Teamy: The state of mind of a well-integrated, enthusiastic, motivated, high-morale, cohesive team, characterized by camaraderie, pride in the group, and loyalty, as in, "they are so teamy! They do everything together, their meetings are more like parties, and everything they produce is a joint effort. They even like to hang out together on breaks and at lunchtime."
Related to esprit de corps (French).
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Apostrophilia: (n.) The condition suffered by those who use far too many apostrophes in their writing, as in, "every time I edit his stuff, I just end up removing thousands of apostrophes...what is wrong with him? Does he suffer from apostrophilia?"
Apostroholic: (n.) A person who does not understand the rules of apostrophe use and, fearing that he will look silly because he missed one, adds an apostrophe to every word ending with "s."
Apostromise: (v.) To recklessly add far too many apostrophes to one's writing, as in "That whole paragraph had been apostromised by our resident apostroholic. "
Apostroholic: (n.) A person who does not understand the rules of apostrophe use and, fearing that he will look silly because he missed one, adds an apostrophe to every word ending with "s."
Apostromise: (v.) To recklessly add far too many apostrophes to one's writing, as in "That whole paragraph had been apostromised by our resident apostroholic. "
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Caconference: (n.) An unmoderated teleconference that descends into cacophony when so many people talk at once that it becomes impossible to hear anyone's comments amidst the chaos, as in "I cannot stand calling in to his stupid caconferences anymore - I get the biggest headache from all of those people shouting at one another, trying to be heard at the same time."
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