Showing posts with label MEG Vernacular. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MEG Vernacular. Show all posts

04 February 2009

rambunctuous

ram-bunc-tu-ous, adj.

co-worker: "They can't just be coming in here and grabbing things off our shelves!"
informant: "Well, you know how they get all rambunctuous when they come in here."

interpretation: rambunctious

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  • A Google search returns rambunctuous as a common misspelling, not as a common mispronunciation.

09 January 2009

enstore

en-store, v.

informant: "My daughter is going to have someone enstore the garage door opener."

Interpretation: install
Conflated with restore, instore, enstore

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trinkle

trin-kle, v.

informant: "We got a new mop. I'm not sure how to use it so I'm going to have my husband trinkle with it."

Interpretation: tinker
Conflated with tinkle, tinker, trinket

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physical year

phys-i-cal year, n.

informant: "This past physical year we spent _____ from our budget."
someone: "So how does that compare to the previous fiscal year?"
informant: "The previous physical year..."

Interpretation: fiscal year

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extrominal

ex-trom-i-nal, adj.

(No context available. From a staff meeting on 12-11-2008.)

Interpretation: astronimical

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