ABSTRACT
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Addawordolism
Compulsive need to add new words to vocabulary
Clint
The ‘knee pit’ or back of the knee.
Difficultarian
A difficult or pessimistic person who serves the greater good by always finding problems and being difficult.
Employepede
A hard-working employee who has ‘lots of legs’.
Forgivance
Forgivness
Malacock
A cocky person who has fallen on hard times – “Arsèn Wenger was feeling malacock after Chelsea's win” in 2006 FA semi-final or, “the PM was quite malacock after seeing the opinion polls.”
Mondayitis
Hatred of Mondays
Peck
Somebody who accepts their place in the ‘Pecking Order’ rather than living the life they really want.
Phoneycall
A telephone call from a dodgy salesperson trying to sell you something you don't need or want. Typically phoneycalls are received during the ‘big match’, just as you about to leave the house, or whenever the call is inconvenient. Phoneycallers are linguistically challenged as they do not have the word “No” and “Not interested” in their vocabulary.
Problemette
Not quite a problem but something that needs sorting out. Seems less onerous than a real problem.
Scarecut
A new haircut gone wrong.
Sellamybook
The art of selling a book in one word.
Tomorning
Tomorrow morning.
Unputdownable
Something that you just can't put down: e.g. a great book
Weediumbye
One who has married a horse
Yummylicious
Blissfully sweet
Zhapped
Surprised
