In 2012 , we invested in dictionaries . honest-to-god lexicon . Slang dictionaries , mostly , and often we did n’t have to enthrone much . What we spend at yard sales and used book stores was well worth it , and we ’ve been shoehorning great term like these into authority conversations all twelvemonth .
1 . Off the hazelnut : Corny.*2 . Pang - wangling : To go along cheerfully in spite of minor misfortunes.*3 . Douse the Edisons : release off the igniter , or close up your eyes.*4 . On a bender : A boozy spree.*5 . The zings : A hangover.*6 . Focus your audio : take heed carefully.7 . Zib : A nondescript nincompoop8 and 9 . Schlemiel and Schlimazel ( Yiddish):The shlemiel is the one who spills his coffee ; the schlimazel is the one on whom it ’s spilled.*10 . house of cards dancing : To wash dishes .
- 11 . In the ketchup : Operating at a deficit*12 . Get the mitten : To be rejected.*13 . Wet sock : A wilted , flaccid handshake.*14 . Alcoholiday : Leisure time spend drinking.*15 . Arsle : To loaf around restlessly . Can also mean " to fidget " or " to back out of a plaza or state of affairs . “*16 . Mellencamp : A womanhood who is too onetime to be considered a cougar.*17 . Scandiknavery : Deceit or hanky panky by Scandinavians . ? Coined by James Joyce.*18 . Spesenritter ( German):Someone who evince off by devote the bill on the company ’s expense business relationship . Literally , an expense knight.*19 . Hotter than Dutch dear in harvest : Really hot.*20 . Googlegänger : The person with your name who shows up in search outcome when you Google yourself.*21 . Saccharhinoceros : A lumbering person with an affectedly bathetic manner.*22 . Chuck a dummy : To feign a fainting burst in orderliness to win sympathy.[Hobo use]*23 . Packesel ( German):The person puzzle carrying everyone ’s bags on a trip . Literally , a burro.*24 . Know your groceries : To be cognisant , or to do things well.*25 . A game at pully hawly : A series of affairs .
Thanks to Adrienne Crezo , Caity Weaver , Romy Oltuski , Haley Sweetland Edwards , Matt Soniak , Stacy Conradt , and Ethan Trex for enhancing our vocabulary this year . Expect more enhancing in 2013 ! See Also:19 Outstanding actor’s line We check in 2011 .
