Texan twist, another word for Texmex The restaurant (which was called The Republic of Texas) used this word to describe a specific type of food that was probably at some More…

Texican

Mexican Texan It is easier to blend the two (Texan and Mexican) into one word which is shorter than saying the two words. =I am proud to say I am a Texican. Etymology : Blend from Texan More…

texify

Converting regular text to Latex format apparent meaning: to convert a regular text document to Latex (pronounced La-tech)format. Latex is a document format used for technical documents. More…

Texodus

Referring to the mass evacuation (exodus) of Eastern Texas, especially the Houston area, before Hurricane Rita struck in September 2005. Having a single word to describe the events occuring More…

Texodus

a mass evacuation from Texas of biblical proportions Used to describe the evacuation (or the resulting horrendous traffic jam) along the Gulf Coast region of Texas to escape Hurricane Rita, More…

text

to send someone a message via the internet This word no longer only means the noun of actual ‘text’, as in words written on paper. It has been extended to refer to the act of More…

Text

To send a written message for social communication from one cellular phone to another. apparent meaning: To send a written message electronically from a cellular phone. It seems to be a More…


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