Una Malachica's definitions

mutnemom

reversed momentum, created by Slate columnist Mickey Kaus, to describe how a loss in the previous primary is followed by a loss and a loss by a gain

After 11 straight losses, we expecting mutnemom to kick in for Hillary Clinton.

by Una Malachica March 4, 2008

bookaholic

someone who keeps buying books to add to a stack of unread books

I have no more room for books on my shelves, but I keep buying new ones. I'm a bookaholic. Well, it's a fairly inexpensive, fairly harmless obsession.

by Una Malachica March 5, 2008

chapbook

a small, often self-published, usually inexpensive, book; a collection of such items as poetry, family recipes, political thoughts.

The Poetry Society of America is offering two chapbook prizes.

by Una Malachica January 9, 2009

N.H.D.

Not. Happening. Dude.

When Paul Begala responded to the rumor that he was joining the Clinton campaign, he said, "N.H.D."

by Una Malachica January 9, 2009

one-om-manship

a state of higher yoga-induced bliss, from the comic strip, Cathy, by Cathy Guisewite

In any competition, we exhibit one-upmanship. When we are competing in how good we are at yoga, we exhibit one-om-manship

by Una Malachica January 17, 2008

turfy

being protective of one's turf

I'll be glad to hear your opinion--I'm not turfy.

by Una Malachica January 18, 2008

gomboc

The Gomboc is a roundish piece of clear synthetic material with gently peaked, organic curves. It looks like a piece of modern art. But if you tip it over, something unusual happens: it rights itself. A three-dimensional object that purely by dint of its geometry had only one possible way to balance upright.(from New York Times, 12/9/07)

He's such a gomboc. No matter what life tossed at him, job loss, divorce, sickness, he kept bouncing back.

by Una Malachica January 11, 2009