annoying amalgam buzzwords we should insert into the social lexicon asap

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1. Badvert

A television commercial deemed to be particularly poorly-made and annoying somehow

2. Cromedy

See 'romcom'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 08:43 (twenty-one years ago)

3. Adverteasement

A deoderant/shower gel advert where you *almost* see a nipple.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 09:17 (twenty-one years ago)

4. Trillboard

A series of billboard ads that come in three stages - see recent Channel 4 'Black Friday' campaign or the new Selfridges Sale campaign around town

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 09:22 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Badvert
A television commercial deemed to be particularly poorly-made and annoying somehow

Would this only apply to deliberatly badly made ones?

'Calm down dear, its a commercial...'

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

THose are not badverts in any sense. Nor are the Churchill adverts. They are greatverts

― alix (alix), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

punktuation = mark s house style obv

― ENRQ (Enrique), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 10:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Nissan Micra ad agency to thread.

there's also a column for these in the observer on sundays and they are uniformly bad.

― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 10:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Mandemonium - an overload of man-centric activities, bordering on chaos

"Dude, there's seven kinds of meat on the grill, two kegs, different sports on every tv, stripper girls shaking their tittehs - it's total MANDEMONIUM!"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Porgyastic: a Gershwin-themed baccanalia

Carnivorce: the dissolution of a marriage due to one spouse's attempt to eat the other.

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

9. Ladvert

Lynx Effect

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:32 (twenty-one years ago)

10. Sadvert

Anything involving solemnity, like anti-smoking or NSPCC/whoever awareness campaigns involving big-eyed children, or those police ads with celebrities talking about how they couldn't do the jobs that the police do.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

11. Retrosexual.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

you can only make love in a Hillman Imp while wearing platform shoes?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

11. Retrosexual.

Does that mean buttsex?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

12. guestimate

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

too late, mate.

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

13. Imagineering

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Burgerpipe

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

14. Deskimo

Someone who spends all day at work listening to Wiley?

(gets coat)

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)

15. Radioat

A healthy little nugget overheard on your FM.

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

16. wanchored - when someone wanks for so long he's anchored to the spot

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Deskimo: someone who knows 500 words for paper.

― Huck, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

this is all bit like a Smirnoff Ice (b)advert of course

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

4. Trillboard

A series of billboard ads that come in three stages - see recent Channel 4 'Black Friday' campaign or the new Selfridges Sale campaign around town

I'm not familiar with the examples, but isn't this just Burmashave billboards?

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

17) Cunnabangfuckery

The height of sexual shenanigans.

― Dale the Panopticalist (cprek), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

18) Funcanny

Amusing little concidences for those who don't believe in the concept of the uncanny.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)

19) Funderstanding

The product of edutainment.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

20) Funbelievable

Not really impossible to believe, but totally awesome.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

21) posifuckinglutely

"without question" but to the next level

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

22) Funderwear

"cartoon summer panties"

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

23) Funcle

A family friend who's great but isn't actually related to you.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

24) Craptastic

not good

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

25) Hyperdirection

anytime a film director says "hey! look at me!" at no value to the storyline or filmic experience (i.e. speed randomly slowing down and speeding up)

26) shitacular

see craptastic

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

27) Fundead

The genre of comedy zombie films (cf. zomcom)

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

28) pooriffic

figure it out

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

29) Funbilicle Cord

The umbicle cord, when used in play.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

twins can do double-dutch!

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

30) Menta-List

falsely assigning numbers to things in a lame attempt to present the image of order

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

31) Funsafe

Dangerous, as of Jackass-type activities.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

32) Funderneath

the bumhole

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

33. splatstick.
34. p-crunk.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

35) Deodor-Eater
Insoles you put in your shirt

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

36) Funderestimate

To suggest a ridiculously low figure when one is asked to guess the cost of a bargain purchase a friend has made.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

37) Mustafarians

Queasily scented rastas.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

38) Dustafarians
Jamaicans who live under your bed.

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

39) Bustafarians

Undercover Police Posing As Rastas

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

40) Crustafarians

Bakery Unions for Rastas

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

41) Adjustafarians
Jamaican Insurance Brokers

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

41) Bustedfarians

Undercover police posing as members of Busted.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

42) Pustafarians

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Rastas with severe acne.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

44) Combustafarians

Dudes with dreadlocks who misunderstand the term "spark up"

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

44) Yard-E's
ecstasy pills that come free with guns, crack, sensational tabloid headlines, and outraged speeches from radio DJs and MPs and are coated in the colours of the jamaican flag.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

45) Combineharvestafarians

Annoying crusties who retire to the countryside to get away from the rasta race and be at one with nature but end up using modern farm machinery because they haven't got a clue how to use a sythe properly.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)

46) Roof-Ease
Pills that make you forget you got up there.

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

> there's also a column for these in the observer on sundays and they are uniformly bad.

the last two were:
Grandfars - distant grandparents
Sea-Snide - being grumpy on the beach

i told you they were bad.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 29 July 2004 07:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Barse - The space between your balls & your arse.

― mzui, Thursday, 29 July 2004 07:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh come on, that's just a Profanisaurus 'entry'. Must try harder.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 29 July 2004 07:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Kerryneum - the space between the Democratic Presidential candidate's balls and his arse.

Gradvert - adverts aimed at students getting them to think about the products they'll be buying once they finish college.

E.g.On my first day at uni, I walked into my room to discover lots of leaflets under my door, one of which was an advert for Endsleigh insurance featuring a picture of a pair of jeans and a pair of posh trousers with the slogan "We can still insure you when you swap yr jeans for Yves St Laurent".

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 29 July 2004 07:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Phunkers - fomer punk rockers turned Phish fans.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 29 July 2004 07:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Pimpossible - describing a 1995 Hyundai Accent

― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Thursday, 29 July 2004 07:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Malabusted - being in a boyband but not really fitting in

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 29 July 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

buttsted - being in a boyfriend but not really fitting in

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 29 July 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Precifrustration = what I am feeling now given that it has been raining for 24 hours non-stop, grrr.

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 07:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Crapitalism: The free exchange of poops without government interference.

― Huck, Tuesday, 10 August 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish people would use Manybody more.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

pitchfwhork

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Textumble. Falling over cause you're walking and texting at the same time.

I remember hearing a guy doing a talk about being an 'imagineer' I wanted to stab that fucker, he was wearing a donald duck tie.

― Nellie (nellskies), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

textfumble = Falling over cause you're wanking and texting at the same time

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Maxterbation - extreme wanking!

― Huck, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

did yoy mean walking mark?

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

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