Archive for April, 2009

Nerd Word of the Day

Every day we encounter nerdy words trying to find their way into the common vernacular.

Here, I will seek them out and expose them for the phonies that they are!

Some will succeed and become common words, others will (hopefully) die a painful death!

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Thanks to Alexandra Gorbokon, whom I met in the Twitterverse (OH NO!!! It’s one of those words!!) and her idea for the title of this section!

Nerd Word(s) of the Day: Cosmetic Neurology

Cosmetic Neurology: the practice of using drugs developed for recognized medical conditions to strengthen ordinary cognition.

In other words, taking things like Ritalin, Adderrall or Provigil to help you cram in your studies.

Coined by Neurologist Anjan Chatterjee at the University of Pennsylvania as a play on the term “cosmetic surgery”.

Studies show that in 2005 4.1% of all undergraduate students had taken such drugs for off-label use. I wonder what that figure is today, 4 years later?

Have you ever taken such a drug for off-label use?

Today.com: Hottie of the Week

Cute article over at Today.com where I am the Hottie of the week

Thanks so much Today!

Slap Chop

Fun remix by DJ Steve Porter.  Since that’s the ShamWow guy, I think he missed an opportunity to include a pic of his recent booking for “Slapping his troubles away” with this hooker

The case was actually dropped.  She bit his tongue and wouldn’t let go and he hit her to try to make her let go.

Oh.. if you haven’t seen the ShamWow commercial.. here is a dub:

Jump

Jump around!  I thought it would be funny to do this word.  I think Jump Radio in Germany will put it on their website

Please rate and comment over at YouTube to help it be seen! Thanks!

Poindexter

Here is a video on the word Poindexter.

Please comment and rate over at YouTube to help the video be seen.  Thanks!  :-)

Michael Aranda

I am SOOO impressed by this kid.

Check out some of his videos:

and

and

and this collab he did with the vlogbrothers

I want to do a video with him. Have to think of something interesting.

Nerd Word of the Day: Hypermiling

In honor of today being Earth Day… today’s Nerd Word of the Day is:

Hypermiling: the attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques.

These adjustments include things like:

• driving without shoes (to increase the foot’s sensitivity on the pedals)
• parking so that you don’t have to back up to exit the space
• “ridge-riding” or driving with your tires lined up with the white line at the edge of the road to avoid driving through water-filled ruts in the road when it’s raining

“Hypermiling” was coined in 2004 by Wayne Gerdes and he even runs a website devoted to the practice.

They mention my favorite car on his website. (In pink please:-) )

Nerd Word(s) of the Day: Tighten Someone’s Wig

In honor of today being 420 and the fact that I’ve already done a video on the origin of 420, today’s Nerd Word(s) of the Day are:

Tighten Someone’s Wig: to give someone marijuana. 1940s, from the fact that the scalp has a tightening feeling sometimes when smoking pot.*

Can you think of other funny expressions related to smoking pot?*

*HotForWords does not condone smoking pot nor does she condone putting wigs on small dogs!!!

REM Sleep

REM Sleep… plus how do you get to sleep at night?

Check out the rest of my dream sequence here.

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HOT for words

This is a little on the risqué (that’s a funny word, right?) side.. made by one of my students, AL  Here is a wallpaper version.