Una Malachica's definitions

precriminations

allocating blame in advance (coined by Andrew Sullivan in discussing the upcoming defeat of the McCain-Palin ticket)

Republicans have begun precriminations in discussing why someone else is at fault in this year's election failure

by Una Malachica March 8, 2009

diabulimia

the practice of diabetics who avoid taking insulin, which can cause weight gain, in order to control their weight. Despite its name, the disorder does not involve purging (Source: New York Times).

She turned to diabulimia because she was more afraid of being fat than being dead.

by Una Malachica March 2, 2008

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

slabbed

what's happened to a house that was knocked off its foundation by a hurricane.

Our house was slabbed by Katrina.

by Una Malachica January 11, 2009

equal wrongs

the right to engage in unpleasant practices associated with males.

I have campaigned for equal rights for women, but I refrain from equal wrongs.

by Una Malachica January 12, 2009

evitability

opposite of inevitability; quality of not just having to happen

Now that her campaign has recognized the evitability of her campaign success, they are having to make a lot of changes

by Una Malachica February 25, 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