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November 20, 2005
Neologisms
urbanal | 'er'be'nål |
adj.
so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring in the context, geography, or characteristic of a city: yet another urbanal 'street art' show in a small gallery space.
DERIVATIVES
urbanality noun (pl. -ties)
urbanally adverb
ORIGIN some bar in the Lower Haight on a Saturday night, early 21st cent. (first used by famed drunkards Joanna and Katie to describe the recurring and predictable dilemma of not being able to discern sexual orientation from the dress or manners of the 'hipsters' at certain 'cool' bars, all too often leading to predictably awkward scenarios): from English, from the combination of urban and banal; ultimately of Alcoholic origin and containing sniggering associations with urbane.
procrasturbate | pre'kraste'er'båt |
verb [intrans.]
stimulate one's own genitals in order to delay or postpone action; put off doing something by looking at pornography and/ or playing with one's own genitals: I wasted half the day procrasturbating when I should have been finishing up those book reviews.
DERIVATIVES
procrasturbation noun
procrasturbator noun
procrasturbatory adjective
ORIGIN Lindsay's dorm room, early 21st century.: from English masturbate in combination with procrastinate; ultimately of Marijuana and Red Bull-addled origin.
Posted by hissycat at November 20, 2005 06:17 PM
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