Actually they're edited from The Washington Post's annual round-ups of topical neologisms. But Chaucer would have enjoyed them.
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v.. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavoured mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question in an exam.
12. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
13. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
14. Cashtration, n. The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
15. Reintarnation, n. Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
16. Giraffiti, n. (Ital) Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
17. Sarchasm, n. The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
18. Inoculatte, v. (Ital.) To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
19. Osteopornosis, n. A degenerate disease
20. Karmageddon, n. It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
21. Decafalon, n. The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
22. Glibido, n. All talk and no action.
23. Dopeler Effect, n. phrase The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
24. Beelzebug, n. Satan in the form of a mosquito which gets into your bedroom at 3am and which cannot be cast out.
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