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(pronounced: fro'-zee)
When one's cheeks are red or pinkish from being out in the freezing cold, they are frosy.
Important Note: When one's cheeks are red or pinkish from other causes besides the freezing cold (physical exertion, embarrassment, youth, etc.), they cannot be said to be 'frosy' but merely rosy.
When one's cheeks are red or pinkish from being out in the freezing cold, they are frosy.
Important Note: When one's cheeks are red or pinkish from other causes besides the freezing cold (physical exertion, embarrassment, youth, etc.), they cannot be said to be 'frosy' but merely rosy.
Oh, it must be very cold outside: your cheeks are nice and frosy!
Watching the game out in the cold made my cheeks all frosy.
Watching the game out in the cold made my cheeks all frosy.
by Neologian-PJG October 7, 2012
Get the frosy mug.When elected office is up for bid, up for being bought by the highest bidder, an elauction is under way.
Elauction indicates the primary role of money (and the principal bearers of money known as billionaires) in supposedly democratic elections.
The term, elauction, represents how the oligarchy, known these days as billionaires (or Billionaire Overlords) is able to buy elections.
Elauction indicates the primary role of money (and the principal bearers of money known as billionaires) in supposedly democratic elections.
The term, elauction, represents how the oligarchy, known these days as billionaires (or Billionaire Overlords) is able to buy elections.
When $100 million is spent to prop up a Governor who has been subjected to a recall, while a paltry $4 million is spent by the challenger, we are certainly witnessing an elauction.
When each candidate is a mere face, a mere facade for billionaire backers, an elauction is under way.
Who will win the elauction? The highest bidder, or the highest so-called 'contributor' will of course buy the elauction.
When each candidate is a mere face, a mere facade for billionaire backers, an elauction is under way.
Who will win the elauction? The highest bidder, or the highest so-called 'contributor' will of course buy the elauction.
by Neologian-PJG June 27, 2012
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1) Retailiation represents a kind of retail or consumer competition amongst or between retail establishments (brand, store, company).
Retailiation is a very specific 'brand' of retaliation: economic retribution exacted by one retail establishment (brand, store, company) against another.
2) When a shopper, purchaser, consumer is displeased with a retail establishment, for whatever reason, the person exercises retailiation by refraining from shopping at a particular retail store or company, or by spreading to one's personal networks information about the displeasurable experience.
A boycott of a retail establishment (brand, store, company) is a kind of retailiation.
Note: This word, retailiation, is often a typographical error when the intended word is "retaliation."
1) Retailiation represents a kind of retail or consumer competition amongst or between retail establishments (brand, store, company).
Retailiation is a very specific 'brand' of retaliation: economic retribution exacted by one retail establishment (brand, store, company) against another.
2) When a shopper, purchaser, consumer is displeased with a retail establishment, for whatever reason, the person exercises retailiation by refraining from shopping at a particular retail store or company, or by spreading to one's personal networks information about the displeasurable experience.
A boycott of a retail establishment (brand, store, company) is a kind of retailiation.
Note: This word, retailiation, is often a typographical error when the intended word is "retaliation."
1) When the mom and pop hardware store dropped its prices on snowblowers, Wal Mart's retailiation was swift and devastating as the Big Box store chose to sell snowblowers at a price that represented a significant loss, in order to put the small business out of business.
1) To the delight of drivers, the two gas stations on the same corner engage in perpetual retailiation by continually undercutting the other's prices.
2) Because some people disagreed with the position of a talk show host, they exercised retailiation (i.e. they retailiated) against the show's sponsoring advertisers, until the sponsors rescinded their support.
1) To the delight of drivers, the two gas stations on the same corner engage in perpetual retailiation by continually undercutting the other's prices.
2) Because some people disagreed with the position of a talk show host, they exercised retailiation (i.e. they retailiated) against the show's sponsoring advertisers, until the sponsors rescinded their support.
by Neologian-PJG November 28, 2011
Get the Retailiation mug.Instead of clumsily talking about one's 'ancestry' and again about one's 'family tree,' we can instead speak with more precision about one's ancestree.
That blue blood family was a little too 'close' (ahem) with sometimes not enough branching out in their ancestree, if you know what I mean.
Everyone wants to find someone famous in their ancestree.
Everyone wants to find someone famous in their ancestree.
by Neologian-PJG March 31, 2013
Get the ancestree mug.When Maria exceeded her monthly work goals, her boss generously compensated her with her due coingratulations.
by Neologian-PJG September 27, 2011
Get the coingratulations mug.A quipportunity is the fleeting moment when a clever response is both timely, and funny.
Etymology: The word is an amalgam of 'quip' and 'opportunity' capitalizing on 1) the shared 'p' and 2) the fact that the 'portunity' portion of the word opportunity carries all of the meaning even without the displaced prefix.
Etymology: The word is an amalgam of 'quip' and 'opportunity' capitalizing on 1) the shared 'p' and 2) the fact that the 'portunity' portion of the word opportunity carries all of the meaning even without the displaced prefix.
I recently had a missed quipportunity when I told my sister that we saw the 2012 "Spider-Man" movie, and she asked how it was. I said it was "awesome," but the missed quipportunity was to reply, "Amazing" (since the name of the movie is "The Amazing Spider-Man").
by Neologian-PJG July 12, 2012
Get the quipportunity mug.When a demented person decides to commit suicide in a public way that includes the horrific murder of other human beings, the horribly elevating phrase 'blaze of glory' is often used to describe the action, but it needs to be replaced by 'blaze of gory.'
That murderous psychopath (whose name we should never say and never publicize) just had to go out in a blaze of gory, which resulted in so many senseless deaths.
by Neologian-PJG January 8, 2013
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