Thursday, February 28, 2008

words....

Interesting neologisms of the day (only read with a sense of humor):

celebritology, noun:
1. the study of the lives of celebrities
2. the endless gossip about Britney's life
3. the main subject of attention of the People magazine


chatological, adj. (as in "chatological humor", reminiscent of "eschatological"):
1. the system or theory concerning online chats, online chat rooms, and any other online life species
2. the branch of logic dealing with the same...


Interesting syntactic phenomenon of the day:

Clapton Invited to Play North Korea*

Lucky North Korea will be played by Clapton...

* to confirm the meaning of this schema look at the article