Categories: Humor

List of words that need to be invented

genuwhim (jen’ – yoo- wim) – that real antique tsotsche you bought on the weekend trip to Coney Island that you thought you really, really needed – but didn’t

genuwine (jen’ – yoo – wine) – not that cheap crap that comes in a box – for God’s sake

genuwhine (jen’ – yoo – wine) – I’m really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really sorry

flababble (fla – ba’ – bull) – all of your excuses for why you are overweight

prepunderant (pree – pun’ – der – unt) – a person that knows the answer before you ask the question

wigwarm (wig’ – warm) – a hat

slud (slud) – (a better) past tense for slide

ignostic (ig – noss’ – tick) – a person who is not sure whether he knows or not

inkubaiter (ink’ – you – bay – tor) – a company that sells you a fancy printer for $129 and then charges you $18 each for cartridge refills that you seem to need every thirty pages or so

soupurlative (soo – pur’ – la – tiv) – much, much better than the salad option

sombur (som – burr’) – a huge, pointy, spiky thing; the biggest one you’ve ever seen

cognizant (n) (cog’ – ni – zant) – a person who is a gear expert

sapurlative (sa – purr’ – la – tiv) – being expert at dumb jokes

tweakery (twee’ – kur – ee) – the act of continually reminding someone of a trick that you played on them once

incredulicious (in – cred’ – you – lish” – iss) – hard to believe how good it tastes

incling (ink’ – ling) – a very, very small corporation

hippiepotamus (hip – ee – pot’ – a muss) – a great big fat kid with flowers in his hair

chutzpididty (you figure out how to say it) – brazen stupidity; stupidity with a lot of nerve

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Paul Burri, RSA

Paul Burri is a self-described retired smart ass who feels he has earned the right to say anything he damn well pleases. He is an inventor, entrepreneur, business consultant, educator, newspaper columnist and has been a SCORE (www.score.org) counselor for over nine and a half years. Over his 65-year business career he has owned 9 businesses and has worked as general manager for many small companies and on a managerial level for such major companies as Northrop-Grumman and The Disney Corporation. He has over 175 inventions to his credit, counseled over 190 SCORE clients, served as a docent at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, sits on the board of directors of several local small businesses, and is currently writing a book about small business. He lives with his wife in Santa Barbara CA and can be contacted at pburri@cox.net and has nothing better to do than to tell his "war stories" to whoever will listen - many times repeatedly.

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