I may be a stickler for grammar, spelling and using the “right” word (their, there, they’re) and I abhor misuse of “proper” language – stop trying to make “funner” happen – but I love a good, clever word or play on words or a new term. In fact, I coined one the other day.
Temporal Dysmorphia – this is where you have a distorted perception of the amount of time available to you and/or the amount of time something takes. I suffer from temporal dysmorphia in that I always think I can cram something else into my day. I can’t. I need to learn that. I am, however, excellent at getting a lot done during a day. A really surprising amount, actually. I think that’s where it comes from.
Matt suffers from temporal dysmorphia in that he always is freaked out about how long things are going to take. He recently said it took 3 hours to cook our go-to chili recipe. It has minimal prep time (since we dice things up in the food processor) and two 30-min cook sequences. You could maybe say it takes an hour 15 but 3? Nope. I on the other hand am a bit overly optimistic about how long things take (which is undoubtedly related to thinking I can cram more into my day).
Other bully words I’ve heard lately:
Voluntold – where you are involuntarily volunteered for an assignment
Omnishambles – the British word of the year (2012), which is basically a much more polite (British) form of clusterf*ck
Eurogeddon – the runner up for the word of the year, which is probably self-explanatory
Sarchasm – a delightful hybrid between sarcasm and chasm, indicating that awkward moment when you’re being sarcastic and the other person just doesn’t get it
Travelator – what IKEA for some unknown (possibly European) reason calls a moving sidewalk and very charming
Raccoony – how your face looks after spring skiing (i.e. when you get a reverse-raccoon face from goggle tan lines)
I too can be guilty of trying to stuff too much into one day. Hah omnishambles. I love it.