Kind, Shape and Form

Unfriend. Chosen by the New American Oxford Dictionary as the word of the year. Apparently it has lex-appeal. I am completely underwhelmed by this choice. There are numerous words skulking around in the modern vocabulary that are far better, far less PC and far more vibrant than that anodyne choice.

To that end, here's the first pass at my words of the year. I'm being tentative about the final result as the year still has a few weeks to run and I know that at some time in that period a tantalising new piece of verbage will present itself and will need to be shared.

Yes, some of them you are familiar with, some have been pinched from other sources and some are just plain handy.

Without further ado, here be the list:-

Sucktastic (adj) An experience that was less than pleasurable and more akin to penance. "Riding Mountain Road with only a twenty one on the back was sucktastic."

Clusterfuck (adj) A procedure or operation that has gone more than a little awry. Can also be applied to persons on subnormal ability or intelligence.
"The Mechanics Bay World Champs bunch is just a clusterfuck"

Self-attack (verb) Do one's own person a mischief, note this is completely different to onanism.
"I engaged in self attack by answering the phone while operating the heat gun"

Footle (verb) Pinched from Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator, means to just buggerise about, something that I excel at.
"I spent the day footling about the house"

Crocodile (noun) Weapon of bunch destruction, particular when the road slopes up, and up, and steepens.

Spousal Barnacle (noun) Self explanatory, needn't say anymore, except my Grudge Bearer is relatively tolerant of this term of endearment.

Mouth Breather (noun) Unsophisticated individual, usually with sloping brow, dirty knuckles and a love of draft beer.
"The drain layer was a real mouth breather"

Tandemonium (noun) The two wheeled terror with four arms, four legs, two heads, two minds, a schism and one hundred and sixty kilogrammes of brawn on board. It will end in tears, arguments, and some strange dog-humping movements.

That's my initial list, any further suggestions are welcome, but rest assured anything too PC, cheap or unoriginal will earn some mockery and maybe a mention in the dispatches.

Speaking of which, I see that Sid got a special mention in the thank you letter from the Coromandel Rozzers after K2. Well done Sid, good to see that the Coromandel Constabulary have an eye out for you. To this end Junior and I are currently drawing up a petition, that will be circulated in the near future, suggesting that Sid has his own escort at K2 next year.

To that end, here's an appropriate tune.