Sheepdog1969 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 (edited) Here are a few of my "definitions", (this post and the next reply), that redefine words into something more fun. Add your own redefinitions to The Gibster's Dictionary! Oxymoron ox·y·mo·ron /ˌäksəˈmôrˌän/ Adjective an individual stupefied from an oxycodone addiction. ( e.g. That moron was so high on Oxy, that he got a DUI on his lawn tractor as he was driving to Taco Bell.) Edited April 25 by Sheepdog1969 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 (edited) rushing /ˈrəSHiNG/ noun the act of listening to the band Rush for hours on end. (e.g. Dad's been in the backroom rushing for so long that he's wearing the vinyl out.) Edited April 25 by Sheepdog1969 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 Glossary glos·sa·ry /ˈɡlôsərē,ˈɡläsərē/ adjective a highly polished, mirror like, ultra reflective finish or coating. (e.g. The finish on that Gibson guitar is so glossary that the stage lights reflecting off of it are blinding me!) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 8 hours ago, Sheepdog1969 said: Glossary glos·sa·ry /ˈɡlôsərē,ˈɡläsərē/ adjective a highly polished, mirror like, ultra reflective finish or coating. (e.g. The finish on that Gibson guitar is so glossary that the stage lights reflecting off of it are blinding me!) And that’s a real thing. I had to miss it, but I heard after the Patty Larkin concert last month she set her Olson down during a break, and it caught the light so that it was painfully blinding a large chunk of the audience caught in beam. A stage hand thoughtfully turned it after someone went up and asked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 (edited) pedophilia pe-də-ˈfi-lē-ə noun a psychological addiction to collecting guitar pedals. (eg. The patient was diagnosed with pedophilia after he bought his 15th Wah-wah.) Edited April 25 by gearbasher 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) vibrato vi·bra·to /vəˈbrädō/ noun An extra large, battery operated device that women use to pleasure themselves. (eg. Mary's vibrato required 4 D-cell batteries.) Edited April 26 by gearbasher 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Obeast o·beast /ˌo beest/ Adjective and/or pejorative noun an woman who is extremely overweight but also unattractive. ( e.g. That gal at the bar wasn't just fat and ugly, she was positively obeast.) 🤨 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 What most of you are doing is known as portmanteaus. That is the combining of two words with separate, different meanings, in order to create a new word with a new meaning. I used this as a warm-up assignment with my students one day when, after one of my students asked me, "Mr. C, have you ever felt your cellphone ring and you reached for it and it didn't"? "Like a false alarm?" "Or phantom ring?" I said. So I got it. It's called a portmanteaus. It's a French term. In this case there were a couple of examples on Wikipedia I found. Phantom vibration syndrome or phantom ringing syndrome is the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not. Other terms for this concept include ringxiety (a portmanteau of ring and anxiety), fauxcellarm (a portmanteau of "faux" /fo͜ʊ/ meaning "fake" or "false" and "cellphone" and "alarm" pronounced similarly to "false alarm") and phonetom (a portmanteau of phone and phantom)[1] and phantom phone signals.[2]According to Michael Rothberg, the term is not a syndrome, but is better characterised as a tactile hallucination since the brain perceives a sensation that is not actually present.[3] WebMD published an article on phantom vibration syndrome with Rothberg as a source. [4] Several other articles have been published in 2010s, including in NPR, Bustle, CBS News, and Psychology Today. [5][6][7][8] Here's one I've used since high school/ It's the combination of Fu@%ing and Idiot. Fid-iot noun a really annoying stupid person. "That guy's a real fidiot." ARCHAIC a person of annoyingly low intelligence. "he entered their employ and learnt their secrets by pretending to be a fidiot" 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 1 hour ago, Californiaman said: He entered their employ and learnt their secrets by pretending to be a fidiot" Not to side-track the conversation, but "Pretending to be a fidiot" sound a lot like what Seaman Doug Hegdahl did while in captivity during the Vietnam war. An amazing man and an awesome story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Hegdahl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted Monday at 04:55 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 04:55 AM Polygamy po·lyg·a·my /pəˈliɡəmē/ noun the practice or custom of having love for more than one guitar at the same time. (e.g. He told me that he was in love with his Gibson LP Custom and his Gibson ES-335, and he could never choose between either of them.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted Monday at 05:03 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 05:03 AM Multicultural mul·ti·cul·tur·al /ˌməltēˈkəl(t)SH(ə)r(ə)l,ˌməltīˈkəl(t)SH(ə)r(ə)l/ adjective adjective: multicultural; adjective: multi-cultural relating to or constituting several different brands/manufacturers of guitars in one's personal collection. (e.g. His guitar collection contained Gibsons, Fenders, and G&Ls.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted Monday at 05:05 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 05:05 AM On 4/26/2024 at 8:21 AM, Californiaman said: a person of annoyingly low intelligence. I resemble that remark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted Monday at 03:46 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:46 PM Cork Sniffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted Tuesday at 08:08 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:08 PM Luthieran lu·thi·er·an ˈlü-thē-ər-an noun A person for whom guitar repair is a religious experience. (eg. Gibson, Fender and Rickenbacker are a Luthieran's Holy Trinity.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepdog1969 Posted 14 hours ago Author Share Posted 14 hours ago (edited) PlayStation /plā/stāSH(ə)n/ noun The location of all the electronics and accessories required to play and amplify an electric instrument. (e.g. It took him at least five minutes in the corner of the room, to to plug everything in and turn everything on, before he played a single note.) common abbreviation: PS Edited 14 hours ago by Sheepdog1969 typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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