Find on all DianaHsieh.comjust NoodleFood / Most Recent Comments / NoodleFood RSS Feed

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Homing from Work By Diana Hsieh @ 12:15 AM Paul sent me his "urban word of the day" for April 25th. It's too perfect not to post: Homing from Work Using work time and resources for personal tasks. See reverse telecommuting Busey: Steve, did you download those episodes of Entourage I told you about? Myers: I told you Gary, my home Internet connection sucks ass. I am going to download and burn them at the office while I am homing from work. Ha! Labels: Computers, Language E-mail Diana Hsieh    PermaLink    Comments (Popup)    BloggerThis Wednesday, December 26, 2007 More Concept Formation By Paul @ 8:45 AM Here are more concepts which don't have a single word in the English language: Kummerspeck (Germany): "Grief bacon" - the weight that you gain by overeating when you're worried about something. Attaccabottoni (Italy): A "buttonholer" - someone who corners casual acquaintances or even complete strangers for the purpose of telling them their miserable life stories. Shitta (Iran): Leftover dinner that's eaten for breakfast. Pana po'o (Hawaii): To scratch your head in an attempt to remember something you've forgotten. Ngaobera (Easter Island): A sore throat caused by too much screaming. Backpfeifengesicht (Germany): A face that's just begging for somebody to put their fist in it. Papierkrieg (Germany): "Paper war" - bureaucratic paperwork whose only purpose is to block you from getting the refund, insurance payment, or other benefit that you have coming. Rujuk (Indonesia): To remarry your ex-wife. Mokita (New Guinea): The truth that everyone knows, but no one will speak about. Gorrero (Spain, Central America): Someone who never picks up the check. Fucha (Poland): Using your employer's time and resources for your own purposes. (Via Neatorama.) Labels: Language E-mail Paul    PermaLink    Comments (Popup)    BloggerThis

Goodies NoodleFoodlers Diana Hsieh Paul Hsieh Greg Perkins Guest NoodleFoodlers Paula Hall Blog Stuff Recent Comments RSS Feed by E-Mail Ask a Question Blogger Trackbacks Technorati Trackbacks Blogger Trackbacks NoodleFood RSS Feed NetFlix Friends Reader Map Objectivist Mailing Lists OActivists OBloggers OAcademics Objectivism Resources Ayn Rand Lexicon False Objectivism Collection Front Range Objectivism Ayn Rand Institute DC Objectivist Salon Ayn Rand Society Activism The Objective Standard The Undercurrent FIRM (Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine) Ayn Rand Institute Family Paul Hsieh's GeekPress Meredith Brickell Ceramics Blogroll Archives March 2002 April 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 August 2002 September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008