Category: definitions

A discussion that occurs when you’re right, but he just hasn’t
realized it yet.

Dictionary of Evaluation Comments Some of you might like to know what the supervisor is really saying in all those glowing employee work performance evaluations s/he keeps cranking out. VERY CREATIVE: Finds 22 reasons to do anything except original work. USES RESOURSES WELL: Delegates everything. DESERVES PROMOTION: Create new title to make h/h feel appreciated.

Intaxication

Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was
your money to start with.

From The Washington Post’s Style Invitational competition, where
readers were asked to take any word
from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one
letter, and supply a new definition.

From Mom’s Dictionary…

Dumbwaiter (noun)

One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.

Twelve people who determine which client has the better lawyer.

Preheat (verb)

To turn on the heat in an oven for a period of time
before cooking a dish.

Allows for the fingers to be
burned when placing the food into the oven, as well as when taking
the food
out.

A device for catching zoids.

An unexpected narc at the door.

Dilberted

To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences
of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. “I’ve been dilberted
again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week.”

Thick oatmeal. Rarely found on American tables as
children now have the right to sue their parents.
The name is an amalgamation of the words “putrid”,
“horrid” and “sludge”.

Basic measure of the amount of rationalization offered by
the average individual prior to taking a second helping
of a particular food.

Foreploy

Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

From The Washington Post’s Style Invitational competition, where
readers were asked to take any word
from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one
letter, and supply a new definition.