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Subject: [Leica] [Fwd: 10 Words that don't exist, but should.]
From: Len Schweitzer <lens@airmail.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 15:52:11 -0500

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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:54:20 -0500
Subject: 10 Words that don't exist, but should.
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From: bbarnick@juno.com (Bud G. Barnick)


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1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn
the bathroom faucet on and off with your toes.

2. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of
running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching
over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back  down to give
the vacuum one more chance.

3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of candy you
dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow
'remove' all the germs.

4. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n. The actions of two people maneuvering for 
one armrest in a movie theater (airplane).

5. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept
onto the dust pan and keep backing a person across the room until  he
finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug. 

6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man guy lay' shun) n. Manhandling the "open
here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the
'illegal' side.

7. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole
purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground
pepper.

8  PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number
and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer. 

9. PUPKUS (pup'kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog
presses its nose to it.

10.TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. The act of always
letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when
you're only six inches away.
			:):):)

Bud, Penny & EmmyLou

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